[Cheesehead Dave]

I agree that it’s a tired old song, but still, there actually a couple of good points in there…

[Devil’s Advocate Mode=”on”]

Why do people log multiple “Attended” logs for the same event?

[Cheesehead Dave]

While I would like to say I cache all over the state, unfortunately most of my caching is in a corridor between Kenosha and Green Bay. Since I live in Kenosha, it’s not as easy to take jaunts to different areas as it would be for someone who lives in Steven’s Point.

That being said, I hope when people nominated candidates for the board, they took their local cachers into consideration, especially for those who live away from the SE corner of the state.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I don’t know that the WGA board needs to do anything. There’s a cache rating system already in place, and the general rule is that a cache with a terrain rating of one star should be wheelchair-accessible. There’s also a “Wheelchair Accessible” attribute graphic that can be applied to cache pages.

If anything, perhaps make a “Guide to Hiding Caches in Wisconsin” page and be sure to highlight that point.

There’s also a website out there (Handicaching.com?) that also does a fine job of highlighting caches that are accessible to all.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I work a M-F 40 hrs/wk job. My weekends are occasionally booked with family events, but rarely so far in advance that I can’t plan other things in there as well. I check the WGA forums 1-2 times per day during the week, and occasionally on weekends, especially if I’m logging caches and am already in front of the computer.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I wish I could predict the issues here at work. Then I could solve them before they actually became issues… 😉

I think one of the challenges is to increase the awareness of out existence among Wisconsin cachers. I wonder what the ratio is of WGA membership to the total number of cachers in the state?

This site is the storehouse of information for things like the DNR policy, the rules about SNAs, etc. If I didn’t know about this site, the only way I’d know about some of these rules is after I’ve already had my new cache archived. Then I get mad and quit and my cache is now geolitter.

I think we need to do more to get the WGA name out to new cachers other than just “This cache was placed by…” badges on cache pages.

[Cheesehead Dave]

My goals are pretty simple…

Attend both of the 2007 WGA events.
Attend the Midwest GeoBash
Find The Journal
Find at least as many caches as I did in 2006
Archive the Clue series and replace it with something new

[Cheesehead Dave]

@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

An active geocacher – I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it. Is that a good enough answer?

Actually, I think this is the right answer. I’m only going to nominate/vote someone to the board who I think is active.

How do I know they’re active? I see their name in the forums, either here or at GC.com. I see their names pop up in logs for caches I find or get watchlist emails for. I get notifications for new caches they’ve placed. I see them at events.

I don’t try to quantify it, but I can just tell.

[Cheesehead Dave]

@Team Deejay wrote:

But, somehow, I still can’t resist logging the driveups as we pass by them on the way to other caches. Must be the addiction I guess.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a scenic overlook or a key container stuck to a guardrail. Even after five years, I still get a giddy thrill over the fact that I can follow a little arrow in my hand and when I get to where it leads me, there’s something there for me to find. I think that’s what keeps me in love with this sport.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I’m amazed that something like this doesn’t already exist. This, as well as printable materials tuned to everything from putting in cache containers to giving to park management, to giving your local law enforcement to educate them on caching should be a high priority.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I like this idea, and would also pursue getting assistance from Groundspeak as well sponsorship/giveaways from related companies such as Garmin, DeLorme, Gander Mountain, etc.

I’d look at electronics shows as well. GPS receiver popularity seems to be increasing, so having a booth at one of those events to say “Congrats on your new GPS purchase! Here’s something fun you can do with it!” would be effective.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I think that the “advertising” value of something like this would be low because of the small number of potential eyeballs looking at it. I like the idea of coming up with a way to thank the parks where we hold out events, but an official thank you letter would probably be just as effective as a “WGA was here!” bench.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I can’t speak for Brian, but from my end, the current procedure seems to be working as-is.

[Cheesehead Dave]

It’s not about the numbers, and I have the domain name to prove it! 😆

Depending on the day, geocaching means different things to me. Some days, it’s about taking the family out and spending some time in a new park (that also happens to have a cache). Some days it’s meeting up with a bunch of friends and having fun, but instead of watching the game or playing cards, we go geocaching. Some days it’s getting that new cache email and seeing if I can get there first. Some days it’s visiting a new area and seeing how many caches I can find in a day.

I don’t care about anyone’s numbers but my own. Someone may have 1000 finds, but are those from doing three and four star caches in challenging terrain or are they from their visit to a city where there’s a film container under every lamppost skirt? I don’t know, so judging the cacher by the numbers would just be dumb.

And to answer the other question, I found 318 caches last year, and hid eight, two of which were events.

[Cheesehead Dave]

Zuma took my answer! 😉

Attendance at the two big events should be close to mandatory. Attendance at local events should be encouraged, but with events happening seemingly every other weekend, there’s no way someone should be expected to try to get to every one.

But as was stated above, someone on the BOD is probably the sort of person who attends events regularly anyway, so there’s little point in developing any sort of a mandate.

[Cheesehead Dave]

Of course not. The forums should be visited at least weekly, if not more often.

Posting is a different story. Many times, by the time I read a thread, several people have already posted and either a question has been answered, or someone has already made a point that I agree with, so posting would just be a “me too!”, so I don’t think there should be a requirement to have any kind of a “post quota”.

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