+SgtSue Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Think I'm working. I'll have to check my schedule but traditionally the first weekend of the month is "drill weekend" for National Guard and Reserve. Live to serve. Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) So, what about those of us who have to work both days, 12+ hours a day? Anyone planning an early-morning or a late-night event in the Colorado Springs area, say at 6 AM or 9 PM? Seems a bit unfair to me, not only due to the icon, but that I can't celebrate 10 years of Geocaching with everyone else... i know what you mean... I work 12 hour shifts a lot of weekends and miss a lot of group hikes and events. Fortunately I am off the weekend of this event and this one in Long Island New York is only a few minutes from my house! I'll go and probably hide a few new caches, along with the event host. Edited March 27, 2010 by hukilaulau Quote Link to comment
+ghettomedic Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Doubt if I'll be attending one, since I'm hosting one. Why wouldn't you go to an event you are hosting? Quote Link to comment
+ghettomedic Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Where does it say that those who attend the 10 year events will earn the a new icon? I have a read of the page again and it explicitly says that "Those who attend these events will earn the standard icons" for the 10th anniversary events re the Lacky attended ones, but it does not say that individuals will get or will not get a new icon in their profile for non lackey attened the 10 years! Events. The other things that is not mentioned is whether these events will have the <Groundspeak:type> field changed in the PQ's. Will they still say "Event' etc or will it change to something else? 10 Years! Events Anyone can host a 10 Years! Event on either May 1 or May 2, 2010. Be sure to check your local event calendar before submitting one, though: it may already be planned. In addition to the standard event cache Guidelines, there are a few additional guidelines that you will need to follow if you wish your event to qualify for a 10 Years! cache type icon. Additional Guidelines: * Events must be held on May 1 or May 2, 2010. * The name of the event needs to be formatted this way: "10 Years! <your location>." For example: 10 Years! Seattle, WA or 10 Jahre! Munich, Germany. * At least 10 people must attend the event. * Flashmobs do not qualify. * A video or picture must be taken at the event. At least 10 attendees must be in the video/photo along with a legible sign showing the event coordinates and location name. * The people in the video or photo should be festive. Be inventive! But please keep it family friendly. If you are interested in hosting a 10 Years! event, you are welcome to submit it as a normal event cache at this time. We will provide details on how to switch the listing to a 10 Years! event soon. Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I did a quick banner for our event that a few other people are using. If you want to put it on your event cache page please feel free to use it. It is uploaded to our event page, so you can simply link right to this image. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 So, what about those of us who have to work both days, 12+ hours a day? Anyone planning an early-morning or a late-night event in the Colorado Springs area, say at 6 AM or 9 PM? Seems a bit unfair to me, not only due to the icon, but that I can't celebrate 10 years of Geocaching with everyone else... Sometimes working nights and weekends can crimp you social calendar. I've been doing it my whole life too. No reason you cannot host one that suits your schedule though. Unless you are in a really cacher sparse area I bet they will come out at night. We've had a midnight event on the winter solstice here for the past two years. We've made the Waffle House standing room only both years, and this year the event host even treated us to free bacon!! Quote Link to comment
+HuelatPackers Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) Geocachers Exploring Oregon GEOregon is hosting 10 Years! Redland, Oregon on May 1st. This is the closest event to "The Birthplace of Geocaching". Redland, OR is only 7 minutes from the "Original Stash". Members of GEO are placing 10 new caches in the area for "10 Caches for 10 Years Challenge". Check out the event page for challenge details. We will have our unique 10th Anniversary GeoCoin available to purchase at the event and it will also be one of many door prize items. We hope to see some out-of-area folks, as well as familiar faces in Redland. Penny Huelat Geocachers Exploring Oregon Edited March 28, 2010 by HuelatPackers Quote Link to comment
+burgessfour Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Geocachers Exploring Oregon GEOregon is hosting 10 Years! Redland, Oregon on May 1st. This is the closest event to "The Birthplace of Geocaching". Redland, OR is only 7 minutes from the "Original Stash". Members of GEO are placing 10 new caches in the area for "10 Caches for 10 Years Challenge". Check out the event page for challenge details. "We will have our unique 10th Anniversary GeoCoin available to purchase at the event and it will also be one of many door prize items" We hope to see some out-of-area folks, as well as familiar faces in Redland. Penny Huelat Geocachers Exploring Oregon We will be attending this one! We are looking forward to the fun event Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I mostly avoid people. I cannot agree more. Every year some "clever-clogs" remembers my Birthday. Booo! Quote Link to comment
