{"id":7990,"date":"2012-01-27T04:44:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2016-01-18T10:38:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T18:38:45","slug":"january-featured-geocacher-of-the-month-nominees-add-your-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/january-featured-geocacher-of-the-month-nominees-add-your-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"January Featured Geocacher of the Month Nominees – Add Your Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

January’s featured nominees are fabulous examples of uniquely talented geocachers. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these three helpful, innovative, and creative nominees.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s your turn to help select one of them as January\u2019s featured \u201cGeocacher of the Month.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AbbeyAckbar, December Featured Geocacher of the Month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be the featured \u201cGeocacher of the Month.\u201d Those whose nominees were not recognized here are encouraged to submit their nominations again next month.<\/p>\n

Last month, AbbeyAckbar<\/a> was chosen as the December Featured Geocacher of the Month. AbbeyAckbar, a geocaching couple, was recognized for organizing some of the most creative and popular events in Dublin, Ireland. They were also acknowledged for their consistent willingness to assist geocachers in need. Congratulations again to AbbeyAckbar and all other December nominees.<\/p>\n

Here are your nominees for the January Featured Geocacher of the Month. Some testimonials have been edited for length.<\/p>\n

Bloodhounded<\/a><\/h1>\n
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Bloodhounded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Nominated by BigAI437<\/a>, “Kevin has not only started the geocaching blog, Cachecrazy.com<\/a>, that reaches international geocachers, but he is constantly getting involved with the local community. Recently he set up a geocaching day for a group of local Girl Scouts. He took them out to find some caches after teaching them all about geocaching. Kevin made sure that these young girls had lots of fun and learned about a new sport that is not only fun, but takes you to places that you might have never visited. I am totally inspired by his commitment to geocaching, the geocaching community, and to his local community.”<\/p>\n

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SerenityNow<\/a><\/h1>\n
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SerenityNow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nominated by TeamDotOne<\/a>, “SerenityNow is responsible for the largest annual events in Ohio known affectionately as the Grand Caching Events (GCE). An example of one of these events is CSI: Cleveland<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only do to they go way out of their way to host the best events ever but they always seem to come up with something new each and every year to make people want to keep coming back. We have spent countless hours enjoying their company, enjoying their events, enjoying their caches and most importantly, enjoying their friendship.”<\/p>\n

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Memomls<\/a><\/h1>\n
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Memomls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nominated by Horseshoechamp<\/a>, “Memomls has put on many 101 events and always embraces new cachers with her friendly charm. She is the back bone of North Florida and is known far and wide for her giving- not only her knowledge but her wisdom of caching to all she comes in contact with. Memomls is part owner in a starting Geo-Business here in North Florida called The Cache Station<\/a> which supplies all sorts of items for both new and old cachers alike. She looks out for many geocachers and willingly hosts events for different people’s accomplishments, even when they are new to geocaching.”<\/p>\n

Comment below to tell us who you think should be the featured January \u201cGeocacher of the Month.\u201d A panel of Lackeys will use your comments to help decide which geocacher is awarded the honor. Each featured \u201cGeocacher of the Month\u201d will receive an exclusive special edition featured \u201dGeocacher of the Month\u201d Geocoin along with a Geocacher of the Month hat and a certificate acknowledging their contributions signed by two of the founders of Geocaching.com. We will be accepting comments for January\u2019s award through Monday February 6th.<\/p>\n

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Geocacher of the Month Geocoin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you know an outstanding geocacher you would like to nominate<\/strong> to be a Featured Geocacher of the Month, send an email to geocacherofthemonth@groundspeak.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every nomination must meet the following requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please include your name, the name of your nominee, their username, at least one picture of the nominee and a description (500 or fewer words) explaining why he or she deserves to be the Geocacher of the Month. Please inform your nominee that you\u2019ve submitted them for the award. Nominations for the February Geocacher of the Month must be received by February 17th.<\/p>\n

Once we have received all of the nominations, we will choose the top candidates and post them on the blog. You will then get a chance to champion your favorite. Our goal is to involve the entire geocaching community in this process so we might learn from each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January’s featured nominees are fabulous examples of uniquely talented geocachers. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these three helpful, innovative, and creative nominees.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s your turn to help select one of them as January\u2019s featured \u201cGeocacher of the Month.\u201d Write a comment on this blog post about which of these…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,81,137,90],"tags":[163,154],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-geocaching-com-souvenirs","category-news","category-trackable-week","tag-geocacher-of-the-month","tag-souvenirs"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

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