WSGA - Inland Empire Chapter

Hello I'm new!

Mon, 31 May 2010 21:39:56 -0700

Just saw that I missed the Cheney meet
Just wondering if anything else is coming up? We are new, only been caching about 2 months and totally hooked! We want to get more involved so any info is great thanks!

Inland Empire CITO

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:21:30 -0700

The chapter is proud to report that the Dishman Hills Natural Area is now squeeky clean. Turn out was a touch lower than in the past but we were still well represented with the usual cast of characters, newbies, and support from our Montana friends.

We had people on trash pick up teams, tree planting teams, and trail maintenance teams. This was all organized by the fine folk at REI.

A big thank you to board members Illumineon, Loren27, and Annazboys who did the bulk of the heavy lifting before hand so we could all do the heavy lifting today.

2010 Board of Directors

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:38:02 -0700

I am happy to announce the the 2010 (and part of 2011) Inland Empire Chapter Board of Directors:

Members at Large:
MntGoat50
Loren27

Quartermasters:
scareway
KV Jr

Tech Coordinators:
Annasboyz
Paneledzero

Historians:
LLCools (all both of them!)

Secretary:
Illumineon (kicking and screaming)

Treasurer:
lucymogus (ahem, also State VP - we're so proud!)

State Rep:
Bikely (we're proud of Bikely too)

Vice President:
Paneledzero

President:
Yours Truly

Although they are not represented on the current Board, we have a great group of cachers operating out of the Quad City (Lewiston/Clarkston,Pullman, Moscow) area that put the "Empire" in Inland. The quality of their work could and should make the rest of the country a tad jealous, LOL!

We expect good (if not great) things to happen on the dry side this year. All made possible by not only the community as a whole but the previous administrations that developed the game plan us newbies can execute. With that the current Board would like to thank the likes of:
MntGoat50
Lookout Lisa
Yellow Alligator
Chumpo
nelsoncrew
Dream Cacher
Those I may have forgotten about
And last but not least - Trevor and Kate

Raise a glass in cheer of the WSGA, COWWS, the Empire and a great year for all of us!

Route of the Hiawatha

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:03:10 -0700

The end of the season has snuck up on me, partially thanks to the number of folks at my station taking vacations and necessitating an ever-changing work schedule this month.

So it's occurred to me rather late that at one point there was a fair bit of interest in a repeat of last year's event (GC1EXHQ). Would folks still like to see the ride repeated?

Must see caches

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:47:32 -0700

I am coming to spokane for my mothers 90th birthday in August and would like to do some caches close to Otis Orchards, Liberty Lake, Post Falls region. I am not into mico's or LPC. I want ones that are WOW thats a great view or location or I didnt know that was here.

June Meeting!

Thu, 28 May 2009 21:26:22 -0700

Per request (and some not so subtle nudging) the June Meeting will be in CHENEY!!!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1RPDF

Come on down and join us! It will be an afternoon of good old fashion fun - games, watermelon eating contests, etc.

This is a POTLUCK. Please let me know what you're bringing when you RSVP so I make sure we have enough of everything!

Any questions? Email me - annabug@gmail.com

Thanks!

-- Anna of AnnasBoyz

Spring '09 CITO Event A Big Success

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:51:32 -0700

I am happy to report the Spring '09 CITO Event was a big success. The weather was absolutely perfect for the gang of people who turned out to clean up a stretch of trail on the south side of our Spokane River. An industrious member also had a slug of caches published the morning in the clean up area which generated extra excitement for the technologically advanced of the crowd.

After the event a hot dog and rib BBQ was held to celebrate. A couple of ringers were brought in to do the chef work and the results were excellent. A good time was had by all. The details can be seen on the CITO event page.

Here are the official stats:

Turnout: A bunch (uh, I forgot to count)
Volume of trash: A lot (I forgot to weigh)
Thankful Muggles: Many (1 confirmed)
BBQs used: 4
Hot dogs consumed: 42 (none dropped)
Ribs consumed: Approx 20 pounds
Potato salad consumed: 2 tubs
Chips and cookies consumed: All

Thanks again to all the Board and regular members for the organization and participation!

KidVegas19 - IEC Pres.

