Rigger64 wrote:What is your oppinion of Teachers getting students to place caches then pretty much letting them become GeoRubbish.
The same as any other cacher not maintaining their caches. If I find one, I put a needs maintenance log on it or a needs archived if it had been going on for a while.
Rigger64 wrote:This is the story:
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Would this be considered "Holiday"Caching?????
As already explained to you via email on 23/7,it probably doesn't constitute a holiday cache. Unfortunately we get a number of people that hide a cache and then stop caching, that is why I look at the unavailable caches every month or so. We have to publish each cache on it's merit at the time of publication.
As you come across issues feel free to put a NA log on the cache. Reviewers get a list of them every day and go through them as they come up. I tend to give them a few days for the owner to action before jumping on them unless there is an urgent need for action.
Black Bunny wrote:I would hate to see a "draconian" approach taken to new members placing hides (you must have found X caches before placing one) as this is supposed to be a fun & family friendly activity.
I used to think differently but I have seen some great caches come through the queue that are from 0 find cachers. I recently published a cache that was the persons 10th cache hide, no finds and the logs that are coming through are really nice and supportive. I think more and more often people are finding caches and not logging them online. They just don't see the need.
Black Bunny wrote:It would be better if a local cacher became involved with the particular school and offered some guidance and support to the teacher and students who are involved.
Great idea. Community education is a great idea. As kids get more and more tech savey we will see more and more school students involved in the activity. I know of areas such as the Gong that have worked with their student cachers as they pop up to try and educate them about these issues. Adelaide have had issues as well and have tried an education approach. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. The result can be the same with older cachers but it is worth a try.
gmj3191 wrote:Give me a list of the caches you have concerns with Mark, and I'll follow up with him.
Or post a Needs Maintenance log or Needs Archived Log on the cache if there is a legitimate maintenance concern. That will warn other cachers as well and the reviewers will pick it up.
Earthbound Chief wrote:While the majority of the hides have been fairly simplistic, all have been in interesting areas with very well researched history. In fact, their lessons could be extended to include putting all their historical learnings onto the cache page listing as well as in the cache hides (I'd like to learn how to do that). I think the majority of these caches would be the equal to most first time cache hides for many of us. My first ones are, modestly, pretty ordinary. But what the cache hide lacks, we try to make up in the interest in the area. And we are trying to get better.
I have found the teacher to be willing to communicate when I had troubles in finding yacht squadron and was able to educate him on a few things as well.
I think if we accept that our children are being encouraged to get out there, look at their surroundings and communities and see what used to be there and what is there now, that shows them that you can use technology and enjoy the outside world at the same time and if we can accept that we can all do better, that we can all learn something from one another no matter how old, then everything will be OK.
Encourage them, after all, lemmy is going to need some company in the future
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Very well put