[Az-Geocaching] You can audit your caches if they are "Members Only" caches (and other benefits)

[mike and gale jett]

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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