IE Chapter Board meeting

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:06:19 -0700

Greetings Board Members, WSGA Members, and WSGA Associates:

The first meeting with the newest board members was held on March 8. The main purpose of this meeting was to decide which members were going to take which positions. After deciding, the Board Roster looks like this:

Members At Large:
Bikely & Wifely
Yellow Alligator
Lookout Lisa

Quartermaster - Nelson Crew
Historian - LLCool
Secretary/Treasurer - Lucymogus
State Rep - MtnGoat50
Vice President - Trevor and Kate
President - KidVegas19

It was also decided that April 25 will be our CITO date. This is in direct conflict with the dates of May 2 & 3 set by Groundspeak which is in direct conflict with Bloomsday weekend. The CITO site is still pending but we got our best and brightest working on it and expect to have it nailed down by the end of the month. Once this is set an email notification will go out to the general mailing list to coincide with the event publication.

That is all for this report. We will keep the members updated as the activities happen.

May you find all you seek,

KidVegas19

Announcing the 2009 IE Chapter's Board of Directors

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:57:57 -0700

CONGRATS to our newly elected 2009 Directors!!!

Anne (Yellow Alligator)*
Lisa (Lookout Lisa)*
Trevor (Trevor and Kate)*
Dave (Nelson Crew)
Elaine (Lucymogus)
JD (Kidvegas)
Larry (LLCool)�
Lee (Bikely)
Jim (MtnGoat50)* (Our WSGA IE Chapter Rep automatically sits on the Board)

THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING!
We appreciate all that you do and look forward to another great year!!!

(* denotes returning board member)

Official 2009 CITO weekend - May 2-3

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:11:18 -0700

Geocaching's official CITO weekend is looming on the horizon - May 2-3. It's time to start thinking of locations in your area that would benefit from some help from the local geocaching community. Groundspeak rules require that CITOs and other events must be submitted for publication at least two weeks in advance, but if you arrange your event farther ahead of time, you can get in on something really cool from the WSGA!

All CITO weekend events arranged by March 25 will be included in the upcoming WSGA CITO t-shirt. It will feature a map of our state with all of the 2009 CITO events plotted on it. Groundspeak will not be producing a CITO shirt this year, so this will be the only 2009 CITO shirt available for the state of Washington. Details about the shirts will be coming soon from Laurie our WSGA President, but don't miss the opportunity for your event to be included!

The WSGA's goal for CITO Weekend 2009 is to have at least two events held within each chapter. If more can be held within any chapters, that will be even better! This is the biggest and best way we have to build good relations with the land managers who oversee all the wonderful places that we get to play, and to give back to our environment.

Putting on a CITO event is very easy to do, but to make it even easier I will be posting additional topics on the CITO forum soon with tips on how to organize a successful CITO event. In the meantime, who in the Inland Empire Chapter is going to step up and agree to host an event? Let's hear from you so we can make a big impact in our state with CITO this year!

Lewiston Area Cache Machine

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:01:48 -0700

Does anyone know when the Lewiston/Clarkston/Moscow/Pullman cache machine is going to be held?

Favorite winter cache

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:56:29 -0700

Hey there IE people - does anyone read these forums any more?

What's your favorite cache you've been able to do in this weather?

Mine may be a split between Geocaching Crossword Puzzle and Train spotting from a "high" place.

3rd Annual WSGA Winter Party - THINK SPRING!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:34:49 -0700

Check out the cache page for more information... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b3-1dfc769a6160

Hope to see you there!

Inland Empire Geocaching Association

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:43:41 -0700

I know that the term "Inland Empire" is pretty widely used and we don't have any rights for exclusive use with regards to geocaching, but I was just curious if any of the WSGA members are involved in this new association?

Also, does anyone think the name may confuse people between the two organizations?

Inquiring minds and all that...

End of year update...

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:55:16 -0700

Hi everyone!

Just a little news update....

The WSGA Inland Empire chapter is winding down for the year.
We had two great events this Fall -

About 30 of us turned out for the annual Spokane River Clean-up CITO this year and had a fun time socializing and eating pizza at a local restaurant afterward. A few of us even did a little post event caching too.
The Halloween party was a huge success.... lots of great costumes and prizes, plus all the fun socializing, eating pizza and doing a little pre-event caching on the way too.

