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originally posted be Mrs. WISearcher
What direction do you think the board should take specifically regarding what issues you think should be addressed (if there are more issues than one what is the order of priority in addressing these issues)…and what skills/experiences do you have to help to facilitate this direction?

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When one looks for the purpose of our organization in a single word, we might see that it is communication. I feel that we need to strive to reach a greater population to present our story; what we are doing and why. This is essential to broaden our playing field and grow our numbers. I have made an attempt to get our activities into the public eye and think we should continue to do that. I have invited Dan Small (Outdoor Wisconsin), Channels 4, 6, 12 & 58, and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal to a few of our breakfasts without success. I will try this again, but think that the members of the board should all be looking for public attention to our activities. I would like to see WGA representation at the Sports Show as well. That may need to wait until we have greater resources. As a member of the board, I feel we need to concentrate on Public Relations.

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I will second that!

Bravo for a job well done, Ron.
We have found from our experiences with land managers that more often than not, they welcome our activities. One should not have any fear of aproaching them.

Kudos again.

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Originally posted by GrouseTales
For the sake of discussion, perhaps the candidates could list any of the contributions they’ve made to the WGA? Items such as volunteering to help with events, hiding caches temp caches, any suggestions that have been implimented, etc…

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I approach this with reluctance since I am not one that normally talks in about myself. I think that the contributions I have made that are noteworthy would be bringing the breakfast events and kudos to our community. My other contributions have been no greater than those of my peers. You may have seen me at the registration table at our past Picnics and Campouts. I also placed some temps at our CITO event last April. I would like to play a greater role in placing temps but rather enjoy watching the excitement in those that dove into this task for our past events.

[This message has been edited by Trudy & the beast (edited 01-12-2005).]

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Cool,
Trudy says I can go, she might come along too. Count on a couple more GPSRs in the mix, as well.
tb

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While we are on this subject, All members should make sure that their membership hasn’t expired. Only one third of Wisconsin cachers have joined the WGA and of that number, half have let their membership lapse.

Now is the time to bring your membership up to date so that you will have a voice in who will represent you on the WGA Board of Directors.

Renew your membership here: http://wi-geocaching.com/membership/

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Originally posted by AstroD-Team:
…. I just saw this post and was curious, how far off were last years predictions? …

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see http://wi-geocaching.com/forums/Forum8/HTML/000286.html

We would have to rely on some of our caching teachers to put a numeric score on the result. I would guess about 75% give or take 10% But, then, this is just for fun anyway.

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Originally posted by skarolek:
….. Been too long since I’ve taken back roads.

Steve K

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Since we started geocaching, we only take backroads!

It adds miles and smiles

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Well, if there are no volunteers to evaluate this set of predictions, I will have to do it myself

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Originally posted by Trudy & the beast:
1. We will see 1500 newbies join us in the coming year.

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Using the beast’s version of linear algebra, it is evident that we have fallen short of this mark. Best estimates but this number between 900 and 1100. The beast was wrong.

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2. The number of caches in the state will grow to 2,000 plus.

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See number 1 above. Best estimates put this number between 1800 and 1900. The beast was wrong.

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3. Jeff Thorson will log his 1300th cache.

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Jeff logged his 1300th, 1400th and 1500th. The beast was right.

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4. Geotrippers will match jthorson’s 1300.

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Geotrippers not only mathced Jeff’s 1300th, but his 1400th and 1500th as well. The beast was right.

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5. PharmTeam, wzbt03 and Socko will log their 1000th

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PharmTeam and wzbt03 both logged their 1000th finds, witnesses say that Socko capped the 1K mark sometime around midyearbut but he stopped logging any finds at all sometime in April. That would make the beast’s prediction wrong.

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6. Natloh2 and T&tb will log their 800th.

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Slam dunk. The beast was right.

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7. there will be another 150 cachers to log their 100th cache.

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I don’t have a firm number on the number of cachers above the 100 mark at the start of the year, wzbt03 might agree it was no more than a score or two. At year’s end there were over 225. This means that there were close to 200 to make that mark during 2004. The beast was right.

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8. Geoffnsara, Folk Trakers, Caching Out and CatHunter will each log their 700th cache.

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Should have been another slam dunk but somebody took an extended break from caching, and as a result the beast was wrong

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9. The Lil’ Otter will add 6 States [ND, SD, MT, CO, KA, NB] and log her 3000th find.

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She logged her 3000th cache, but didn’t add any states. The beast was wrong

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10. Wisconsin Breakfast events will reach 2 per month before the end of the year.

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With the increasing difficulty finding places that can seat the numbers we have been bringing in, the number of breakfasts has actually fallen off. We are going to have to do something about that. Two breakfasts in one month – See The Great Sub Chase, October 2004. The beast was right

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11. Breakfast event attendance will reach 100+

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Slam dunk. The beast was right

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12. A new event will hit the scene, involving placing caches.

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Actually we saw two new events. Events involving the placing of caches precede our picnics and breakfasts have been important to their success, but have gone unposted. The other event is a multi-event-event [See the Great Sub Chase – October 2004] The beast was right

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Congratulations Jeff. Excuse me while I slap Ray. We love you and hope you find another 1500 this year.
Trudy

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Kudos JT!
Trudy says we should only eat oysters in months that are spelled with an “R.” I don’t think we are on the same topic.
tb

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I too am looking forward to meeting f-trup. F lives in Belgium, as does my brother Bob. Bob drives the big white Ford Pick-up truck with dualies. I havn’t been able to drag him out and along. Maybe F can.

When I looked up F’s cache, I could see it from home…. T&tb have scouted that park out and know exactly where the cache is placed without leaving our livingroom.

Big Kudos to f-trup. Welcome aboard and thanks for starting your second hundred with The Ghost Train series

[Ray]

Kudos from T&tb

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Add our names to the well-wishers. Big kudos. T&tb

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Kudos from T&tb

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This is our close encounter: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=96135510-54cf-466b-95e3-f55365fa8e26
Isolation Ridge by UpNorthDoc has several references to Bear Claw Marks in the logs.

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