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Moe the Sleaze · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:21 am Post subject: CITO Day Cache - Archived

In spite of the Board's desire to sweep this aside, I feel there is more to discuss on this topic.

I'm happy to see that the Board apparently talked to mtn-man and persuaded him to unarchive Centris' cache. In my opinion thre is still one bit of business that needs to be taken care of. The Board owes Centris an apology for the way this matter was handled.
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Dances With Beehives · Geocacher Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 671 Location: Chaska

To be fair....some apologies were made in the other thread. However, (and I know nobody asked for my opinion) it was my impression too, that to make things....shall we say ‘Minnesota nice’, a general public apology for the whole mishap could certainly be inserted here.
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JT · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:54 am Post subject: Re: CITO Day Cache - Archived

sui generis · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject:

Centris · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

I didn't realize there was a new thread about this.....

We are all involved in the little picky details and there are only a few people who know the whole story. Anybody can make "their side" the "right side" and everybody is going to take the side of their friends. There can never be a winner in this..... so I am personally asking this to stop.

The *real* root of this problem lies in that geocaching.com should never have given anybody any cache from any active geocacher in the first place without knowing they had specific permission. Even if the cache said MNGCA on every other sentence. Nobody has the right to request caches moved around from account to account without permission or at least some sort of proof that the cache is either abandoned or neglected or the cacher is no longer active, no matter who they are. That is the big picture here.... not the little local details.

Nobody from geo.com even questioned it or checked it out. Even after I complained about it directly to geo.com, nothing was done by them or followed up with. That is just wrong. Geo.com should have guidelines in place that protect cache owners and then they should abide by those guidelines. No local/state association anywhere should be able to take anything from anybody just on their say so. I'm sure it used to be common practice, but not anymore.

I seriously doubt geo.com will ever let this happen again anywhere. Therefore, this issue is dead.

Geo.com has finally agreed to my requests. I got the cache restored to it's original condition, and I have re-vamped it to fit the parameters of the MNGCA demands and now this issue is over. (You can call off your lawyer now).
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The real issue is CITO - just go do it!! Idea

Log it on my cache or don't log it, but please don't ignore the fact that this is an important issue here in Minnesota and needs to be worked on.
It doesn't matter who is promoting it or hosting it.... either me or the association or somebody else, its all for the same great cause. Any hard feelings need to be pushed aside by everybody.

CITO is what matters. Especially now in the summer.
Commit to taking a baggie with you and picking up even two or three bits of trash at each cache you go to. It will soon add up and make a real difference.

Just go do it. Every bit helps.

(Bill -- lets lock this thread up too - OK?)