Discordia19
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I currently have 1579 finds with a DT average of 2.24/2.28. But I must say, I have been working on that for a while now! My goal is a 2.5/2.5 next...
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Similar to the souvenir, it is simply a way to say "thank you" to those who do participate and perhaps give some encouragement to those who do not actively participate currently. I think that any reason at all to encourage people to practice CITO is a positive thing and does no harm, only good.
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In reality, there are always going to people some people who try to cheat the system. Whether it be card counters, people cheating on tests, logging virtuals and earthcaches without going there, or finding puzzle spoilers instead of putting in the effort to solve them. That being said, should this mean that because a small percentage of people will always behave this way, that we should not make an effort or attempt at good deeds? If people who have changed the world for the better (i.e. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Ghandi) were disheartened to stop working towards their noble causes because of the few that aren't honest or who don't agree with them, imagine what this world would be like today. There will always be some who won't play by the "rules", but that is the exception, not the majority. Promoting a worthy cause such as a CITO can not be looked at from the perspective of some people not pitching in and just collecting the "smiley", it must be looked at from the view of the difference that those who did participate have made. Just some food for thought....
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We've noticed events where folks say howdy and split - off to another, sometimes taking a pic, as no one ever remembers them attending.
- I'd rather see CITO attendees actually doing something.
I'd like to see them attending because they believe in CITO, not just adding to their smiley count and stats - or acquiring a badge.
Where do you see an expected increase of attendance in CITO coming from?
- This isn't the first CITO day...
I appreciate the fact that you're now interested and organizing CITOs of your own added to your excitement, but I think you're expectations may be a little too high.
We've been to a CITO and attended a regular event hours later only a few miles away. The attendance at the regular event was easily six-to-one.
People that go to these want to attend and they wouldn't need an enticement.
Heck, I don't even log most of the ones I attend for the "smiley"...
I thought Groundspeak was already known for their environmental awareness.
Thank you for your input. I apologize if I made you upset by my suggestion. I agree that I would want to host and attend CITO's even if I never got a smiley for it. My family has always been passionate about being in the woods and responsibly taking care of them (I remember a lesson my mother gave us about Stewardship when we were young.) Again, it was merely a suggestion to increase participation and was not meant to cause any animosity. Thank you for your opinion, it is appreciated.
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I don't think having achievement levels based on number of CITO events visited would have good results. I think it would encourage some people to attempt to show up at as many CITO events as they can. If some one is trying to attended as many CITO events as they can then how can they possible be doing any actual CITO?
If I was a CITO organizer I would want people to stick around for the clean up part of the event. I wouldn't want people to show their face for a couple of seconds, not helping with any of the clean up, and then running off to the next CITO event. CITO should be about improving an area and not about increasing ones find count.
Thanks for your input! This is exactly what I was hoping for, to see if from different points of views from other cachers.
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As to the concept, I do not need to have an achivement to inspire me to attend or host a CITO event, would it be nice, yes, but not needed in my case. I have been researching hosting an event, CITO or other, local areas where I could hold said event, etc for some time now. The achievments would do nothing but be icing on the cake so to speak. At least for me. They may do better to inspire those others that, that sort of thing will motivate. So I could see them being a good thing, but for me personally, its a give or take type of thing.
Its a good thought, and has the potential to be a good postitive one.
I wholeheartedly agree that I do not need an achievement offer to attend or host CITO's. My family is planning on setting up a few of them after my Camp CITO weekend concludes in April. As avid campers and hikers, our family has always practice CITO, way before we were geocachers and had a name to put on it. Some discussions have been going around in my area about how we can spread the message to more people to get involved in CITO's. I was just thinking that if Groundspeak were to back an achievement in regards to this, it may be able to spread to more people and more areas faster than in just a more localized manner. I appreciate your thoughts! Thanks!
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If you have not seen it, there is some CITO stuff here: http://shop.geocaching.com/default/gear/cito in the geocahing store. I am sure a quick search may give you a site with more of what you are suggesting. Or if you have the backing, you can create coins and sell them yourself.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have already been in the "shop" and bought 4 CITO coins and 4 CITO trackables as door prizes for the event. As far as creating the coins myself, I know that is always an option, I guess I was just hoping that the coin production would come from Groundspeak so that they would be available to all and seen by all geocachers as a reason to attend more CITOs.
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I have a two day campout CITO weekend coming up in a State Forest. The land manager was very happy that we were helping, the only request was that the State Forest's in NJ require their CITO volunteers to sign a liability waiver. I have the form here with me, and the only thing required is a signature, they don't require an address, phone number or anything else. Just my signature stating that I understand that I am picking up trash at my own risk. I don't think that it unreasonable at all.
Plus, I did put that the liability form had to be signed by all participants on the cache page, so that all who wanted to volunteer was aware of it ahead of time. I think that's only right.
