[Team Hambone]

Lets take a look at the issue from a different perspective. First, there is no right or wrong to this logging dilemma no matter what happens. Let us ask the WGA board a different question: Do we really need to add a rule for this? Rules should protect the players and environment and make the game better. Will this new rule do that?

Recording a “found it” or “attended” or whatever is a personal decision left up to the individual cacher. If you found a cache, then logging that cache is up to you. I have seen numerous logs in the physical log book that don’t appear on the web, is that considered wrong? No, it is just a personal choice. I think the big thing to remember is it doesn’t matter how many logs you have logged as long as you enjoy it. This whole sport is about having fun and getting outdoors. Logs are to indicate you found a cache and to write something about your experiences for yourself and others to read and enjoy. If it does or doesn’t get added to my total, only I should care.

I also don’t think we should concern ourselves with what the rest to the GC community thinks of our decision to allow (or not allow) multiple logs for an event, it is OUR event. Just because geocaching.com is the default website, they don’t own geocaching, only the domain name. If we step up and set this policy (either way) , perhaps the rest will follow us and we will become the new standard.

My vote is to continue our current policy (it isn’t broken) and let the cacher decide what to do. If geocaching.com has a problem with it they should address it, by fixing the stats to show/count events differently. The only thing I see this new rule doing is protecting the egos of stat watchers.

…Now, just to stir the pot…
We at WGA could create a logging area on our website that would be used only for WGA event logs. The stats and logs wouldn’t show up on geocaching.com, but every WGA user could have WGA event stats as well. It wouldn’t have to be fancy, just a basic database to keep track of who found what, where, when, and why. A web version of “The Big Board”. Just something to think about.

Thanks
-Team Hambone

[Team Hambone]

Both my wife and I woke up at the same time last night. We both thought it was a plane or train. We didn’t realise until this morning what we had heard/felt. We are in Madison.
-Dusty

[Team Hambone]

Great Idea. Here are ours that could count as first find records:
Scotland 11-28-01 (logged as not found, does this count?)
Scotland 1-09-04 (found)
Ontario Canada 4-6-02 (? no date on Canada)
TX 10-27-02
Ireland 1-16-04

-Dusty

[This message has been edited by Team Hambone (edited 06-11-2004).]

[Team Hambone]

I’ll jump in on this. We have 3 states (WI,IL,TX) and 4 countries (US, Scotland, Ontario-Canada, Ireland). It seems we do more caching on vacation than at home

[Team Hambone]

Put us down for 2 big and 1 little.

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