I would love to see a maintenance rating for each CO, but with every suggestion I would have, there is a flaw to it that makes a cache owner feel like they are wasting there time putting hides out just to feel unappreciated. For example, if technology could calculate the DNF's a CO has and translate it into a number that would reflect the amount of maintenance they do, that could be very helpful. It is incredibly frustrating to set out on a trail where you think you're going to get 10 finds and you only find 3, and there were DNF's that went unchecked. I think there should be some accountability. I don't think a CO should be allowed to keep publishing caches when they have a low maintenance rating. This system would be flawed however because of all the variables in this game, such as DT ratings for example. A cache may have lots of DNF's simply because it's difficult to find. Maybe if a DT rating is 2/2 or below, it should automatically be open to a rating system to reflect your ability to maintain a cache properly.
Another variable of this game that I don't understand is the lonely cache challenges that people like to do. Some have said that it is the excitement of not knowing what condition a cache is going to be found in after going 3 years without being found, but the CO rule is that you must maintain your cache twice a year, so why would any cache ever be lonely? This makes no sense. I have been told that just because a CO doesn't document their maintenance doesn't mean that they haven't maintained it, but that same person will thrill in finding a lonely cache. It makes no sense. This game has too many variables with people making up their own rules and challenges. I feel that every cache must be documented as visited and in decent condition at least twice a year, either by a finder or the CO.