The 2008 IE Board will be meeting next week to finalize our first set of IE Bylaws, which we hope to present and adopt at our Annual meeting next year.
We are also putting together a slate of 2009 officers, so if anyone is interested in any of these fun-filled volunteer positions (Pres, VP, Sec, Treasurer, Historian, Members at Large), please let one of us know. (Dream Cache R, MtnGoat50, Trevor + Kate, Yellow Alligator, Lookout Lisa, Chumpo)

We are also open to any EVENT ideas for next year, so put your thinking caps on. (Last year besides the fall River Clean-up and Halloween Event, we also had a Spring CITO in April, a Flash Mob in May, we hosted the State Campout in August, plus had lots of planning meetings to put all of this on.) We are always looking for more ideas and more volunteers, so again, feel free to contact any of us with your thoughts.

Our next Event will be the ANNUAL Winter Party in Jan/Feb.... more to come on this later!

Remember to renew your (or join) WSGA membership. Lots is happening around the state. Check out this new WSGA Website and feel free to use this IE chapter forum section for local communication.

In case you missed it, here is the latest on the new WSGA website -
WSGA State President, Half-Canadian, has posted her latest blog entry with all the latest happenings around the state. She talks about the election (be sure to vote!), the 2009 WSGA geocoin, and the new WSGA logo merchandise now available for purchase. Check out all this and more on the WSGA blog section.

Happy Caching!

Dream Cache R (2008 IE Chapter President)

Anyone know this person?

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:27:21 -0700

Someone using the handle DatCrazyMongoose has signed up here. Their GC.Com membership has finally been validated...but there are no finds associated with the account.

Just wondering if anyone knows him.

Nomination for 2009 Chapter rep, anyone???

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:05:57 -0700

Now is the time to nominate an Inland Empire chapter representative whose duty is to sit on the WSGA and IE boards and act as our liaison person.

All eligible nominees must be WSGA members in good standing, and Chapter Representatives must be from the chapter they represent.

The nomination period will continue through Sunday, November 23rd.
Send your nominations via email to "Nominate at wsgaonline dot org"

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Anyone interested in this position?
If so, that would be great! Please submit your name as IE chapter nominee via email to "Nominate at wsgaonline dot org"
If not, MtnGoat50 said he would be more than happy to be our IE rep for one more year. (Thank you Jim!)

Please note, that if you plan to nominate someone other than yourself, they must first be willing to serve! (so please ask them ahead of time!)

Voting will take place online from December 1-15

Edited to remove email address. Please 'spell out' email address to prevent spiders grabbing them and SPAMming us. Thank you.

CITO

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:42:42 -0700

I missed the last CITO event due to soccer games. Is there another coming up?

Inland Empire chapter email

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:05:43 -0700

The Inland Empire chapter's email address is -

inlandempire.wsga@gmail.com

Feel free to contact us. We'd love to hear from you!
Also let us know if you would like to be included in our Group Email list.
We use this to send out announcements, board meeting minutes, etc.

Your 2008 IE Board
President - Dream Cache R
VP, WSGA IE Chapter Rep - MtnGoat50
Secretary - Trevor of T+K
Treasurer - Kate of t+K
Historian - Yellow Alligator
WSGA 2008 Campout Coordinator - Lookout Lisa
Member at Large - Chumpo

Cache Assault, Sat. Nov. 8

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:43:55 -0700

On Saturday, November 8th nelson crew, BadMnky and DJ Titans will be running a full-scale assault on the two caches at the old Deer Park missile site:

GC1H9CY Deer Park's Cold War History Micro

GC1H83D Deer Park's Atlas I/C Ballistic Missile

We will meet at GC1H83D at noon.

The multi is a three-stage. My son and I stopped by the first stage a little while back hoping to get them both after a doctor visit, but we ended up wasting the daylight in the waiting room. We did, however, do the math to get the coords to the 2nd stage (which I accidentally deleted, but that's not the point) - it is ~.65 miles (as the crow flies), so we expect the overall hike to exceed two miles by the time we get back to the vehicles.

According to weather.com, it is supposed to be raining and 54� on Saturday, so dress accordingly.

I understand this is really, really late notice, so I don't really expect anyone to push their schedules around on my account. My son and I have just been looking forward to this cache since it was published, and Saturday presents the perfect opportunity to hike in an awesome area to get a couple of sweet caches that were very well done.

RSVP requested so we know to wait for you.

Hope to see you there!

Next IE EVENT: Halloween!!!

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:16:50 -0700

Next Inland Empire chapter sponsored event -
Dinner and a Movie: Halloween
Friday, October 31st -
6:30pm
Five Mile Pizza

Come join us for pizza and prizes!!!