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Originally posted by EnergySaver:
I liked your comments, Ken!
I don’t have a reply to that. I just wanted to see it posted again.
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So does this mean your going to have a July 4th event again? I hope! I’ve got more practice now, if you want to consider placing two caches, this time. But nothing so dangerous this time!
Yup, we plan to have a 4th of July geocaching picnic/event again. Watch for the event cache page whenever it gets warm outside.
We’ve been discussing this over in the Board of Directors forum as well. I’m glad to see the tide of the conversation in this topic starting to swing away from the idea of setting up a nearby cache to log multiple finds to represent the temp cache finds. Personally, I think we are taking the issue of “getting credit” for our hobby way too seriously. When we organized the first WGA campout, it was to be able to spend more time getting to know our fellow geocachers by spending time around the campfire. Now it seems like they have become cache-grab events with little time or effort to converse and get to know each other. Step back for a moment and think what our sport looks like to the outside world. If we are trying to gain respect for geocaching among land managers, the news media and “muggles” (and I think we are because of the comments I read in the forums that ask for more publicity, more cooperation with parks officials, etc.), then how do we expect them to take us seriously if we were to add superfluous rules about logging temp caches in alternative special permanent caches set up for that purpose? Let’s not take ourselves so seriously. Let’s stick to the “meat and potatoes” of geocaching. The outdoors. The search. The hike. The find. Let’s keep it a sport to be proud of.
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Originally posted by abcdmCachers:
allows pan via mouse drag, and combines it’s search engine with maps (try typing “thai milwaukee” to see where the Thai restaurants are, or “wifi wauwatosa” to see wifi hotspots.) Give it a try if you haven’t already.Doug
Thanks for pointing out two very cool features. I scrolled before but didn’t use mouse drag until I read your post. Also, easily finding wifi hotspots — terrific!
Nice going, Randy. Glad to see you got good use out of the WGA powerpoint.
This verifies that it takes a combined effort: individual geocachers working with park managers AND geocaching organizations working with policy makers to have the most positive impact for geocaching.
Yeah, it is a neat thing that wzbt started. Thanks for picking up the torch.
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Originally posted by John Robie:
I mean I have ridden a 10 speed bike to those areas in the far past.
10-speed? Do those exist any more?
Right now there is no official CITO planned by the WGA board. If one or more WGA members want to plan a CITO or CITO events, that would be great! You would need to submit the event cache listing for approval at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
B.O.L.D. is going to be featured tomorrow morning on National Public Radio WUWM FM 89.7 during “Morning Edition.”
Also, here’s a piece from the latest B.O.L.D. newsletter that may be of interest to your friend:
Blindskills, Inc.
A young mother has just learned that her baby has an eye disease that will ultimately result in blindness. She has heard about Blindskills, called and requested information on how-to techniques and available resources.Elsewhere, a computer programmer’s aging mother was diagnosed with macular degeneration. He began searching the Web for information regarding the various facets of the disease and the possibility of assistive aids. He found the Blindskills Web site and contacted them.
Although the young mother and the computer programmer looked for answers in different ways, they share a common information resource. Each of them found help from Blindskills, Inc.
If you or someone you know began to lose vision, what would you do and to whom would you turn for help?
Blindskills, Inc., an Oregon-based nonprofit corporation since 1983, distributes information to visually impaired people and their families. It provides this service in many ways.
o In the past year, Blindskills, Inc. assisted over 1400 individuals who contacted its staff via the toll-free number, which can be reached from anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.
o It maintains a Web site with hundreds of links to organizations and services for visually impaired people.
o Blindskills publishes a quarterly magazine written by and for visually impaired people, available in large print, cassette, braille or disk. Its content includes information on adapting to life with low vision, techniques of daily living, career interviews, recreation and sports, technology tips and reviews, and descriptions of new products and services designed for visually impaired people.
o Other publications include:
o Job Hunting Resources For People With Vision Impairments, a handbook for visually impaired people who are seeking employment;
o Connie’s Kitchen, a cookbook which includes many tips for low vision or blind cooks;
o “Where Do I Go From Here,” a free cassette for people who are just beginning to lose vision. The tape includes a companion piece, in print for family or friends, which gives suggestions for assisting someone with low vision.
o Carol McCarl and Nolan Crabb, blind staff members of Blindskills, Inc. provide blindness awareness presentations at conferences, schools, service clubs, etc. They can provide one-on-one or group training on certain software applications and e-mail management.
o Blindskills sponsors a monthly LOCAL support group for those who are experiencing vision loss. Staff members can provide assistance to others interested in starting such support groups in their communities.
o People at Blindskills, Inc. will assist visually impaired people of all ages to obtain the information, services, and products they can use to adapt to living with vision loss.You may contact Blindskills in a variety of ways. If you wish to subscribe to DIALOGUE, a quarterly publication, you can most easily do so by calling our toll-free number listed below. Blindskills does accept Visa and MasterCard for products and subscriptions.
Blindskills, Inc.
P.O. Box 5181
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Toll-free (800) 860-4224 or (503) 581-4224
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E-Mail: [email protected]One resource your friend may want to check out is B.O.L.D. ( http://www.wisconsinbold.com ) We have several types of outdoor activities for the blind and visually impaired. No golf, that I’m aware of, but skiing, bicycling, hay rides and other events. I’ve been a ski guide for the past 3 years.
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Originally posted by Trudy & the beast:
Too cool!
Did you have to spring for lunch?
No. Jeremy bought our lunch. One advantage of being IowaAdmin.
To hop on the gloating bandwagon, temperatures were in the upper 60s with sunshine every day we were in the mountains of Washington last week. What’s up with Wisconsin, anyway? It’s time for spring to get here.
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Originally posted by Cathunter:
Keep you eye open for a guy with geocaching-related shirt and a bad haircut.
That could any of about 8 thousand guys.
I enjoy going to Caneocopia nearly every year, but we wont’ be able to be there this year. Hope y’all have fun!
But will a patio set fit inside this new vehicle?
OK, I’ll try to remember to include it in the Jeep when I pack for the campout. We’ll have to start it up to make sure it works — say about 3:30 a.m. in the middle of the group camp site?
This is another example of why it’s beneficial for the WGA to be directly involved in geocache approvals. It’s a benefit to all Wisconsin geocachers because it gives park managers and officials assurance that there is an “umbrella” organization they can go to if they have problems or concerns about geocaches. It’s great that individual geocachers work with their local park managers, but that’s not enough. Cooperation with parks officials needs to be a two-prong approach, with the WGA working from the top down and local geocachers working from the grass roots upward.
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