Author: Jill McCormick Date: To: az-geocaching Subject: [Az-Geocaching] RE: grrrrrrrrrrr more mis information from the Site Stewards
As promised I spoke with Mary Estes about Shelley Rasmussen's article. Mary asked me to pass along her thoughts on this issue. First off, she asked that you must remember that the article was written well in advance of the September 27th meeting (I believe the deadline for submitting articles for that issue of the Watch was September 9th). Also, she assured me that a follow-up article detailing the events of the meeting and an update of the situation would be included in the next issue of the Watch that will be coming out on March 1, 2003. She also said how pleased she was with the outcome of the September meeting, and had received an update from Shelley about a week ago saying that of the nineteen sites with caches all but four had been removed. A suggestion was also given that if any of you would like to submit an article to the next Watch dealing with your experiences as a geocachers that would be a great way to educate site stewards on what the sport is and help give the other side of the story. If anyone would like to do this the article must be no longer than one page, and it must go to Steve Gross first for proofreading. It would need to be to Mary by January 10, 2003. I would also like to inform you of a follow up meeting that will be held on January 14, 2003 with local landmanagers and Site Stewards. Some time will be devoted to the geocaching issue and updating the situation. As I said before please do not let this one article undo all the good that has been accomplished. Many Site Stewards feel the same as I do and welcome your interest in the outdoors. I encourage any of you who are interested to become Site Stewards, we need people like you who are just as concerned as we are about our wilderness. As with any organization you do have a few people who are a little over zealous, but I believe the majority of us are sane, understanding people. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this issue with Mary, please feel free to contact her or myself. Mary informed me that she would be in and out of her office next week, but if you leave a message she will get back with you. I hope I have been of some help in this issue and I plan to continue to work on bridging the misunderstanding between geocachers and site stewards. I have enjoyed conversing with all the geocachers that I have met so far, I know some of you can't say the same for site steward's, but hopefully that will change in the future. Keep up the good work!!!!
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