[chevyole]

I think I have a lot of good event planning / series organization and cache hiding skills.  I definitely think that public speaking and leading have been challenging, but its something that I’m hoping to do more of this next year.

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[chevyole]

I know from my past time on the BOD the amount of time it takes.  Its a lot of work but I enjoy it.  I am hopeful we can get lots of folks excited about geocaching over the next couple of years and help make our events fun.

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[chevyole]

I like that we have quadrants for the picnics and campouts.  The last few years the central location of the chili event (thanks to the author of this question) has been in Stevens Point.  That location has worked out quite well and its the best price (free!)

I would like to see the WGA go to state parks/forests/etc that we haven’t already been to before.

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[chevyole]

Would love to see this reassessed

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[chevyole]

Looks awesome out there!

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[chevyole]

This is also a forum for 2022 Campout.

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[chevyole]

Russ,  I’m sorry,  I’m just seeing this.  Were you able to activate your coin?

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[chevyole]

Welcome!   The forums aren’t very active anymore,  being replaced mainly by Facebook groups.

 

Look forward to meeting you at Fall Campout and hearing more about those events.

 

Mark

Waukesha,  WI

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[chevyole]

Noonan – I’m currently on the board but not much help as I’ve personally have never completed that series.  I will ask the current geoart committee to reach out.  BigJim60 would also be a great person to contact.

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[chevyole]

Thanks Jim!

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[chevyole]

Hi Paradoks –

 

I think I was able to update your user profile as you were not listed as a WGA member.  I see you’ve been in the system since 2004, but there was some portability issues when we moved to from one server to another.

 

I’m hoping you are now able to edit your profile.

Let me know if you have further issues and I’ll direct you to someone with more website experience than myself.

 

Take care

Mark (chevyole)

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[chevyole]

I also use c:geo and Google maps.   A friend and I used cachetur on a longer road trip which was also helpful.

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[chevyole]

Hey Thread stealers, let’s get a few questions for the 2022 candidates in Candidates Corner?!

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[chevyole]

I think this year we had at least two counties that lost their oldest cache and now have a new oldest cache

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[chevyole]

Finding 3 people a year for a 3 commitment seems easier to me than finding 4 or 5 qualified people every other year.   Will increasing from 2 to 3 years defer some from running?   Probably some.  However, I look at this from the consistency of the board.  With a turnover of 4 one year and 5 the next, if most board members leave,  it makes it difficult to find enough passionate new board members to replace them.  There is a loss of continuity in the board objectives and ideas.

 

For those that don’t know,  a board member is asked to attend one 1.5 hour meeting a month and attend 75% of WGA events per calendar year (currently Spring Picnic, West Bend, Fall Campout, GIFF, Chili event)   I personally don’t think that is too much to ask for.   There are some that spend more time  than this working on various committees and creating new opportunities for cachers because we enjoy event planning and creating new caches.

I am concerned about the apathy of geocaching organizations in general.   Recently outside of Wisconsin, Minnesota recently stated they would vote to dissolve the organization if they didn’t get enough people to run.   Geocachers of Northern Illinois (GoNil) dissolved a few years back.

We need people to step up and be passionate about the events the WGA hosts.   What would you as a geocacher in Wisconsin like to see done differently?   How could you contribute?

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Thoughts are my opinion and may not be the opinion of the WGA board as a whole.

 

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