[GeoStL] Re: hello again, and a request

From: bromley@xxxxxxx
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:16:31 -0500
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Timothy,

This is a excellent way to introduce young people to Geocaching.  I've thought
that it would be a good idea for new Cachers, in general, to get them a good
start.

A good place to consider would be Jefferson Barracks Park.  It has a good
combination of Traditionals and Multi's along with one that will require math
skills (Cedar) and is in a self-contained area.  The ratio of one adult to
several students is good as long as it is in a group setting and the adult is
not alone with any number of students (sorry, it's a fact of life now and good
protection).  Depending on the time/date, I would be more than happy to
volunteer my services. I've been thinking that this is something that SLAGA
should undertake as a Public Service and would allow all of us who take
advantage of the public facilities to both hide and seek caches to give
something back to the people supporting those facilities.

You probably want to keep in to around 20-25 people (including adults).

Quoting Timothy Hunt <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> -
> Greetings all.  My, life has been hectic (and still is) but I'm hoping
> to be a bit more active in geocaching, rather than just letting things
> tick over.
>
> I'm now the IT department for Thomas Jefferson School (a private jr
> high/high school in south county), and I'm getting invlved in school
> life.
>
> I'd like to do a (one off for now) group hunt with students who would
> like to, keeping it in the south county area.  However, a group hunt
> with only one GPSr (mine) would not be much fun, so I'm asking for
> help.  I'm not setting any dates, yet, just trying to get some
> agreement in principle, plus any ideas, before I formally suggest the
> idea to the rigth body within the school.
>
> My thoughts so far would be to assign 1 or 2 students to each person
> with a GPSr.  I think 3 to a GPSr shoudl be plenty, but I'd prefer to
> keep it to 2 (student plus SLAGA member).  I'd do all the prep with
> the students prior (to get them accounts on gc.com, and to work out
> which caches to go for).  Once a list was set, I'd ask volunteers to
> load their GPSrs with the waypoints. SUggestions for good caches to
> try would of course be welcomed at the appropriate time.  And if
> anyone felt that they would like to *place* a cache specifically for
> this, that would be pretty cool too.
>
>
> So, in short:
> 1) Do you think this is a good thing for SLAGA?
> 2) would you (personally) be willing to help (in principle, obviously,
> depending on the date)?
> 3) how many people (total - students + helpers) do you think would be
> a good maximum so it's not unwieldy (also note that we'll probably
> have a few additional members of staff, and we will also probably have
> use of the (small-ish) school bus for getting around)?
> 4) any other suggestions as to how to organize such an event
>
> Timothy
>
>
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