- Wayne, Excellent! I'll be contacting Dottie soon to confirm exactly what she'd like. Then I'll get in touch with you, Mike and hopefully a few others to get things rolling. As a geocacher who travels, do you get to patronize communities that are cache friendly on your trips? Susan At 00:23 4/4/2006, you wrote: >- >Susan > >I have cached a little in the general Wentzville area, with my >grandcritters, who actually live there. I would be pleased to participate >in this forum, if my schedule permits. I can be available for a weekday, >preferably late morning, meeting unless business trips interfere. I feel >I'm reasonably familiar with the concerns to address them. While not a high >number cacher, I have done a fair number of states and can offer some >insight into the the "national view". I have also hidden two, that were >approved by a Mayor and a Town Council. > >Wayne > >-----Original Message----- >From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Susan R. Makky >Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:37 PM >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: ST. CHARLES CITY parks > > >- >Paul and I had recently been in contact with Dottie from Wentzville Parks. >She has shown an interest in hosting a forum to familiarize area Parks >administrators with geocaching. She seems interested in having several >local geocachers in a panel type situation to address questions from Parks >personnel. Items of interest include: > *what is geocaching? who plays? etc. > * existing geocaching policies that work > * how geocaching can benefit the Parks System and local community >(How to sell it to the "Big Wigs") > * how to tell what's going on with local geocaches > * safety issues-cache rating system, etc. >We want these folks to be cache friendly and we need to show them just how >park friendly we are. >Paul had suggested several of us St Charles County folk get together on >this. > >Susan > > >At 16:04 4/3/2006, you wrote: > >- > >Just got off the phone with Mike.. He is a very reasonable person and would > >like our input on how we can best serve each other. He will call a meeting > >with his superiors and Dan Eubank has already contacted him. Looks like the > >ball is rolling. I suggested that he contact John Vogel. > > > >He is a very nice person and we don't need to start slamming him or his > >policies on an open forum. > > > >He is not familiar with how it all operates. After Dan and I explained some > >stuff, he has a better understanding. So let's knock off the insults and > >criticism. > > > > > >Mike > > > >Tired of Spam?? > >Here's your solution.. > >See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Glenn" <Glenn.GeocachingAdmin@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: "St. Louis Area Geocachers" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:46 PM > >Subject: [GeoStL] ST. CHARLES CITY parks > > > > > > > - > > > Now it looks lit ST. CHARLES CITY parks require permits. I suggest >cachers > > > in St., Charles CITY give them a call about your caches. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Glenn > > > > > > From: Mike.Cordry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:32:10 -0000 > > > > > > Hello, My name is Mike Cordry. I am the Chief Park Ranger for St Charles > > > City Parks and Recreation. We have long been aware of the enjoying hobby > > > of geocaching. For that reason we have passed a policy that we would >like > > > followed. I have no way of knowing what, are where the main web site is, > > > or how to get to it. Here is the deal. EVERYONE geocaching int the city > > > parks MUST come to my office and fill out a form with basic info, what >is > > > in it, where it will be ( Exactly ). When they finally hide it they must > > > return the form to me. Basically I will issue a permit for a year to >them. > > > There is no charge for this, its simply a way to make sure nothing > > > dangerous, or illeagle is in our parks. 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