[GeoStL] Re: MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
- From: "Tim and Pam" <timpam2mocachers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:31:59 -0500
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Are that is how we could hide the caches. Give everyone a list of all the
caches then who ever finds the most and brings back good coordinates will
win.
Tim
www.tueltzen.smugmug.com
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Subject: [GeoStL] Re: MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
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We could attach a gps to a pumpkin and see if it will track the
altitude.....
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Subject: [GeoStL] Re: MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
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Tim,
I wondered about that. I was thinking I could bring my potato cannon or we
could even have a pumpkin chunkin' contest.
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From: "Tim and Pam" <timpam2mocachers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
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> A cannon competition? Talk about fat fingers:) Should have been: A canoe
> competition. I guess we could make a cannon competition, we can shoot the
> competitors out of a cannon and who ever lands nearest the cache will win!
> Who wants to go first?
>
>
> Sorry
> Tim
>
> www.tueltzen.smugmug.com
>
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> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim and Pam
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
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> You bring up some good questions that we need to look at.
>
> We would love to hold MOGA 2008 at a State Park but like Rich said the
> insurance is a killer. If enough people wrote to JC and complained about
> all
> of the revenue that is being lost in the state parks because of there
> insurance requirements then they might start changing there policy's.
>
> I wonder if one of the private campgrounds that Jen mentioned would be
> interested and what they would require. Another private campground would
> be
> Garrison's. We could even set up a cannon caching competition. I think
> that
> might be worth looking into. What about MDC areas do they allow events
> without an insurance policy?
>
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.
> Tim
>
> www.tueltzen.smugmug.com
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> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Rogers
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:37 PM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] MOGA 2008 Ideas and Concerns...
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> During the awards ceremony at MOGA this year Mike
> alluded to MOGA 2008. He said one of the ideas of its
> location could be in St. Louis proper, being held at a
> few parks simultaneously.
>
> While in theory, it may be a neat place to have it, I
> have some concerns about a few things:
>
> 1. To have MOGA at more than one main location could
> be a logistical nightmare. I haven't been in the
> planning process for any of these events, granted, but
> trying to set up events and activites in more than one
> park could be a pain.
>
> 2. How could we have any park to ourselves for the
> most part? Forest Park, one of the biggest, has the
> zoo, the Jewel Box, the museum and other attractions.
> I'm not saying an event couldn't be held there, for
> example, but the muggle quotient and gawkers would be
> high.
>
> 3. How many caches could you feasibly place in any of
> the parks? I know Forest Park is big and that would
> hold many, but to have enough for events you'd have to
> utilize many parks...not all of which are close by.
> This leads to...
>
> 4. If you were to use different parks for caches in
> the events, people should not have to drive to other
> areas as part of the competition. The last thing
> anyone needs are a bunch of cachers working against
> the clock and facing St. Louis traffic. That could be
> the recipe for accidents, and no one wants that.
>
> 5. Many people, including some of our friends from
> Minnestota, don't like the idea of urban caching for
> MOGA. I'm sure there are a few places with some hills
> in the area, but for the most part, the St. Louis area
> cannot compete with the Mark Twain Lakes, Meramecs and
> Hawns as far as topography. I'm sad to say that some
> people from Minnesota on their message boards and even
> some I spoke to at this past MOGA personally have
> questioned whether they'd even attend an "urban" MOGA.
>
> 6. Costs. I am not sure about camping facilities in
> the St. Louis area, but hotels there are not nearly as
> cheap as what we had at this past MOGA. This could
> turn some away. Some prefer camping to hotels
> anyway...I don't know how this could or would play
> out.
>
> That's about enough of the concerns...so how about
> some ideas?
>
> 1. Why not have the next MOGA in a previously-used
> spot? Meramec is a beautiful place and so is Hawn...is
> there something against using an old area in lieu of a
> new area?
>
> 2. Have you thought of using an area in the Ozarks?
> Lake of the Ozarks? Or, perhaps, in the St. Francois
> area in Sam A. Baker State park?
>
> 3. Perhaps a poll could be set up to vote on
> locations...
>
> Well, I have more ideas, but I am having writer's
> block so I might post more later. I just wanted to
> shoot this out to y'all.
>
> Thanks again for a great MOGA 2007!
>
> -Michael
>
>
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