Eagle Scout Project Caches

[rockbuilder]

How do I ask a reviewer a question?

I am working on getting my BSA Woodbadge. One of the "ticket" items or projects that I voluteered for was to place some geocaches at local eagle scout projects. The idea was to promote awareness of some of the great outdoor projects eagle scouts have done for the local community. Now after doing a lot more research about geocaching I am worried the reviewers will reject these caches after I place them as "promotional". Can anyone give me an opinion or some insight about this???

[Cascade Reviewer]

Here is some info from the Help Center on how to find your local reviewer:

 

Help Center link

[+Shop99er]

There are a lot of Eagle Scout Project Caches out there. I can't imagine a Reviewer not publishing one if the regular guidelines are met.

[+Manville Possum]

How do I ask a reviewer a question?

I am working on getting my BSA Woodbadge. One of the "ticket" items or projects that I voluteered for was to place some geocaches at local eagle scout projects. The idea was to promote awareness of some of the great outdoor projects eagle scouts have done for the local community. Now after doing a lot more research about geocaching I am worried the reviewers will reject these caches after I place them as "promotional". Can anyone give me an opinion or some insight about this???

 

What are you promoting?

[+AustinMN]

How do I ask a reviewer a question?

I am working on getting my BSA Woodbadge. One of the "ticket" items or projects that I voluteered for was to place some geocaches at local eagle scout projects. The idea was to promote awareness of some of the great outdoor projects eagle scouts have done for the local community. Now after doing a lot more research about geocaching I am worried the reviewers will reject these caches after I place them as "promotional". Can anyone give me an opinion or some insight about this???

 

What are you promoting?

 

place some geocaches at local eagle scout projects.

 

While it's easy to think "commercial" when you hear "promotion", eagle scout projects are almost never commercial.

[+TeamRabbitRun]

I don't think the OP's asking about Eagle Scout projects; I think he's worried that he's committed to placing caches that say something like:

 

"Come to this cache! See the bench it's under? This bench was put here by a prospective Eagle Scout doing his required Community Service project! Have a seat and recognize/celebrate the contribution of this fine young man and his service to the community!"

 

...and he's worried that this could be perceived as 'promoting an agenda', namely, the Boy Scouts of America, an outside organization.

 

Does that sum it up, rockbuilder?

 

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Work with your local Reviewer in advance of doing anything; that's my best advice.

[+GC Parrotheads]

Take a look at any geocache near you. Scroll down to the bottom of the list of logs. The one on the bottom will be from a reviewer. Click their name, send them a message and start a dialog directly with one of your local reviewers. I think the direct approach will work wonders here.

[+speakers-corner]

Also have a look at this site, it might be of help to you.

 

http://geoscouting.com/cache2eagle.html

[+Isonzo Karst]

A note that the site that speakers-corner links is NOT a BSA site, it's a private commercial site that sprang up at the time of the 100 Years anniversary with its Geocaching tie-in (Get in the Game! and BSA themed geocaches) to sell BSA related stuff.

The "guidelines" there are not from BSA, and are not from Geocaching.com either.

 

I recommend NOT following too long the naming convention.

[JASTA 11]

In our area, one can place a cache with 'Boy Scouts' or 'Girl Scouts' or 'Cache to Eagle' in the name without issue.

 

Mention 'Honoring Veterans' however, then there's an agenda issue.

[+edscott]

I don't see how placing a geocache near an Eagle project promotes BSA any more than placing a cache in a Walmart parking lot promotes Walmart. Just be careful to keep the text free of any promotion.

Edited April 2, 2016 by edscott

[+5Campbells]

Great ticket item (I am a Buffalo)

 

This does not violate any of the placement rules that i know of unless the Eagle project was done on private property.

 

A simple story of the boy with his Eagle project would be nice.

 

"This cache was placed by Eagle Scout Johnny B who became Eagle on Fed 24 2015. His project was to make an Olympic sized swimming pool for squirrels"

[+hzoi]

"This cache was placed by Eagle Scout Johnny B who became Eagle on Fed 24 2015. His project was to make an Olympic sized swimming pool for squirrels"

If I knew that was a viable Eagle project, I might not have topped out at Star.

[+TeamRabbitRun]

"This cache was placed by Eagle Scout Johnny B who became Eagle on Fed 24 2015. His project was to make an Olympic sized swimming pool for squirrels"

If I knew that was a viable Eagle project, I might not have topped out at Star.

 

"First Class" for me - discovered "Girls".

[+bflentje]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame. I'd prefer young scouts use their efforts doing some good for those that need it rather than on a game that is predominantly white middle class.

[+Wet Pancake Touring Club]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame. I'd prefer young scouts use their efforts doing some good for those that need it rather than on a game that is predominantly white middle class.

It's not an Eagle project related to geocaching. It is a geocache to highlight an Eagle project already completed. At the best, this cache will help a scout work towards their Geocaching Merit Badge.

[+cerberus1]

I am working on getting my BSA Woodbadge. One of the "ticket" items or projects that I voluteered for was to place some geocaches at local eagle scout projects.

Congrats on getting your cache published.

[+bflentje]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame. I'd prefer young scouts use their efforts doing some good for those that need it rather than on a game that is predominantly white middle class.

It's not an Eagle project related to geocaching. It is a geocache to highlight an Eagle project already completed. At the best, this cache will help a scout work towards their Geocaching Merit Badge.

 

Now that I like. My comment arose from a small handful of scouts in my local area that thought geocaching was more important than actually helping the community. There were several that managed to get their Eagle Projects as 100% geocaching related.

[+Manville Possum]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame.

 

I've played around here and on the other geocaching sites enough to think Scout caches are beyond lame and lazy.

Constantly the "we need an app for that" is an issue. Really, hide a geocache as an Eagle Scout project? That's nuts.

[+Wet Pancake Touring Club]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame.

 

I've played around here and on the other geocaching sites enough to think Scout caches are beyond lame and lazy.

Constantly the "we need an app for that" is an issue. Really, hide a geocache as an Eagle Scout project? That's nuts.

I agree, a single cache, or even multiple caches, by the themselves, is lame. But, what about a project to create a GeoTour for a city tourism bureau? That could show the leadership qualities that an Eagle Scout is supposed to demonstrate with their project.

 

Personally, I don't believe that my example above should qualify as an Eagle Scout project, I'm just playing devil's advocate. To me, an Eagle Scout project should also have a permanence to it, and geocaches are anything but permanent.

[+bflentje]

I believe that ANY Eagle project related to geocaching is lame.

 

I've played around here and on the other geocaching sites enough to think Scout caches are beyond lame and lazy.

Constantly the "we need an app for that" is an issue. Really, hide a geocache as an Eagle Scout project? That's nuts.

I agree, a single cache, or even multiple caches, by the themselves, is lame. But, what about a project to create a GeoTour for a city tourism bureau? That could show the leadership qualities that an Eagle Scout is supposed to demonstrate with their project.

 

Personally, I don't believe that my example above should qualify as an Eagle Scout project, I'm just playing devil's advocate. To me, an Eagle Scout project should also have a permanence to it, and geocaches are anything but permanent.

 

I am no scout and my kids are girls but I have friends that live and breath scouts. I had the understanding that the Eagle project should have some permanence to it, geocaching doesn't offer true permanence. Besides, my opinion is that people in true need should be helped. Tourism would not fit that bill. But that's just my opinion so please don't report me if you disagree with it.

[+TeamRabbitRun]

Please see my comment #6 above.

[+Manville Possum]

Some of the Eagle Scout Projects on the Waymarking site are interesting. But going out and hiding geocaches and calling it a Scout project is just silly.