- Island Dave, I guess you and I are the only ones that volunteered for this. Are you still up to it? I was hoping there would be some volunteers from the St. Chuck way since we live in West and South county. Mike, I think we can make a quick presentation in the 20 minutes by just highlighting the subjects you want. Going into detail of something they may know nothing about can make for a restless group. One of the Cub dens in Maplewood put out a cache ( http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=21866 ) so that might be another project they could do as a group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Scout presentation > - > Yes we have a projection unit so you can bring a laptop. We also have a > laptop with PowerPoint. > > What I would like to see is how Geocaching can be used both with and without > a GPSr. Ideas for future programs would be great. Maybe some basic GPS info > but mainly how it ties into map and compass. > > The Objective should be.. > > Familiarize Leaders with Geocaching > Introduce GPS technology > Show how this can be done with Topo Map and Compass > Games and Events associated with Geocaching (Like Multicaching, Virtual, > Puzzles, Daryl and Daryl, etc..) > Talk about the St. Louis Area Geocachers Association and the Website. > Our District Website is www.boonetrails.org > > If you need more than 20 minutes, No prob.. I can bump the next presenter to > next Month (ME :-)) > > I just want to have the leaders aware that there is an outdoor activity that > they can have their Scouts participate in. Even if only one of the leaders > in a unit has a GPSr, then I think that they will take the initiative to get > the Boys involved in Geocaching. I know some Scouts who could find a > majority of these with Map and Compass. > > Thanks! > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:56 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Scout presentation > > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching The SLAGA E-store is closed for image repairs...... ****************************************************************************