[GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:21:42 -0500
-
Thanks Mike. I know that there are a bunch of guys in my troop who want
to get started.
On 5/24/2010 5:23 PM, Mike Griffin wrote:
> -
> That would be the Greater St. Louis Area Council. Mike lives close by there
> but, it might be a while before the approval comes through. I am the council
> chair for Geocaching and I was told that they are going to redo the MB
> Counselor approval process. In the past, a subject director would have been
> chosen for a merit badge. Now, they will have subject directors for groups
> of badges.
>
> I actually wrote part of the MB requirements but Mary Stevens (Mousewiz)
> wrote almost all of them. I reviewed and made suggestions.
>
> I too am a Geocaching MB Counselor. I have several scouts coming to me in
> the next week to get started on it.
>
> Mike, if you want to get started on actively working with scouts, please do.
> I will get your application for review and will approve it anyways so just
> consider it a done deal!
>
> :-)
>
> Mike
> Brawny Bear
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ZLA Solutions
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:56 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
>
> -
> Thanks Mike.
>
> My classmate lives in Kirkwood I think. Would that be the same council as
> you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Zeke
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:40 PM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
>
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> Merit Badge Counselors are registered with the Local Council. They can
> Help any Scout in the council. Another council would not recognize them am
> as a counselor. Some counselors when registering opt to just take care of
> Scouts in their troop. If they did sign a card for a Scout outside their
> troop it would be OK but they are not listed on the MB Counselor list.
> mikeinmo
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:01 PM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
>
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> Hi Mike.
>
> Can counselors help any scout or are they assigned to particular troops? Can
> you put out a post when you get your confirmation so I can try to connect
> you with my classmate?
>
> Regards,
>
> Zeke (ZLA)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Lusicic
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:53 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
>
> -
> I put in to be a counselor for that merit badge, but have not gotten
> back my confirmation yet.
>
> On 5/24/2010 2:53 PM, ZLA Solutions wrote:
>
>> -
>> Thank you so much. I will forward the information to my classmate.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Zeke (ZLA)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lefferts Family
>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:37 PM
>> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Merit Badge Assistance
>>
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>> They need to contact their local council and find out who is a merit badge
>> counselor for this badge. It is brand new here are the requirements:
>> geocaching.rev5 4/12/2010 1
>>
>> *Geocaching Merit Badge-Revised Requirements 4/9/2010
>> *
>>
>> 1. Do the following:
>>
>> a. Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter
>>
> while
>
>> participating in geocaching activities and what you should do to
>>
> anticipate,
>
>> help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.
>>
>> b. Discuss first aid and prevention for the types of injuries or illnesses
>> that could occur while participating in geocaching activities, including
>> cuts, scrapes, snakebite, insect stings, tick bites, exposure to poisonous
>> plants, heat and cold reactions (sunburn, heatstroke, heat exhaustion,
>> hypothermia), and dehydration.
>>
>> c. Discuss how to properly plan an activity that uses GPS, including using
>> the buddy system, sharing your plan with others, and considering the
>> weather, route, and proper attire.
>>
>> 2. Discuss the following with your counselor:
>>
>> a. Why you should never bury a cache
>>
>> b. How to use proper geocaching etiquette when hiding or seeking a cache,
>> and how to properly hide, post, maintain, and dismantle a geocache
>>
>> c. The principles of Leave No Trace as they apply to geocaching
>>
>> 3. Explain the following terms used in geocaching: waypoint, log, cache,
>> accuracy, difficulty and terrain ratings, attributes, trackable. Choose
>>
> five
>
>> additional terms to explain to your counselor.
>>
>> 4. Explain how the Global Positioning System (GPS) works. Then, using
>> Scouting's Teaching EDGE, demonstrate the use of a GPS unit to your
>> counselor. Include marking and editing a waypoint, changing field
>>
> functions,
>
>> and changing the coordinate system in the unit.
>>
>> 5. Do the following:
>>
>> a. Show you know how to use a map and compass and explain why this is
>> important for geocaching.
>>
>> b. Explain the similarities and differences between GPS navigation and
>> standard map reading skills and describe the benefits of each.
>>
>> c. Explain the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) system and how it
>>
> differs
>
>> from the latitude/longitude system used for public geocaches.
>>
>> d. Show how to plot a UTM waypoint on a map. Compare the accuracy to that
>> found with a GPS unit.
>>
>> 6. Describe the four steps to finding your first cache to your counselor.
>> Then mark and edit a waypoint. geocaching.rev5 4/12/2010 2
>>
>> 7. With your parent's permission*, go to www.geocaching.com. Type in your
>> zip code to locate public geocaches in your area. Share the posted
>> information about three of those geocaches with your counselor. Then, pick
>> one of the three and find the cache.
>>
>> *To fulfill this requirement, you will need to set up a free user account
>> with www.geocaching.com. Ask your parent for permission and help before
>> doing so.
>>
>> 8. Do ONE of the following:
>>
>> a. If a Cache to Eagle series exists in your council, visit at least three
>> of the locations in the series. Describe the projects that each cache you
>> visit highlights, and explain how the Cache to Eagle program helps share
>>
> our
>
>> Scouting service with the public.
>>
>> b. Create a Scouting-related Travel BugR that promotes one of the values
>>
> of
>
>> Scouting. "Release" your Travel Bug into a public geocache and, with your
>> parent's permission, monitor its progress at www.geocaching.com for 30
>>
> days.
>
>> Keep a log, and share this with your counselor at the end of the 30-day
>> period.
>>
>> c. Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in the
>> *Geocaching
>> *merit badge pamphlet. Before doing so, share with your counselor a
>> six-month maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally
>> responsible for the first three months. After setting up the geocache,
>>
> with
>
>> your parent's permission, follow the logs online for 30 days and share
>>
> them
>
>> with your counselor.
>>
>> d. Explain what Cache in Trash Out (CITO) means, and describe how you have
>> practiced CITO at public geocaches or at a CITO event. Then, either create
>> CITO containers to leave at public caches, or host a CITO event for your
>> unit or for the public.
>>
>> 9. Plan a geohunt for a youth group such as your troop or a neighboring
>> pack, at school, or your place of worship. Choose a theme, set up a course
>> with at least four waypoints, teach the players how to use a GPS unit, and
>> play the game. Tell your counselor about your experience, and share the
>> materials you used and developed for this event.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:28 PM, CribbageWitch
>> <VelyneTarlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>
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>>> Brawny Bear would be my suggestion!!
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