+leitko4 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I did a quick banner for our event that a few other people are using. If you want to put it on your event cache page please feel free to use it. It is uploaded to our event page, so you can simply link right to this image. Thanks, I've added that to my event, 10 Years! Beaverton, Oregon ( http://coord.info/GC25PGT ) that I will be hosting on the west side of the Portland area on the 2nd. I'm also hoping to make the GEOregon event on the 1st. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Nope. But it's a new icon! Icon hos will be attending! Quote Link to comment
+Odie442 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) GC2583V - 10 Years! G.O.T.C.H.A. coming to Hershey. This event location will by far will have the most people in attendance wether they are Cachers or Muggles. I would venture to guess there will be at least 150,000 people (or more) there during May 2nd considering it is the opening weekend for Hersheypark. Odie Edited March 30, 2010 by Odie442 Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Thanks, I've added that to my event, 10 Years! Beaverton, Oregon ( http://coord.info/GC25PGT ) that I will be hosting on the west side of the Portland area on the 2nd. I'm also hoping to make the GEOregon event on the 1st. I'll be getting to the GEOregon event on the 1st, not sure about getting to the Beaverton event. The Albany event is drawing my attention as a reason to do a cache-run down 99W and back up I-5 to cache a few more DeLorme pages and Oregon counties. But since I've spent a year driving around Iraq, I might just cache locally and go to your event instead. Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Think I'm working. I'll have to check my schedule but traditionally the first weekend of the month is "drill weekend" for National Guard and Reserve. Live to serve. Split-train. Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Not sure if anyone knows this, but Groundspeak has created a Bookmark list of all the events that are going on all over the world. You can find it Here 10 Years! Events Looks like the Mid West is kinda empty right now. I'm not sure how often they update the list but I sent an e-mail to them asking about the updating. As soon as I know I will post it here. Gene G. Quote Link to comment
+Beleman Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I did a quick banner for our event that a few other people are using. If you want to put it on your event cache page please feel free to use it. It is uploaded to our event page, so you can simply link right to this image. Looks great, thanks! I've added it to GC2570E 10 Years! Kreuzeiche, Germany. Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Anyone know when the 10 year Icon is going to be handed out to the events? Also how do I get on the list of GroundSpeaks Bookmark listings? I sent them an e-mail 1+ week ago and have not received a reply back nor am I on the list yet. Quote Link to comment
+tango501 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Plan on attending (5) 10 year events over both days 5/1 8:30am GC261WR 5/1 2pm GC2425F 5/1 7pm GC25617 5/2 12pm GC24WHM 5/2 6pm GC252P2 Quote Link to comment
+Team Shydog Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thanks for the great looking banner mtn-man. I have added it to my event page, GC26HTC Chris Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Not sure if anyone knows this, but Groundspeak has created a Bookmark list of all the events that are going on all over the world. You can find it Here 10 Years! Events Looks like the Mid West is kinda empty right now. I'm not sure how often they update the list but I sent an e-mail to them asking about the updating. As soon as I know I will post it here. Gene G. hmm that's not all of them, looks like it hasn't been updated Quote Link to comment
+suz55tbird Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'll be in Vancouver, B.C. during that weekend. I've been scanning the caches there, and haven't noticed an event. The bookmark list is really difficult to scroll through.. Didn't there used to be an 'Event' forum? ?? If anyone knows of a Vancouver event, please let me know. I'll be in meetings all day. If there isn't one, I wonder if I could set up a meet-n-greet there...hmmm.... Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'll be in Vancouver, B.C. during that weekend. I've been scanning the caches there, and haven't noticed an event. The bookmark list is really difficult to scroll through.. Didn't there used to be an 'Event' forum? ?? If anyone knows of a Vancouver event, please let me know. I'll be in meetings all day. If there isn't one, I wonder if I could set up a meet-n-greet there...hmmm.... run a PQ for events only in vancouver Quote Link to comment
+suz55tbird Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 run a PQ for events only in vancouver Will do! Now why didn't I think of that?! Quote Link to comment
