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@MooseGoober wrote:

So I am going on a trip this summer and wanting to geocach on my vacation. Is there an easy way to import the caches into a database without typing them into manually one by one?

Thanks,
MooseGoober

You may want to consider using GSAK. This is a tool that you can use to import caches into a database, sort them, and then import them into your gps.

Go here to get it:

http://www.gsak.net/

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@sandlanders wrote:

I need to know how to find out which county a cache is in, specifically when it is visually straddling the border from all aerial views and maps. I don’t have GSAK. How does the GC site do it for “stats” purposes? Thanks.

On the cache page of the cache in question, click on the Mapquest button. Mapquest shows the county lines.

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Hell, I have seen those Minnesota people. They got some pretty big guys, but none as big as me. The team with the biggest anchor has gotta win.

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Article VI: General Membership Meetings
General membership meetings will be held annually at a minimum, or more often if required. All members and interested parties are invited to attend and participate in the general membership meetings. All general membership meetings will be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition.

The purpose of the general membership meetings shall be to discuss and approve current and future initiatives, solicit involvement and provide a forum for the exchange of information among members. Agenda items may include cache hunts, slide shows or video tapes of geocaching areas and activities, or educational presentations.

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No, glad to see them go away. It was a bad idea, made worse by abusing the word “challenge.” Few were either interesting or challenging.

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@Northwoods Tom wrote:

So it has been tried. Pre-trailer, but done. Costly too!

Personally I’ll continue to grab 2 or 3 as I need them when I need them. Spend so much more on gas that I look at it as part of the hobby expense and a small part of it.

I just feel the pain of those with dozens of ammo can caches where they get stolen and the anger they may feel.

If you watch the auctions, it is possible to get the ammo cans a bit cheaper.

In Jan of 2011, I placed a bid for 24 cans at 5.11 per can, and got em at that price. Some times lots are smaller, and sometimes bigger.

The price has gone up quite a bit since then, and it would take a larger bid to get them, even at auction.

And back to the content of the original thread. I still believe that ammo cans are the best possible container, when used in a nonurban setting. I have had very few ammo cans stolen, and the ones that I have had stolen were in urban areas where I should have known better.

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@gotta run wrote:

Only if we can talk politics on the whole drive down… 😆

LOL. That would be a blast, and I think you would have a few surprises.

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@gotta run wrote:

@zuma wrote:

A sampling of what is on my ignore list:

GC1764C (Unfindable)

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For some reason I remembered this listing and decided to look it up. It appears it is findable after all. Very intriguing….

Let me know if you decide to go for it, and I will go with ya.

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Thanks everyone. It has been a great ride, and while pure numbers caching is not my thing as much anymore, the numbers still add up over time. Sometimes I cache with friends, sometimes I cache alone, but my favorite type of caching these days is caching with Lauryn. I dont get many when I cache with her, since she likes to stay at the good places a lot longer than I normally would, but I am liking her approach to the sport: stay and play at the interesting places.

For the 20K milestone, I went out with Lauryn and we got just 18 that day, but we had fun looking for the type of caches she likes. She likes short (400 – 800 feet) walks in the woods to ammo boxes in the woods filled with swag for kids the most, so when I cache with her we go for as many of those as we can find. She also likes fun and interesting places like the giant eyeball in Angelo, where we got the 20,000th.

Lauryn doesnt like WSQs at all, or PNGs, though I do like to get them myself. So when I cache with her, I have to leave most of those for future trips. We also went to the Slayton museum in Sparta on the day we got 20K, and that is a great cache for kids. She also likes caches in parks with play equipment, so I do those with her as well.

Anyway, changing styles of caching keeps it fresh and fun for me.

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@GeoBill wrote:

Just a few thoughts as a vendor at some events. I prefer the percentage of sales fee. Most of the time this will result in more money for WGA and if sales are not good at a certain event it is an incentive to vendors to attend anyway as there are always some people looking for supplies. We also tend to donate more items to organizers at the percent based fee events. Many of our products are approved by Groundspeak for us to sell so we have to meet a certain quality level. This idea seems like it would be a good way for WGA to raise some extra funds for continuing a no membership fee Association.
The Searchers

good idea on the percentage, and we may adopt this in the future since it is probably more fair. But the $25 fee is not there to make the WGA money, and we have enough funds that we do not have to try to make money off of vendors. We may even consider lowering the fee in the future. But we thought a fee of a nominal amount was needed to help control the ad hoc and random nature of vendors just appearing at events unannounced.

None of the many vendors at Pike had sought approval from anyone to sell their products in the shelter, and the ad hoc appearance of a flea market at future events seems to me to need to be controlled by potential sellers getting prior permission to sell at the events, and paying a small nominal fee.

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@cheezehead wrote:

How do you enforce this if it’s a public facility? Ya the WGA is leasing the use of the shelter. I would have just as much a right sitting at a picnic table that’s 25 away from the shelter and selling ice cream bars out of a cooler if I wanted to. If little Sue want’s to sell homemade Geo-buttons for a $1 so she can donate the money to the local animal shelter, are ya gonna charge her $25 or kick her out?

good questions, but I do not think enforcement is really much of an issue. The vast majority of people will do the decent and honorable thing with just a little guidance. So in the case that you cite, little Sue would most likely just follow the rules without making a big deal of it.

So, not really a big deal on enforcement, but it is a good question.

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Looks like a pretty awesome crew. Thanks a lot!

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Dropped mine off at Sally’s: GC1D6XJ

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thank you.

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@WStemple wrote:

I can well see the BOD’s view. Vendors can take up valuable space that was intended for people to be able to sit and just talk. Take for example the limited space at Pike Lake. If I recall correctly, there was a table for the container contest, one for the race, two for registration, plus the space taken up for the cakes and food, etc. That was all WGA official space and the space that was left was probably planned as “open” space for the cachers to socialize.

When you introduce vendors into that space, it does not leave much for the members. I would suggest that if we were to allow vendors into these events, that it be handle like West Bend. That is to say that they are given there own space that is aways from the “main” space so that it does not intrude on the social aspect of the event. Many of them probably have thier own tents, etc., so that should not be an issue to them.

You are correct on all counts. The primary purpose of WGA events is to promote social interaction between Wisconsin’s geocachers.

The issue at Pike was that several people were turning the shelter into a flea market by setting up tables right in the shelter, which some people did not like, and some felt this limited social interaction.

If vendors want to sell things at WGA events, it is going to have to be controlled and contained so that it does not compromise our main mission, which is to promote social interaction. That was the idea behind moving vendors out of the shelter, and 50 feet away from the main shelter.

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