John--you're starting to act like me a few weeks ago. I see where you're coming from...but for some of us it is too cold out. Most of us are aware of newsgroup etiquette. Plus, some of the off-topic banter may be interesting to some of us. I appreciate your concern, but maybe the majority wants our newsgroup like this. As an added bonus, I would recommend the Daily Digest option for this newsgroup if you are getting too many messages. However, we still do talk about the Spring Picnic, group caches, etc... Are those geocaching related topics? If they are not, I don't know what are. Plus, what other time do we have other than picnics and group caches to talk about the current events? Thank you! :-) ~Chris P.S. If you are really concerned, I'd search <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com";>Yahoo! Groups</A> (http://groups.yahoo.com) for a geocaching group.