Come one, come all! We're meeting on Saturday March 10 at 5 pm (has
to be early because later there's a cover charge for the live
music) to eat, drink, be merry and talk cache. The basic info right
now is that we (cachers) will be meeting for some good eats (chow)
and beverages if desired (chicken killer!). The posted coordinates
are for the existing cache on site (Chicken Killer Revived by
Enabler) but of course we will be meeting inside the nearby
establishment. One of the nice features of this place is that you
pay for your food/drinks up front, so there won't be a check to
split. Please see their website at www.santafebrewing.com for info
on the offerings.
If you have geocoins/TBs you would like to share for people to
"discover", please bring them along. I will be bringing my geocoin
collection if I can find a way to transport it :-)
More details to be added as they become available! Please also
check out the discussion of this event on the nmgeocaching Events
forum.
When you post your "will attend" note, please give an
approximate headcount of how many in your group. This will help
with the organizing. Thanks!
UPDATE: SFBC isn't positive about the time, but the live music
will probably come on at 8 PM. At that time people would be
expected to pay the cover if they want to stay, although I was told
we might get a break on it. Instead (if the weather cooperates),
some folks will be heading out to do the "Luna Oscura" (GCYA3Q)
night cache by wildebus, so please consider joining us for
that!
UPDATE #2: I would like to honor HartMan/CatWoman Team and
dobroguy at the event for their immense contributions to Santa Fe
geocaching (pending attendance). It would be nice if attendees
might think about a story they would like to share about their
favorite caches by these two teams, a funny happening at one of
their caches, etc. Completely optional, of course, but it would be
nice. I think everybody has a story about a HM/CW cache! (If you
have a great story you want to share but can't attend, feel free to
email it to me and I'll read it!) And if you're doing some on that
day, you may have a very recent story or brand-new favorite cache
to talk about :-)
UPDATE #3: I gotten some excellent suggestions about how to
handle the plethora of geocoin discoveries that are sure to happen
at this event. If you are bringing coins for people to discover, it
would be fantastic if you could make a bunch of copies of a list of
your coins with the tracking numbers to give to people who see them
so they don't have to write them all down. It will allow for more
time chatting and less time getting hand cramps from writing down
all the tracking numbers! I have heard that some people like to
keep copies of the lists of tracking numbers in the back of their
coin binders so that, ideally, people discovering coins will be
people who actually saw them (or at least held the binder)
That is my personal preference as
well, but however you wish to handle facilitating discoveries
of your coins is up to you. There will be lots, that's for
sure!
UPDATE #4: We put out three new caches on the south side for
attendees to have the first crack at. This week (3/5/07) I will
email info to those who have posted that they are coming, before
the caches go live to everyone. We also replaced another that had
gone missing - so that's four new ones for most of you
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5th and final (!) update: SFBC phone # is (505) 424-3333 if you get
lost. I will also email my cell # with the emails of new caches.
Food & drink begins at 5 pm, announcements/giveaways/awards
will take place between 6 and 6:30 to have the most people
there.
Topics:
* new caches emailed on Thurs. (extra info sheets are available),
night cache later
* Geocoins and TBs to discover – I have sheets printed out with
tracking numbers and others do as well
* Upcoming events: Pancakes with Pobah event in in Alb in
April...tealeaf?
* Upcoming events: JL of NM’s TB event in Alb in May...JLofNM?
* New Mexico Challenge, volunteers for county
caches...av8ndv8?
* Article in Albuquerque Journal North...HartMan?
* Giveaways: 3-5 small prizes, selected at random
* Honorees: dobroguy and HM/CW
More food & drink! (But not too much - there's a night cache
to be done) :-)