[GeoStL] Re: Changes for the new year.

  • From: Glenn Nash <glenn.geocachingadmin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:20:11 -0600

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I usually like to do monthly sweeps of all the disabled caches in the  
database. The last several months the note posting starts between the  
13th and the 16th however, my monthly sweeps have been known to take  
me 6 or so weeks to get to.


On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Craig Ingram wrote:

> -
> One more question
>
> Generally, how long is a cycle?
>
>
> --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Changes for the new year.
>> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 10:48 PM
>> -
>> OK, a couple of questions...
>>
>> Once a cache is disabled by the owner, how long do we have
>> to fix it?
>>
>> If someone posts an Archive note on someones cache, does
>> that count as a 1
>> note?
>>
>> Since it is only a 1 note cycle, does that mean you will
>> archive it if you
>> don't hear back, or will you archive it regardless
>> after the first note.
>>
>> Today, I enabled 3 caches that had 4 no finds or more. Each
>> cache was there,
>> logs dry. I was afraid I was going to get
>> a note disabling the cache from you guys because one was
>> over 1 week. The
>> Shed took me 2 weeks to get the parts I needed to replace
>> it.
>> I know you said there would be exceptions, I'm just
>> imagining that people
>> will just archive it rather than deal with it if the time
>> to fix it is
>> shortened
>> too much.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Glenn Nash"
>> <glenn.geocachingadmin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "SLAGA" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:34 PM
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Changes for the new year.
>>
>>
>> -
>>
>> I have a long story but i am waiting for it to come back
>> from the
>> editors.
>>
>> DISABLED CACHES :
>> Long story short,  we will no longer  have the customary
>> "Three note
>> cycle" in dealing with disabled caches. The cycle will
>> move to a ONE
>> note cycle.  I have seen other reviewers use a 2 week
>> cycle.  Two
>> weeks seems a little short to me.   It takes me longer than
>> that for
>> find my GPS.
>>
>> Typically, people that maintain their caches do so very
>> quickly. Those
>> that don't repair quickly never do.  I could wait for 6
>> note cycles
>> and it will not make any difference.
>>
>> Caches that are victims of forces beyond anyones control
>> will be
>> archived and can be renewed when the problems are resolved.
>>
>> There will always be exceptions and we will deal with them
>> when they
>> come up.
>>
>> See, this was nicer than the 4 pages I started off with.
>>
>> Pass the word.
>>
>> Your friendly Missouri Geocache Review team,
>> Glenn (*gln) & Reviewer of the Cache (RotC)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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