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With the announcement of this year's CITO souvenir and having just published my first CITO events, I've been thinking a lot about stewardship and the power that geocaching potentially has (with reaching so many people worldwide)to make an enormous impact in cleaning up our communities, forests and parks
I think it would be wonderful if Groundspeak would make attending and/or hosting CITO events become official achievements such as with finds. For example, if there was a geoachievement for attending 25, 50, 100+ CITOS, or hosting 10, 50, 100+ CITO's with milestones and coins, it may start a movement among the geocaching community to participate much more with these types of events. Not only that, but with the expected increase in attendance and frequency of CITO events, it would be an amazing way for Groundspeak to become known for it's environmental awareness and activism which would do nothing but promote the sport in a manner which benefits everyone, cachers and non-cachers alike. It would also be a great way to get people involved with their local land managers and show the game in a very positive light.
I was wondering what you all would think of this concept? If there were CITO achievements, would it inspire you to attend more CITO events, or perhaps to host one of your own?
Just a thought....
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This year, the third weekend in April was chosen, however, that weekend in 2014 is also Easter weekend. Has a date been set for this?
Easter is the weekend before this year, April 20th. I had checked so that when I set up my CITO I was sure to not have it over Easter. I think that's probably why they also chose the weekend after Earth Day (4/22) for International CITO weekend....
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The first time I was out on a run to remove "bandit signs" late one night in town. These are the cheap advertising signs usually planted at street corners illegally. In some states this spam is classified as litter, but not in NJ. One evening I had stopped on the side of the road and stuffed a few in my trunk around midnight when a police officer stopped and asked me what I was doing. I didn't feel like explaining it, so I told him I was Geocaching. I opened the app and showed him a bunch of nearby geocaches on the map. He knew vaguely what it was and let me go.
The second time I had pulled into a dirt parking lot just after dark to smoke a massive doobie. It looked like something out of a Cheech and Chong movie, rolled up with several Job 1.5 papers. Just as I was about to light it, I noticed the unmistakable front end of a white Crown Victoria pull in. I quickly stuffed it into a small sandwich sized lock n lock and reached between the rear seats, opened up the center opening to the trunk and tossed it in. Just as I was closing it up, the cop shone a spot light into the car and got out to ask me what I was doing. I told him I was geocaching. Unfortunately he had never heard of it, and started to shine his flashlight into the rear seat and all. Another police officer pulled in and the first cop asked me if he could search the car. He said if I objected he could call the K-9 unit, and if the dog reacted, it would give them probable cause to search anyhow. Before I could answer fully the other cop asked what I was doing, and after I said geocaching, he waived me on and said just not to go in there after dark anymore, so I left.
The third time I was disposing of a body. I had done a little research and thought that the best place where nobody would ever go was in the center of the NJ parkway. There was a place were the median was a few tenths wide with plenty of trees and foliage. I thought that it would be years before anyone found it. I could unload the trunk quickly on the shoulder, drag it a few hundred feet, and stuff it under some leaves. Although it was too cold to dig a hole, the weather was starting getting warm enough to cause it to stink up the trunk. So one night I made a quick stop, put on the flashers, and dragged it out there. On the way back, a cop stopped and asked me what the heck I was doing. I told him I was geocaching, but he said that those woods were off limits. I explained that it was a puzzle, and I had probably solved it wrong, as there was no checker on the page. He replied that I should just stick to traditional LPCs and left.
That is one of the funniest things I have ever heard! I've run into law enforcement a LOT geocaching in South Jersey, in fact a State Trooper just pulled me over the other day after doing a night cache and told me I'm not allowed in a State Forest after dark.....10 feet from the entrance to the campground....lmao
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Hi, I'm Discordia19 and I'm a sometimes "Lurker". I'm a cacher in southern NJ and just curious to see what's going on in the community but don't really have anything important to say
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Hi! I was trying to submit a new cache today (I have done this many times recently) and each time I am filling out the submission form, when the creating of the cache gets to the "containers and ratings" screen, I enter all of the info, click continue, and get an error message stating that "I must choose a container size before continuing". I once again choose the size, double check that all the other rating and attribute info is correct, click continue and get the same error message stating that I must choose an appropriate container size. I tried this last night and then again this afternoon with the same results from my PC as well as my android browser. Is anyone else having a similar issue?
Thanks!
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Has since corrected itself. Thanks!
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This morning both my c:geo app and Groundspeak official app for android are showing my location about 1/2 mile off and show 0/0 sat available. Restarted phone, checked settings in all to no avail. I know there was maintenance yesterday. Any ideas?
who has the highest average Difficulty & Terrain ratings?
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I do believe I may then have one of the highest combined averages in NJ with over 1500 finds! Go South Jersey! (2.24/2.28)