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nhramblinman

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  1. nhramblinman,Attend a few events and get a feel for how things go. I am sure your event-planning skilz can be put to good use in some fashion. Also, I notice you are from NH. You may find a few closer neighbors in the forum which includes New England. I had noticed the "Northeast" Forum and totally missed that there was a New England Forum (located right above in the menu, can only claim a Senior moment to that oversight). I have since posted a similar notice on that Forum where the idea had already been initiated by another member...seems like the New England forum group is much more receptive to the idea of doing an event than the respondents to the posting on this Forum...thanks for the response...
  2. Got it...will withdraw my invitation...thought participants would be interested in a more organized event....but given the responses here and the desire to keep this sport strictly an amateur pursuit...will drop the whole idea. Thanks to those who offered the feedback...didn't want to spend a lot of time chasing something that didn't have a hope of getting off the ground... no desire for commercial gain...the monies suggested would have gone only to promotion, prizes, t-shirts, lanyards, trophies, geocoins, etc. - budget hadn't even been worked up so the estimate was just a shot in the dark...since all of the Chambers are non-profit...any profits would have rolled over to sponsor the event for a future year...or...since this was a new project, one idea could have been that all those in attendance could have voted on a charitable organization for which the donation could have been made...certainly, the Chambers of Commerce are interested in bringing visitors to the area...and that was their primary motivation - was introducing people interested in this sport to the region. A weekend event like this was hosted out in Illinois and was what I was thinking of recreating here in the Northeast. For those interested in a more specific description of what I was trying to duplicate...check out www.geostl.com/SLAGA/SLAGA_Event/2006_MOGA/MOGA%20Manual%20Final.html
  3. Have in a past life been an event organizer and am interested in organizing a geocaching event for this fall...have five Chambers of Commerce interested in helping organize this and figure we should be able to pull together between $5000 - $10,000. Am figuring on prize money, individual and team events...making it a weekend event....does this sound reasonable...have done things like this for other pursuits of mine...but have never attended a geocaching event...looking for advice/suggestions!! Am planning to take part in events this year...but in the meantime want to get input from more experienced veterans about the logistics of putting together a successful event.
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