You don't have to pay online; at the bottom of the information page
for becoming a Charter Member there is an option for sending in a
check/money order. I know this because I have been putting it off for
months :-)
Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott


On Thu, 05 Dec 2002, "mike and gale jett" wrote:

> 
> We would like to be members since it would help support the sport,
> however 
> our only access to a computer is at the library, so paying online
for 
> anything becomes a problem. While you are free to make your caches
> members 
> only if you wish, you prevent some serious geocachers from
> participating. 
> That in turn may discourage casual cachers from eventually becoming
> serious 
> and paying geocachers.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: ken@highpointer.com
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >Subject: [Az-Geocaching] You can audit your caches if they are
> "Members 
> >Only" caches (and other benefits)
> >Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:27:12 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >
> >I have tranformed my easily accessible urban non-virtual caches
into 
> >"Members Only" caches.  I did this to reduce the chances of these
> caches 
> >being stolen or plundered.  All of my virtual caches and caches that
> are 
> >more difficult to get to are still available for access to all.
> >
> >If we make more caches "Members Only", then this would encourage
more 
> >people to acquire Charter Memberships.  This may potentially keep
the 
> >authorities at bay, because some of them may remove caches from
parks
> or 
> >other public lands that they manage, even if the cache is in a good
> place 
> >for a cache to be. This happened to me with the one cache of mine
> that was 
> >removed, "Pinnacle Peak Park".  I may reactivate this one soon, but
I
> will 
> >change its name, use a small container of little or no value (such
as
> a 
> >coffee can), and make it "Members Only" to keep it as low-profile
as 
> >possible.
> >
> >Another cache that was removed by parks authorities was a cache
> located 
> >near the highest point of Arkansas, Magazine Mountain Mother Lode.  
> >Magazine Mountain is now in an Arkansas state park, and an Arkansas
> Parks 
> >Department Ranger removed this cache during the summer.
> >
> >I found a new feature with "Members Only" caches - the ability to
> audit 
> >your cache so you can see who has read it.  Here is an example of
> what I 
> >saw when I audited "Angels Spring Training World Championship
> Edition":
> >
> >Audit Log for
> >Angels Spring Training World Championship Edition
> >
> >12/5/2002 10:11:52 AM    Highpointer
> >
> >What do other Geocachers think about making more caches "Members
> Only"?  In 
> >my opinion, it's a good way to manage urban caches and those with
> easy 
> >access, because those are the most likely to be stolen or plundered.
> >
> >Ken
> 
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