Steve, (and all)
I really liked the idea and have been making a point to welcome any
new cachers I see in the Prescott area. (I have all the caches in the
area on my watch list anyway). I welcome people even if it isn't my
cache! I look at how many finds they have and if it is only a few, I
send them a general "hello" welcome, along with an offer to help if
they need it, and info about the azgeocaching.com website and
list-serve. I've been doing it for, what, a couple months now (?) and
probably have emailed almost a dozen. I think almost everybody has
replied, favorably, one had a GPS question, one needed a hint on
CHUMP's 'Don't Forget the S' cache (they were really frustrated, I
didn't tell them too much, but I think they were able to find it. They
were not familiar with urban micros)
Anyway, I hope more folks are "mentoring" too....I think it would be
nice to get a couple friendly emails if I was new to something.
Take care and Happy New Year,
Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott


On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, "Team Tierra Buena" wrote:




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A couple months 
back, we were tossing around the idea of "Geo-Mentoring": Emailing
newcomers who 
found one of your caches to welcome them into the fold, let them know 
about azgeocaching.com and the list server, etc. Have any of you done
this with 
your caches? If so, I'd very much like to hear about your experiences
with it, 
even if it's only "I sent out a couple of emails, never heard anything
back". 
But I would like your guesstimate on how many times you've done it, if
you're 
still doing it, and any other information you might care to 
add.
 
I'm trying to 
collect this information for the land management meeting I'm attending
in 
mid-January. I'm hoping to use what I get from you as an example of
how the 
caching community in Arizona is attempting to promote responsible
Geocaching 
practices. You can either post the information here, or if you prefer
email me 
directly. Thanks.
 
SteveTeam 
Tierra BuenaThere is a very fine line between "hobby" and 
"mental illness". -- Dave 
Barry


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