+Dr. Dragon Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I know for a fact that goecaching itself is intended for family use and that adult themed stuff is generally frowned upon. But my friend had an idea for a geocaching speed dating event. Id like to get some input on this, if anyone thinks it would be good or not. Ben Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Let's see. 300 guys, 2 women. Should be interesting. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Let's see. 300 guys, 2 women. Should be interesting. I think the ratio of men to women is more like 50/50 in our area. Only thing is, just about all of us are married. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I think you'll run into the same issue that other activity-oriented events run into. The purpose of an event is to serve as a gathering of geocachers. If geocachers show up for the event, but don't participate in the activity, then they're free to post an attended log. Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Dragon Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yea, I was worried about what you guys spoke of. It not being a full geocaching based idea and how to handle the ones that show up that are not there for a main event. What if it was spun to couples and singles? Would that draw a better gathering? Ben Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I think it depends mainly on how many singles are in your area. If we had a singles event here, only about 2 people would show up and I'm including the event organizer. Most cachers here are either married, in long-term relationships, or....well....not looking... Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yea, I was worried about what you guys spoke of. It not being a full geocaching based idea and how to handle the ones that show up that are not there for a main event. What if it was spun to couples and singles? Would that draw a better gathering? Ben Sorry for the dumb question, but why would you invite couples to a speed-dating event? Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Dragon Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yea, I was worried about what you guys spoke of. It not being a full geocaching based idea and how to handle the ones that show up that are not there for a main event. What if it was spun to couples and singles? Would that draw a better gathering? Ben Sorry for the dumb question, but why would you invite couples to a speed-dating event? Its a change in concept more like a date night. *shrugs* This was just a thought, I am trying to help him establish a good event, and I thought the speed dating thing probably would not work. Seeing if anyone could give me any input as to how to maybe run it. If it does not work, then that is the way it is. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've been to several conferences that used the speed dating concept as a way to meet other attendees. The point wasn't to meet other attendees so that you might go out on a traditional date, but just to meet a few people that were attending, learn what they were doing, why they were attending the conference, etc. It was fun and as a nice ice breaker for those that had not attended that conference before but at the last one I already know most of the people I ended up talking to. A geocaching "speed dating" activity might suffer the same issues. It would be nice for a new geocacher to meet other cachers, but many geocachers at events probably already know each other. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Using it to get to know people better sounds much better. Most of my knowledge of fellow cachers is pretty superficial and cache oriented. Spending five minutes talking about non caching parts of our lives would be worth while. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yeah, with a non-dating spin, it could be an interesting ice breaker, similar to geocacher bingo. One downside is that it would require a formal time set aside for it, where other ice breakers can take place as geocachers casually mingle. Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) I've been to several conferences that used the speed dating concept as a way to meet other attendees. The point wasn't to meet other attendees so that you might go out on a traditional date, but just to meet a few people that were attending, learn what they were doing, why they were attending the conference, etc. It was fun and as a nice ice breaker for those that had not attended that conference before but at the last one I already know most of the people I ended up talking to. A geocaching "speed dating" activity might suffer the same issues. It would be nice for a new geocacher to meet other cachers, but many geocachers at events probably already know each other. Yeah this sounds much better. The speed dating thing, combined with geocaching, seemed a little strange to me, possibly even a little seedy, but creating some kind of meet n greet game based on this concept might work and could be fun. Perhaps if each attendee had some info or item that another attendee is looking for? We've done geocacher bingo (which is quite common at events), a kind of local/caching themed "cluedo" (or "clue" for the americans), geo poker where people have some playing cards and have to swap them with other cachers to try and make the best poker hand, a kind of "collect the set" game where different cachers had different stickers based on different cache types... Any of these could be incorporated into a speed-meet-n-greet type of activity... Good luck! Edited March 5, 2014 by funkymunkyzone Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) I know for a fact that goecaching itself is intended for family use and that adult themed stuff is generally frowned upon. But my friend had an idea for a geocaching speed dating event. Id like to get some input on this, if anyone thinks it would be good or not. Ben Where did you get the idea that adult themed things are frowned upon? They certainly are not. A popular event here is the Dive Bar series. Edited March 6, 2014 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Dragon Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I know for a fact that goecaching itself is intended for family use and that adult themed stuff is generally frowned upon. But my friend had an idea for a geocaching speed dating event. Id like to get some input on this, if anyone thinks it would be good or not. Ben Where did you get the idea that adult themed things are frowned upon? They certainly are not. A popular event here is the Dive Bar series. Oh, I read a whole discussion forum on adult themed caches. I assumed that this may be boarder lined on that. And that there might be a commotion about it. Anyway, I hear what you guys are saying. And it really sounds great. I am going to talk to my friend about it, and see if that would help him out. He really needs to get out more. :-p Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've been to several conferences that used the speed dating concept as a way to meet other attendees. The point wasn't to meet other attendees so that you might go out on a traditional date, but just to meet a few people that were attending, learn what they were doing, why they were attending the conference, etc. It was fun and as a nice ice breaker for those that had not attended that conference before but at the last one I already know most of the people I ended up talking to. A geocaching "speed dating" activity might suffer the same issues. It would be nice for a new geocacher to meet other cachers, but many geocachers at events probably already know each other. Interesting. Was there a name for this ice-breaker at any of these conferences? As you can see from the other posts, this is an excellent idea for a Geocaching ice-breaker, such as Bingo. It's not as good of an event idea as my idea of bobbing for film canisters, but it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment
+BBWolf+3Pigs Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 The "speed dating as a way to get to know other cachers" is an interesting idea. Most people that go to events tend to sit and mingle with people they already know. For my next beer & wing night event I was thinking about having people pull a random table number from a hat, in hopes of people sitting with people that may not know very well. Just a thought at this point. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've been to several conferences that used the speed dating concept as a way to meet other attendees. The point wasn't to meet other attendees so that you might go out on a traditional date, but just to meet a few people that were attending, learn what they were doing, why they were attending the conference, etc. It was fun and as a nice ice breaker for those that had not attended that conference before but at the last one I already know most of the people I ended up talking to. A geocaching "speed dating" activity might suffer the same issues. It would be nice for a new geocacher to meet other cachers, but many geocachers at events probably already know each other. Interesting. Was there a name for this ice-breaker at any of these conferences? Dating Madness! The first time was at a three day conference for an open source organization (JASIG, now called Apero) and was just called JASIG Speed Dating. I was on the planning committee for that conference. It worked really well as an ice breaker as first time attendees got to spend a few minutes talking to core developers. It was nice to watch the interaction as it developed and see everyone so engaged. It might sound kind of hokey but everyone really seemed to enjoy it. The last time was at a consultation in Ethiopia with about 30 people from all over the world. The didn't really call it anything but just explained what everyone was supposed to do. That was the one where I had already most of the people that I had speed dated. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I know for a fact that goecaching itself is intended for family use and that adult themed stuff is generally frowned upon. But my friend had an idea for a geocaching speed dating event. Id like to get some input on this, if anyone thinks it would be good or not. Ben Where did you get the idea that adult themed things are frowned upon? They certainly are not. A popular event here is the Dive Bar series. Oh, I read a whole discussion forum on adult themed caches. I assumed that this may be boarder lined on that. And that there might be a commotion about it. Anyway, I hear what you guys are saying. And it really sounds great. I am going to talk to my friend about it, and see if that would help him out. He really needs to get out more. :-p I think the confusion is that "adult-themed" can have two meanings - one "wholesome," and one dealing with "vices." Quote Link to comment
+Trailma Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Swineflew, that was funny! From a woman who geocaches AND watches football Quote Link to comment
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