[GeoStL] Re: Congratulations

  • From: "Susan Ring" <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:11:35 -0500

For my two cents, I'm with you guys.
Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Bensman 
  To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:11 PM
  Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Congratulations


  -
  Well said.  I completely agree.

  I would add one more suggestion.  When someone hits one of these milestones,
  post a message to the listserve with their email address.  Then people can
  send them (and not the entire listserve) a message.

  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Griffin
  > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:22 PM
  > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Congratulations
  >
  >
  > -
  > I feel the same way.. I think 100, 500 and every 500 there after should be
  > good. In the early days, it was almost impossible to get 100
  > caches.. There
  > wasn't 100 in St. Louis back when Glenn, Barry, Rich and Dave started
  > caching. However, today if someone was really serious, they could
  > cache hard
  > for a week and easily get 100. 1000 should be recognized with a gift. Each
  > 1000 should hold something special. Most of us will never get to
  > 1000 nor do
  > we have time to. Those who do, really put their time into the sport.
  >
  > I think our milestones should be recognized on the website. I
  > just feel that
  > posting a message in the newsgroup for every 100 is not necessary.
  > I too know that others will disagree. However, people could just as easily
  > send an email to that person. We only get a handful now a days who ever
  > recognize them and then it's a lot of "me too's." I think it
  > would be better
  > if we just stuck to the website on everything except 100, 500 and
  > every 500
  > thereafter.
  >
  > JMHO..
  >
  > Mike
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Bernhard G. Ver Hey" <Happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 2:45 PM
  > Subject: [GeoStL] Congratulations
  >
  >
  > > -
  > >   Mike, let me be the first to congratulate you on find #800. Way to go.
  > >   I really don't believe in all the congratulating that goes on all the
  > >   time. I think congratulations are in order for find number
  > 100 and then
  > >   it should be every 500 thereafter. Makes it a lot more special that
  > >   way. I would even go for a breakfast gettogether for the "K" finds.
  > >   Anyway that's the way I feel about it and so do several other cachers
  > >   that I have talked to, but no one wants to say anything. I'm sure I'll
  > >   catch some flack over this, but I'm a big boy-bring it on.  Bernie The
  > >   Happykraut.
  > > --
  > >   Bernhard G. Ver Hey
  > >   happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx
  > >
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