Questions for Candidates: Mega Events

[LightningBugs Mum]

I have never been to a mega-event, but I would love to see the Geo-Bash come to Wisconsin. It would be a great way to promote geocaching in our fine state. If this is something people want for 2008, then now is not too soon to start planning.

I also think that – the way people are coming in to this sport – one of our annual events could reach mega status if we did some tweaking of the details and put some effort into promoting it more outside of the usual channels. Probably not this year, but I see that it could happen not too far down the road. (If I could get 70+ people to my little breakfast event a year ago without even trying, then anything is possible!)

A mega-event committee that includes non-BOD members would be a very good idea.

I continue to be unoriginal in also echoing my personal desire to have activities for people who don’t want to hunt temps all day. I know when I was new to the sport, I would have liked to go to some seminars or lectures about geocaching topics. Actually, I would still like to go now – but it would have helped more during that learning curve time.

[AuntieNae]

A Mega-Event would be a great opportunity for Wisconsin to show case our state. I have attended the last 2 GeoWoodstock events so I saw first hand what it took to have an excellent event and what happened when it was an okay event.

Could Wisconsin do it? Yes, there is enough event experience within our membership to do an excellent job. Would I like to see Wisconsin host a mega event? Yes.

I can see this being a question out to the membership because this would really need to be a state event to do it and do it well. I know we could tap into the advise of the crew that ran the excellent event because of their Wisconsin ties.

With the numbers we are already seeing at our events here, heck half of those in attendance would most likely be our state members!

Benefits: show Wisconsin geocaching in a good light, an opportunity for our state members who are not able to travel out of state to meet geocachers from other parts of the country and world,

Dis-advantages: amount of time and commitment such an event would require from our membership

AuntieNae
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