IceColdUK

Is this because everybody’s waiting for 10 ‘Will Attend’ logs? ;-) It does become a bit of a ‘chicken and egg’ situation. I’m inconsistent about logging WAs, but I think if more of us did, then events would probably be better attended. 1. If you log a WA you’ve made (something of) a commitment, and you’re more likely to actually attend. 2. Chances are that a good number of WAs will encourage more attendees.

Thanks for the reply CJ. I'm not sure about the exact situation with caches/geocachers in the area you're talking about. Did you really expect any guests at your event? If yes, than it's OK. If not, this is what I was talking about. I’ll be honest, I do like to ‘tick off’ different cache types when I visit a country, so that is, of course, part of the motivation for hosting an event on my travels. And I did describe the event in Mexico as ‘dubious’ - I certainly hoped we’d get some attendees (most likely other holidaymakers), but I’d be lying if I said I expected any. In fact, my Senegal event was even less likely to get any attendees (other than my family) - there are only about 20 caches in the entire country, and these are mostly found (and owned) by travellers. The difference between the two, was that the Mexican one was organised (at the last minute) for a time and place chosen purely for my own convenience; whereas in Senegal, we were set up for the whole evening in a spot fully deserving of a visit in its own right. So, I am sort of agreeing with you: there are fewer merits to a self-serving event like my ‘The Mexican Standoff’ (http://coord.info/GC6XCJD) when compared to ‘Paris-Dakar, Really?’ (http://coord.info/GC7EP70). However, at the first, I did get to meet some new and incredibly enthusiastic cachers; at the second, I was simply indulged and then mocked by my wonderful family! ;-) I can see how an event that somehow seems designed to be ‘host-only’ might be a concern, but I’m still prepared to believe that the host would be delighted if somebody did show up. :-)

Do they actually mean release a TB?

I’d be concerned too. The odd new cache owned by a guide leader, to be maintained by the group, probably wouldn’t be too bad. Is there anyway for you to provide feedback?

New thread under Geocaching Topics that touches on this type of event: I’m in favour!

I don't think so. Generally, it’s easy enough to distinguish the ‘meet and greets’ held by tourists, from local community events, and it's up to you which (if any) you’d like to attend. As an event organiser, I’m now 7-7: seven events close to home (as part of a monthly series within my county), and seven on my travels. Of those, there’s only one that I’d describe as ‘dubious’ - on the beach in front of our hotel in Mexico. (I left it a bit late to organise, and I really couldn’t be sure where we were going to be on any particular day of our holiday.) In fact, two German guys walked almost 5 miles down the beach from their hotel, and we had a great chat. Ok, not a Mega, but an opportunity to meet some like-minded people that we’d not have had otherwise. My event in Senegal was better attended, but I confess all eight attendees were members of my own family! It was an honest attempt to meet up with some of the (very few) local cachers, held in a cracking spot for the whole evening, but it just didn’t work out. :-( Before travelling to Jersey, I’d met the reviewer for the island (at an event near home). Her views somewhat coincided with yours, hence: ‘Not Another Flash Event!’ From the cache page: She also made her views on 'flash' events quite clear: so, instead of half an hour on the road outside the tattoo parlour in Saint Helier to get my smiley, I've been forced to organise a 'proper' event in a nice pub. It was a great event, but ironically there were more people from my hometown there than locals. And two more Germans! Most recently, I’ve been to Denmark and Sweden for a short break. The event just up from the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen was brilliantly attended - mostly Danes, but also a lady from the Netherlands and, yes, four more Germans! Two days later, the event in Malmö wasn’t looking so healthy. On the day, five of our new Danish friends drove over the bridge to join us again! I agree these events can be hit or miss, but I certainly don’t regret any of the ones I’ve organised.

I got spotted by a doorman outside a nightclub once - not the best place to have hidden a cache. He’d jumped to completely the wrong conclusion... https://coord.info/GLP9BVN1

I was thinking the same. There have been plenty of threads (here and on FB) discussing the audience for / purpose of a log; I’ve never done a power trail, but I imagine, for those caches, the person writing the log is likely to be the only one that really cares.

I’d add to this, particularly if you’re in a cache-rich area, with unsolved puzzles and multis nearby. (The finals for these won’t show up on map on the cache submission page.) 1.5. Submit the cache, and ask the reviewer to just check your coordinates. If this comes back with a negative, time for a rethink...

This had never even occurred to me before; now I’m wondering what restricted items I’ve smuggled across borders!

Actually some FB groups are very similar. A question gets asked on a puzzle help group, say, and in theory the thread remais as a searchable resource. The OP gets what they need, and deletes the post. May not cause outrage, by considerable harrumphing!

Similarly surprised. How about a reallocation of the unused ones?

Makes sense. :-)

From email, a ‘long press’ of a cache url brings up a menu of options for opening. Selected option is sticking for me.

Do you have any filters set?

How long do you give a CO to act on a NM for, say, a full logbook? It would seem a little premature to log an NA if you came along the next day. I would be more inclined to log another NM though.

Do you not get that options menu I showed earlier? If I do a ‘long press’ on a cache url from the search results, in Safari, I get something similar (attached). Do you see that?

Hi kmerkeley, Where are you trying to enter the coords? Generally Geocaching uses the following format for coords: N dd° mm.mmm’ W ddd° mm.mmm’ - N maybe S, and W may be E. - dd is degrees indicated by the ° symbol. The symbol can be omitted in most cases. - mm.mmm is minutes to 3 decimal places. Again the ‘ symbol can normally be omitted when entering coords in Geocaching apps and websites. You will see other formats. This website offers a useful conversion tool: https://www.geocachingtoolbox.com/index.php?lang=en&page=coordinateNotation

^^ Definitely try this, but... I’m sure I read somewhere that location information is now stripped from uploaded images. This certainly makes sense for images posted in logs (potentially, massive spoilers for puzzles, multis, etc.), but obviously a nuisance for a CO who wants the data left in as part of their puzzle.

Leave. :-) Useful info for you, the CO and subsequent cachers. The only times I’ve (sort of) broken my own rule is by not posting my draft DNF log, on the few occasions I’ve gone back and found the cache later on the same trip. My Found log will detail both visits, but even then, with hindsight, I think posting both of the logs would have been better.

From email, if I choose the ‘Open in Safari’ option than the choice ‘sticks’ for subsequent links. Trying to reproduce yxza’s problem from within the browser, I couldn’t get my selection to stick. In my case, unless I explicitly selected the ‘Open in “Geocaching”’ option, it always opens the cache page in the Safari. Strange.

I’m on an iPhone. I haven’t been able to replicate your problem exactly, but I understand the issue - I used to have the same problem opening a cache from an email (fired up the Geocaching App rather than opening the page in Safari say). To fix that, if you ‘long press’ the cache link, you get a menu of open options. Maybe something like that will help here?

On the reluctance of cachers to post NM and particularly NA logs... I agree that, as mentioned elsewhere (in the quality feedback discussion, for example), renaming these actions to better reflect their immediate effects might well help: - Needs Owner Attention - Needs Reviewer Attention Like others here, I was surprised to discover that a NM log is effectively cancelled out by subsequent finds when calculating the CHS. When seeing a red wrench already in place on a cache, I’ve not always considered it necessary to log another NM of my own. I will now.

Just back from Denmark and Sweden. Spotted your name when flicking through the logbook of a cache in Malmö!

That’s true, but we got here because somebody was irked by somebody else’s irk, and that just irked me! ;-)