+The Ravens Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Attending the event in Kansas City. Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Nebraska's going to have two, I understand, one on each day! Different towns - Ashland and Grand Island. I'm going to both! - Well, maybe. The Nebraska Renfaire is also that weekend, and I have to be in TX on May 3, so... Will definitely make one though! Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Looking forward to being able to brag about being someone who DID NOT scramble to get one of these icons. Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Looking forward to being able to brag about being someone who DID NOT scramble to get one of these icons. I don't care about the icon. I just go to hang out and have a good time. Can I brag about that? Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Living in the SF/Monterey Bay area there are many of these events over the first weekend in May. I'm aiming to attend 3, as two are about noon each day and one is evening. I'll try to find some actual caches that weekend, too. Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I'm hosting one of the 10yr. events and I am worried that if I keep the name " 10 Years! Berkshire County, MA " it would not be eligible for the icon because it is still not on there 10yr. Events Bookmarks Should I change the name to "Windsor, MA" to be on the safe side, or am I going to be safe with the original name. I have cachers looking forward to getting the new icon and don't want them to be disappointed with not being able to get this once in a lifetime icon. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Yes, it is all about the icon and not just gathering to have caching fun isn't it? Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Not really, were having it anyways but the icon would be a nice bonus Quote Link to comment
+BulldogBlitz Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Anyone can host a 10 Years! Event on either May 1 or May 2, 2010. Additional Guidelines: * Events must be held on May 1 or May 2, 2010. * The name of the event needs to be formatted this way: "10 Years! <your location>." For example: 10 Years! Seattle, WA or 10 Jahre! Munich, Germany. i'm going to host one... "10 Years! Tibet" i'm not actually in tibet, but what the heck... Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Central New York http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...96-22394c169cf6 Quote Link to comment
+FamilyDNA Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 So, what about those of us who have to work both days, 12+ hours a day? Anyone planning an early-morning or a late-night event in the Colorado Springs area, say at 6 AM or 9 PM? Seems a bit unfair to me, not only due to the icon, but that I can't celebrate 10 years of Geocaching with everyone else... Sometimes working nights and weekends can crimp you social calendar. I've been doing it my whole life too. No reason you cannot host one that suits your schedule though. Unless you are in a really cacher sparse area I bet they will come out at night. We've had a midnight event on the winter solstice here for the past two years. We've made the Waffle House standing room only both years, and this year the event host even treated us to free bacon!! I'm not sure when they changed it, but events on Friday (the 30th) and Monday (the 3rd), qualify, too. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I'll be hosting one up here in Ukiah California. That's about 2 hours north of San Francisco for those who might be in the area. Come on by, it'll be cool. I think there may be an event on both days, I'll host one and another guy will have the other. We're excited to be going to this event. We're going to be in Ukiah for my sister's bridal shower. I grew up in Ukiah, and it will be nice to meet and reconnect with cachers in Ukiah Woot! Quote Link to comment
+TurdleEggs Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Icon! Icon! Icon! Any word when the 10 Years! icon will make an appearance? There’s a bunch of sociable cachers signed up for my event, now I want to capture the “I’m only here for the icon” demographic Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I did a quick banner for our event that a few other people are using. If you want to put it on your event cache page please feel free to use it. It is uploaded to our event page, so you can simply link right to this image. Looks great, thanks! I've added it to GC2570E 10 Years! Kreuzeiche, Germany. Yep - thanks - and I added it to Abu Dhabi in the Middle east too. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Glad they extended it to Friday - we have a Friday / Saturday weekend hee in the Middle east. some countries get a Thursday / Friday weekend! There are a good few ALR's for these events - any idea if there will be a commemorative icon or something similar? Quote Link to comment
+coffee/wired Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I've already RSVP'd for our get-together here. I am considering going in costume, which would go along with the themed cache I am putting out to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Quote Link to comment
+SunshyneSeeker Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Does anybody know if it is too late to submit a 10th anniversary event? Quote Link to comment
+Panther&Pine Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Does anybody know if it is too late to submit a 10th anniversary event? Yes, events have to be submitted 2 weeks in advance. I don't know about changing an event from a regular to a 10 year. Quote Link to comment
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