Rubbertoe Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I'm not sure who all has a hand in running the site here, and I'm never quite sure how I should talk about them... I mean, what term I should use - but I've found something that seems to work well. "the powers-that-be" (TPTB) That throws a wide net over anyone that anyone that has a part in running things, be it Jeremy, the cache approvers, the marketing guys, etc. One term that I'm starting to really not like is "geocaching gods" It seems that whenever there is a post referring to TPTB as "gods" it usually is negative. Like, when someone doesn't get a cache approved, or when changes are made to the site that people don't like right away. Just curious what other people call Jeremy and company. (boy, this is a dangerous question... heh) The Toe Pages Quote Link to comment
+GoldKey Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Maybe we need a Groundspeak organizational chart? "We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. We are the Borg." Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 But never to his face! I can't really say what I would call them. I think I've called them staff, admins, folks at Groundspeak, the guys, and stuff like that there. But I like TPTB, works for me. Cache you later, Planet "It doesn't matter whether you're going somewhere or nowhere, whether you're doing something or nothing. If you're doing it in a boat it's the best time ever!" -Water Rat from "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame (a book I picked up in a cache) Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Great White Father of Geocaching.... By appointment to the Court of HRM Queen Mikki I. Quote Link to comment
+pater47 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 How about Jeremy and crew. I guess you could shorten it to J-Crew, but that may already be taken. Visit the Mississippi Geocaching Forum at http://pub98.ezboard.com/bgeocachingms Quote Link to comment
azog Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 them or they works for other organizations, too. ---------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be also be like him. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Interesting question. I thought of 'them', but that had kind of a negative to it as well. 'Us' or 'Them'. How about 'Youse guys'? Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. Quote Link to comment
+headmj Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I like that and it shortens to GT. Way too many nay sayers around here buy thats people. I spent two years in elective office and I would never do it again. Nice Job GT Quote Link to comment
+Squirrel Nut & Beersnob Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 how 'bout 'Petabys' (sp?) ...any Anne McCaffrey fan worth their salt should know that one... I walk the Maze of Moments, but everywhere I turn to, begins a new beginning, but never finds a finish... -Enya, Anywhere Is Quote Link to comment
+Sluggo Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I just use their names. Here are their names and e-mail addresses: Name E-Mail contact = contact@geocaching.com logo = logo@geocaching.com General Inquiries = Inquiry@geocaching.com Notify Bot = notify@geocaching.com You need to know anything else, just ask. Quote Link to comment
Rubbertoe Posted November 12, 2002 Author Share Posted November 12, 2002 Yeah, Notify Bot is pretty friendly... I hear from him often. He doesn't reply much though - and he uses an awful lot of details in his e-mails. *sings* details in his emails... doo dah doo dah heh The Toe Pages Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Their is only one GOD game or not we are = Co-creators,so how bout Master,Mr. for short or Maam,Ms. for short or Geomaster,Geomiss..I have not personaly met any of them so you are right this one is a hard one to answer.. When all else fails Geotry again. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 quote:Originally posted by sbell111: How about 'Youse guys'? That sounds more Chicago than Franklin,Tn. Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Um, I call them "Jeremy and all at Groundspeak". But I guess you could shorten that to "JAG". Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 I call them "Jeremy and the Rest of the People Who Developed and Run This Website", or JATHROTPWDARTW for short. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs, but by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" -Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+wcgreen Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Jeremy and the Lackeys Elias' do-wop vocals could use some work. -- wcgreen Wendy Chatley Green Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Site administrators. Quote Link to comment
TriCityGuy Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 I got my first actual e-mail from Jeremy saying that they linked to a local newspaper article on the site. Unfortunately, there was a typo the link so I replied with a suitably reverent opening, 'Wow! An e-mail from one of the real Geocaching Elders.....' He replied quite dryly, 'Link fixed. Elder? Hmmm. I'm not Mormon, but whatever.'. How about? Ammo Can Apostles or Those Who Gave GPSr's a Recreational Use Quote Link to comment
Seeker BP Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 I would have to call them..... "Brilliant" Quote Link to comment
Rubbertoe Posted November 13, 2002 Author Share Posted November 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by seeker bp (Team E-Trex):I would have to call them..... "Brilliant" Please take your "sucking up" over to the brown nose thread. The NEW Toe Pages Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 What do you call Jeremy and all the Groundspeak folks if they had no legs? It doesn't matter; they won't come! HAHAHAHAHAHAH Oh wait, wrong thread..... Quote Link to comment
dboggny Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 hey, call them the utes, fahgeddaboudit! baddabing! SR and dboggny. Quote Link to comment
+Leapin' Lizards Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 Two possible solutions - either get his home coordinates and just refer to the whole bunch as "NXX.XX.XXX WXXx.XX.XXX", or somebody get those folks a waypoint. Quote Link to comment
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