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Do you think that a person’s numbers should reflect there ability to serve on the board? Example a person who has 100 caches do they not deserves to be on the board because of lack of experience versus a person who has 2000 caches. Or should the people being voted on be judged on there views and ideas, not there numbers.
Thought I would throw it out there to see what others thought.
Scout
I think Views and Ideas are more important than the numbers, The amount of finds a person has should not be a issue when running for the BOD. In my opinion, even years geocaching should not be a issue either. If you enjoy the sport and want to help to promote and support it in our state that should be all that matters
I am going to take the cheap way out on this question and support Barry’s statement. I agree that if you enjoy the sport and want to help to promote and support it in our state that should be more than enough to qualify you for the BOD.
As with the sport we all love so much, I don’t believe that numbers matter. A good example is someone that lives in a remote region of the state, and therefor does not have access to as many caches. This person could be very active in the caching community, but just not have a lot of finds. Personally, I believe a persons passion and commitment to the sport should outweigh how many find/hides they have.
Scout,
I do not feel that the number of finds that a person has should be the criteria in which someone is voted onto the WGA Board. Rather, members should be looking at criteria such as 1) what the person can bring to the board, 2) how active they will be serving and contributing, 3) past group leadership experience, and 4) event planning experience.
The key ingredient to a successful WGA is having a strong WGA Board that is leading. For a Board to lead, they do need all Board members to take on roles and to accomplish the yearly goals. I just cannot stress enough how the Board needs all members to be active. The Board is involved in planning a lot of events, with even more being proposed, so having members who are able and willing to jump in and make them successful is essential.
While having more geocaching finds may show the person spends more time out geocaching, it does not necessarily mean they are leaders.
Not black and white, but a shade of gray.
High numbers low numbers, I look further into where they have been and what they have sought. Check their logs, what does it tell, do they share an interesting story or share some experience when it’s more than a park and grab? Would I make an out of the way trip somewhere they have been to score that find? You can learn a lot about an individual from reading a couple dozen logs.
I do tend to favor experiences in their life they share. If you look at all the candidates, there is a wide range of different backgrounds and life experiences. Occupations, interests and things they do besides geocaching. Reading and posting on the websites has helped me get to know members even though it’s not been in person. Some I think I might feel at home spending a day fishing with or going out to dinner in addition to being an excellent board member.
Both are different and similar yet important into the overall evaluation of a candidate. Views, ideas, strengths, dedication, seep out in all areas.
Though a great number of people look at numbers found as being the most important thing when it comes to caching, I don’t really see it that way. You can have thousands upon thousands of finds but if they are all 1/1 caches do they really mean that much?
Being on the WGA board is more about leadership, and being able to work as a team to better the experience for our members. Be that planning awesome events, working with the WDNR, or any of the many things that the board does.
In the end it really isn’t about the numbers.
Numbers add up to nothing. — Neil Young.
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. — Mick Jagger
So while I don’t put a lot of stock in numbers in and of themselves, I do think that experience is a valuble teacher. So the number of finds may not be a huge factor, but I would want people on the board who have cached for more than a year, have found a variety of cache types, cached in a variety of places, participated in one of the WGA’s empowered committees, and attended a WGA event.
zuma
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