{"id":8770,"date":"2012-03-08T09:46:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2012-03-08T09:46:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:46:53","slug":"groundspeak-weekly-newsletter-march-7-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/groundspeak-weekly-newsletter-march-7-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter – March 7, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groundspeak Lackeys Travel the World to Attend Mega-Events<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a> Add one more item to your Mega-Event “to-do” list: meet a Groundspeak Lackey. “Lackey” is an affectionate term for Geocaching.com employees. Lackeys are traveling to nearly 20 Mega-Events around the world this year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories with our fellow geocachers.<\/p>\n

Find a Lackey at Mega-Events in the United States, Canada, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, and the Czech Republic. We’d love to meet you and to hear your geocaching stories! Come find a Lackey at any one (or two, or three) of these Mega-Events:<\/p>\n

Albury-Wodonga, Australia – Oz Mega<\/a>
\nNordrhein-Westfalen, Germany – Dosenfischer im Ruhrtal<\/a>
\nIowa, United States – MOGA 2012<\/a>
\nLisbon, Portugal – 12 Years Geocaching | Portugal<\/a>
\nNew York, United States – ASPGB VII<\/a>
\nIndiana, United States – GeoWoodstock X<\/a>
\nLeipzig, Germany – Project: GeoGames<\/a>
\nBritish Columbia, Canada – Island Spirit 2012<\/a>
\nOntario, Canada – COG Spring Fling 8<\/a>
\nWest Midlands, United Kingdom – PirateMania V<\/a>
\nOhio, United States – Midwest Geobash 2012<\/a>
\nTurku, Finland – MEGA Finland 2012<\/a>
\nLisbon, Portugal – Geocoinfest Europe 2012<\/a>
\nCumbria, United Kingdom – North West England 2012<\/a>
\nWisconsin, United States – West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2012<\/a>
\nMoravia, Czech Republic – MEGA Moravia 2012<\/a>
\nColorado, United States – Geocoinfest U.S. 2012<\/a>
\nDunedin, New Zealand – NZ MEGA 2012<\/a>
\n…
\nSee all Mega-Events<\/a> this year!<\/p>\n

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Please enter your home coordinates<\/a> so we can provide information on new geocaches and geocaching events near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter – March 7, 2012<\/a><\/blockquote>