+Doc-Dean Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) The Florida Geocaching Association is proud to present the ultimate CITO guide. We feel so strongly about the value of the CITO program/philosophy that we want to provide you with the information necessary to make the process as easy and rewarding as possible. Feel free to download it and share it. Click here to download the Handbook Open the Handbook in your browser first then click Save! You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the Handbook. Download it here if you don't have it. This is meant to be a living document - Any comments, recommendations for improvements can be posted on the CITO forum on the FGA's website Edited February 5, 2008 by Keystone Quote Link to comment
+archi77 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Excellant timing! I had done a search at lunch today, looking for this exact thing, and was going to finish up here after work. You've just saved me lots of time from searching - this has everything we were looking for...until we have a more definitive idea of what we're doing! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Thank you very much to the Florida Geocaching Association!!!! Kudos! (I shall pin this thread.) Quote Link to comment
+the Tribe of Two Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I would like to get this caution out to all cachers planning to do some CITO: In addition to geocaching, I work at at a nature center. Last week my boss had a scary encounter with what seemed like an unpleasant but ordinary piece of trash next to the road. A closed 5-gallon plastic bucket turned out to contain a VERY strong and volatile acid, and in moments the fumes gave him acid burns on his face and in his lungs. It was probably meth-related, and the hazmat guys told him that if he had opened a bucket of cooking meth, the explosion would have killed him (not "could have" but "would have".) Apparently the latest gig with meth-production is to leave an anonymous looking closed bucket sitting somewhere out in the landscape, in a park, in an overgrown field, even at a fairly remote site that also happens to serve as a school bus stop. That way, if the meth explodes during the several weeks that the ingredients must "cook", it won't take out the house or the van anymore. It would seem that they are also disposing of their unwanted by-products in a similar fashion. Our entire Parks Department will be going through training from the Fire Department's Hazmat Unit, to learn to recognize the more commonly used formats we might encounter. Meanwhile, with CITO events coming up, no matter how much we want to know what weird item is in the bucket, we all need to LEAVE THE SEALED BUCKETS ALONE and call someone with the appropriate hazardous materials training and gear to deal with it. Yes, this is from the woman who picks up dead skunks and bottles of rotting snake as part of her CITO work. We might also rethink the idea of large geocaches looking like anonymous sealed buckets. I think it's time for some clearly visible labeling. -Donna Quote Link to comment
+BLMLSFO Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Thanks for the handbook! You've saved us all a tremendous amount of time! Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office Craig, Colorado Quote Link to comment
+Evil Chicken Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Looks like the link is now broken Quote Link to comment
+FSUDad Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The FGA has a new web site... Try this link for the CITO Handbook Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I fixed the link in the original post. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Cool. Thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment
+Mother Wolf Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Im planning a CITO event for April in our area (Annapolis, Md.) & I came across this handbook put out by FGA. It is great in helping me set this up. Thakns for sharing & we will use it as a guide for our event. Thanks so much. Mother Wolf Quote Link to comment
+mazzmn Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Im planning a CITO event for April in our area (Annapolis, Md.) & I came across this handbook put out by FGA. It is great in helping me set this up. Thakns for sharing & we will use it as a guide for our event. Thanks so much. Mother Wolf Thanks for this CITO handbook, it will help us make our CITO better! I was wondering what the group thinks about this idea...placing a cache in the area to encourage people to come to the CITO From the FLA handbook: Place and, in your submission for approval, request that the Geocache be published on the day of the CITO event I was thinking of publishing the cache the day AFTER the event...and giving coords to the cache at signin or at the prize drawing if we have one...this way everyone attending the cache could effectively share a FTF? Otherwise I could see some FTF hounds finding the cache but not coming to the CITO? Thoughts? A minor comment, but when we published our event, the reviewer mentioned we should really publish events at least 2 weeks in advance...we were off by a day or two. thanks again Quote Link to comment
+Mr.RA Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 The Florida Geocaching Association is proud to present the ultimate CITO guide. We feel so strongly about the value of the CITO program/philosophy that we want to provide you with the information necessary to make the process as easy and rewarding as possible. Feel free to download it and share it. Click here to download the Handbook Open the Handbook in your browser first then click Save! You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the Handbook. Download it here if you don't have it. This is meant to be a living document - Any comments, recommendations for improvements can be posted on the CITO forum on the FGA's website Hola, es posible obtener este manual de eventos C.I.T.O. en español ? Muchas gracias. Saludos. Mr. RA (Madrid-ESPAÑA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, it is possible to obtain this manual of events C.I.T.O in Spanish? Thank you very much. Greetings. Mr. RA (Madrid-SPAIN) Quote Link to comment
michael612 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I too would be interested in a Copy of this handbook in Spanish. I will subscribe and see what develops. Quote Link to comment
+USS Alligator Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks for the help and Hand book, Using it to teach about 100 scouts about CITO and Respectful Caching. Thanks Again Quote Link to comment
+CachingCubmaster Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Was wanting to get this to plan a CITO involving my pack, but the link is broken. Gives me nothing but a 404 Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 A little bit of Googling, and I found a copy of this helpful handbook posted here. Download at your own risk; I don't know that website. Quote Link to comment
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