WWFM VIII (World Wide Flash Mob) Spring 2011 -
"Discover Your Scottish Heritage"
The WWFMs are coordinated geocaching events. A flash mob is a
large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do
something unusual for a brief period of time, then quickly
disperse. These events take place simultaneously at locations
across the globe.
The event will last exactly 15 minutes, not one second longer.
The event will begin EXACTLY at: 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 4, 2011
and will end at EXACTLY 2:15 PM. You MUST be present and sign a log
sheet DURING this time to claim the event.
The above coordinates will take you to the designated WWFM VIII
gathering place. This location is very familiar to the people of
Pictou and Nova Scotia - outside the Hector Exhibiton - Hector
Heritage Quay, Pictou, NS. Hopefully The Hector will be back at its
berth before the event occurs
The event will have a Scottish Heritage Theme. Bring a piece of
your Scottish tartan for everyone to see whether it is a piece of
clothing or other. No Scottish Heritage - You can be an adopted
Scot for the event, just add "Mac" or "Mc" before your geocaching
name.
PRIOR TO THE EVENT:
• Drive to the parking area near the coordinates. Either
stay in your car or get out of your car and pretend you are a
muggle. Act like you don't know anyone else.
• At 1:59 PM - make your way to the designated event
coordinates shown. Keep acting like you know no one.
• 2:00 PM - At exactly 2:00 PM as determined by the GPS
clock and a whistle will blow, a container will be placed near the
designated coordinates and a signal will be given to signify the
start of the event. You may then converge on the container for the
official event. Log sheets will be handed out. BYOP (bring your own
pen). Sign individual log sheets and drop them in the cache bucket.
Then mingle and chat with your fellow cachers.
• 2:05 PM - Bring travel bugs and or coins to exchange with
friends and or discover.
• 2:10 PM - Assemble for and take group photo (hopefully in
front of the Ship Hector). After the photo briefly mingle &
chat.
• 2:14 PM - One minute warning is called "It is now 2:14!"
Log slips will be pulled for the door prizes. FTF will be drawn at
this time. Clean up and prepare to leave. Prepare to make your
grand exit.
FTF DRAW PRIZE WILL BE AN UNACTIVATED WWFM VIII GEOCOIN.
There will also be 3 draws for an unactivated WWFM VIII Event
Tag.
• 2:15 PM - Make like a muggle and LEAVE the area! Log
entries sealed & closed. If you missed the signing you missed
the event.
Difficulty rating of 2 reflects the 15 minute allotted time
period in which to claim the cache. If you aren't prompt you could
miss it.
If your name is not on a log sheet you will not be able to
log the event.
If everything goes right we will have several people converging
on one spot for a 15 minute geocaching event and then disappearing.
This could be lots of fun and maybe even raise a few muggle
eyebrows.
The event will happen rain or shine! Please come prepared.
Sorry, No pathtags are being issued for this
event.
A couple of WWFM VIII Geocoins and WWFMVIII Event Tags
have been ordered for the event - one geocoin and 3 event tags will
be drawn for the FTF Prizes