triplebocker

Make that 170!!

OK, fair enough and you've definately got a point there. I do see a problem when there is more than one organization in an area of the State "butting-heads" with each other, though. That's where they need to work together prior to meeting with the local county & city parks to discuss geocaching policies and not individually. Pretty soon these parks will just get fed up with the inconsistencies and bickering between clubs that do not see "eye-to-eye" and are not willing to discuss issues amongst themselves Not sure whether my thoughts count since I'm just a newbie. I guess I'm sort of a by-stander looking-in trying to assess things before I get too serious about Geocaching I am willing to listen, though

Exactly ... now all you have to do is get all these organizations to get together (and get along with each other) to come up with a common approach for the good of all cachers (and parks) ! Maybe some of the other org. members will "chime in" with their thoughts?

I am also talking about OHIO! Ohio needs just one organization to be the "mouthpiece" for the whole State. The orgs. I mentioned are basically SW Ohio organizations ... of course there are others regional orgs. in the State besides those. I'm just trying to say that all of the existing Ohio geiocaching orgs. need to unite as one. Simple as that. Maybe I'm not understanding your original posting?

One Geocaching organization with sub-chapters answering to a main org. would be best. I think COG - http://www.cogeocaching.org would make the best central main site as it is setup real well to deal with such matters Too many caching groups going in different directions can spoil the fun when it comes to contacting parks, etc. (i.e., OKIC - http://www.okic.org and CACHE - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c_a_c_h_e). Go visit both forums and you will see what I mean