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bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

Trying to get a pulse on the implementation of the new, SWEET, Dakota County geocaching policy.

knowschad · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:09 am Post subject:

I'm still trying to figure out how to go about this. What I'd really like is to be able to simply give them extended contact information (phone numbers, address) for "knowschad". That is really all they should require and it really angers me that they used my tax dollars in such a foolish and frivolous way as to create a redundant and soon-to-be outdated database and website in an effort to fix something that wasn't really ever broken.

I will most likely end up pulling them, but I am currently still in civil disobedience mode.
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bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

knowschad · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject:

King Boreas · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject:

None of the options apply for me.

Halo

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

Arcticabn · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:42 am Post subject:

You missed one of the possible answers-

NO, and I don't plan to archive either. I plan to let it go and see what they will do!
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MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

I plan on performing one of the legitimate items listed in my poll. While I agree with Knowschad that the system is a "stupid waste of money", I ain't losing sleep over it.

Pearhead, or MN Fruitcake, just so you know, as MY way of protesting, I'll be registering the ones I want to keep by 11:59 PM on New Years Eve. Keep that in mind when the park system is back from their New Years party and they start begging you to archive caches. If there's lag in their processing time, that's their problem. My notification said I have until December 31st so that's what I intend on doing.

knowschad · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject:

knowschad · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject:

Come to think of it, that really is some pretty crappy civil disobedience, isn't it? OK, so I am extremely sort of committed to my principles. Laughing

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Rustynails · Geocacher Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 660

knowschad · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:27 am Post subject:

This is only for parks owned/managed by Dakota County:

http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/LeisureRecreation/CountyParks/Activities/GeocachingGuidelines.htm

* Lake Byllesby Regional Park (Off-Limit Map)
* Lebanon Hills Regional Park (Off-Limit Map: East, West)
* Miesville Ravine Park Reserve (Off-Limit Map)
* Spring Lake Park Reserve (Off-Limit Map: Lower, Schaar's Bluff)
* Thompson County Park (Off-Limit Map)
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knowschad · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:23 am Post subject:

Well, I did it. Not happy about it, but I did it.

Some issues with the process:

* The form asks for cache name, but not for GC#. Probably best to use GC#, but I didn't.

* There is no method of entering coordinates for a multi-cache.

* Most importantly, there is no way to review or edit what you entered. I am reasonably certain that I entered wrong coordinates for at least one cache, but there is no way for me to know for sure, or to fix it if I did.
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bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

You da man.