The SuzyQs
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The YMCA is open to all people everyday. If I want to go to the YMCA for a day then all I do is pay 5 bucks. IN the same way, people don't have to pay 3 bucks to go to this one event. They can instead go to all the other events in the area for free. I still don't see why this is a big deal. It's only one event...Ok from the guidlines for an event cache
Event caches are gatherings that are open to all geocachers and which are organized by geocachers
This is the first sentance, being a premium members only event excludes some cachers from attending the event. IMO PMO events are a violation of the guidlines.
And there is nothing stopping anyone from becoming Premium Members other than personal choice. So it is their personal choice not to attend a PMO event. Therefore, NO ONE is excluded.
To some people the fee for premium membership is an issue besides why would some one want to pay for premium membership if they are a new cacher and not sure they are going to enjoy it.
Very good point and I totally agree. Thank you.
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Does it mean that a thread is a great success or an abysmal failure if it forces PaintFiction to post?
Nope. It just means that after all these years the fourms are still the same as they have always been.
El Diablo
Amen!
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BTW........ I haven't heard any NEFGA area people complaining...... LMAO!
I don't think that you will hear anyone in NEFGA complaining about this event...
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Ok from the guidlines for an event cache
Event caches are gatherings that are open to all geocachers and which are organized by geocachers
This is the first sentance, being a premium members only event excludes some cachers from attending the event. IMO PMO events are a violation of the guidlines.
And there is nothing stopping anyone from becoming Premium Members other than personal choice. So it is their personal choice not to attend a PMO event. Therefore, NO ONE is excluded.
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Speaking of reviewers... Why have heard very little from them on this?
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I think it's quite simple. Some people in Arizona had a hiking event rejected because it was "exclusive". They're just confused, as am I.
Sounds like a reviewer issue...
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IMO if someone refuses to pay 3 bucks to support the website and go to a fun event, then tough beans.... That's it... I figured it out... ICM is secretly working for Groundspeak doing a PM drive.... I can't believe it took me this long to figure it out.
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http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...923fc&log=y
Wow, look an event that was PMO way back in 2004. It's been going on for some time, get with the program. Click the box or not, it is the choice of the poster, NOT the forum trolls.
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I think the idea of a members only event is really stupid to say the least. I have been to lots of events over the years. Some of the best memories are from meeting new cachers.
The people that are running the event IMO are very narrow minded, I am not sure I would want to be seen in the company of people that would exclude new cachers from an event.
Excluding new members from an event does not send out a very good message to new cachers.
Narrow mindedness comes from hanging out in the forums too long. The ability to post the event as PMO gives him the right to do so. If that's what he wants, then that's how he does it. Nothing stupid about clicking a little check box that is there for us to check. Stupid is sitting on the keyboard B!t$&ing about something that you have absolutely NO control over.
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Earned my Eagle June 1986. Our son is now a First Class Scout and has only been in the Troop 11 months. He did earn the Arrow of Light, which I missed out on as a youth. He and I are having so much fun working through the Scout Book and Ranks together. I actually am scheduled to attend Wood Badge this spring.
-Steve
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Just wondering if anyone thought that maybe the size of the location is the restrictive factor here? NEFGA has over-filled many restaurants in the past, so maybe the thought here is to keep it to a smaller number as to not upset the establishment.... Maybe they will allow more events there if we do not crowd out the regulars...
Then again, maybe he did it just to drive y'all crazy here. Who knows...
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Both would be cool. If you had caches from all over the world, then maybe one day you could actually go find one of the caches that was on the cards. If we found a trading card with cachers on it, then we could look forward to meeting them at an event.
Very cool idea.
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Quick, one of the South Eastern regional grocery stores has Peanut Butter on sale. Buy one get one FREE! Get those cache containers before they are all gone!
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So, are you saying I can create a cache page, then archive it, and it will show up and be, relatively speaking, useable?
5 commas in one sentence! A personal record!!!
So seriously, it would be as functional as a cache that had been published and then archived?
Yes, we found this out the hard way by placing one on property that is maintained by a National Park, but was unmarked. After about a months worth of meetings with the Park Managers and emails with the reviewer, we archived it and it show up in caches that we owned so we drop our personal stuff in and out of that cache.
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Ok, how long does it usually take to get a response from the appeals folks? I submitted an appeal as instructed by the reviewer on Sept 8, one week ago. I have not heard anything back. The GC# is GC15PXY.
Thanks.
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Also, drive carefully on the way to the cache location. Almost every one of us are at risk of getting killed whenever we drive anywhere.
Maybe we need to ban driving in the sport? If a vehicle is required to get there make it a 6 Difficulty?
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On the disk's...
My brother uses one with his Quest2 and has had it for over a year and has had no issues. I just ordered 2 for our vehicles.
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Now I need another disk for my next rig.
ebay! They are like 6 bucks...
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have you seen warnings on PB caches?
Funny you should ask. We have added warning to ALL our caches, as we tend to cache with a 10lb bag of roasted peanuts in the vehicle and them shells get everywhere.
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The school I teach in stopped selling latex balloons when we had a student with a latex allergy in the school - they also told us to stop doing a lab that involves latex rubber. So for four years, we adjusted several things in our school. I understand the balloons. I also understand the latex restriction on chemistry labs, but only during the year when the student was in that class or those rooms.
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There is one big difference with what you have said here. Student are REQUIRED to goto school. There is no way around it. Caching is VOLUNTARY, you don't have to find every cache out there. You can choose which caches to avoid.
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We use nRoute that uses the Mapsource maps we already had loaded into the computer. GSAK will exprot to mapsource, nRoute can import them and the arrow stays centered on our location and the navigator can call out distance as we move.
We have never used streets and trips, so I can't help there.
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- Back to expended energy: ICM, instead of defending your dead horse, why not put your obviously intelligent mind to figuring out a better container than a peanut butter jar?
He has! His containers at one time contained boiled eggs. One of the larger supermarkets here in Florida uses these plastic 1 quart clear containers to send hard boiled eggs to their stores. It just so happens that a member of his family works there and gets these containers for free and they actually work quite well here in our neck of the woods.
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I realized today that I have way too much in my pockets and I could have used my camera today. What do you guys and girls use?
Believe it or not a Fishing Vest works Great. LOTS of pockets and lightweight. Mine even has metal loop that my GPS clips to.
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And this list goes on.
Nope. No one ever said that a cache has to be immortal.
What I said is that we each get to choose whose opinions we value. Hiders of disposable caches do not rank high on my list. These must be some great places to hide caches!
Myself, I do not hide disposable caches. I seek a good place. And I maintain my caches. I've had to archive one due to the unavailability of the location due to major reconstruction of the park. It's been many months, and the reconstrution does not seem to be anywhere near to being finished.
Your prerogative as to whose opinions you value. And mine as well.
So, what you are saying is that because caches are archived, he does not maintain them? I don't get it. If they were not maintained, then the page would still be active. Archiving a cache is not poor maintenance. If the spot is taken over by construction (which happens a lot here in Florida) then the cache needs to be archived. If you move from one area to another and you can not maintain it, then archive it. If another cacher finds a really cool spot, but your cache is in the way and out of the kindness of your heart you archive yours to make room for a new one. This kind of cacher does maintain their caches. I fail to see your point here.
IMO if someone refuses to pay 3 bucks to support the website and go to a fun event, then tough beans.... 
Members only event?!?
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Went to this event today. Did not see anyone that had complaints about this event there. TomInJax was even prepared to buy their breakfast...