Author: WSGA President

The election season has started here at the WSGA. We are looking for candidates who are interested in serving the board in all positions for the 2023 – 2024 board. The tenure begins 4/1/23 and runs thru 3/31/24. All positions are open though we do have many of our current members returning for another year. If you are interested in a Chapter Representative position, you are required to reside in the chapter that you want to serve. Executive committee positions (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasure) are open to all Washington State Residents regardless of where in the state you live.  If you are interested in any position, please contact us via the contact page on this website which is located next to the “Membership” menu.  The deadline for nominees is 2/15/23. Once your nomination has been received, someone from our election committee will contact you to discuss the position you are interested in. All board members MUST be current WSGA members. Level of membership does not matter. You just have to be a current WSGA member to serve on this board and must keep your membership current during your tenure on the board.  If you have any questions regarding serving on our board, please reach out to us via the contact page on our website.

Our January business meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 18th @ 7 PM. This zoom meeting will be broadcasted live via our YouTube channel. Stop by our YouTube Channel and catch the meeting live. You will have the opportunity to post question to the board if you would like.

Our November business meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 16th @ 7 PM. This zoom meeting will be broadcasted live via our YouTube channel. Stop by our YouTube Channel and catch the meeting live. You will have the opportunity to post question to the board if you would like.

To make it easy for anyone to find one of our kick-off events, here is a list of GeoTour kick off events taking place around the state:

INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER  – GCA0EFJ

SOUTHWEST CHAPTER – GCA0N2B

48 NORTH CHAPTER – GC8M8VV (Pending reviewer listing)

CACHE-CADIAN CHAPTER – GCA0T72

SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER – GCA0M4W

PUGET SOUND CHAPTER – GC9Z140

OLYMPIC PENINSULA CHAPTER – GCA0PBT

We will update this list as the last event get listed.

Our 20th Anniversary GeoTour now has an official launch date. The tour goes live on Saturday October 29th. We are putting together kick-off events around the state to help kick the tour off in grand fashion. You can also pick up your premium member coin if you are a WSGA premium member prior to 9/30/22. Chapter Reps will have the coins to hand out to members during the kick off events.

All GeoTour cache owners need to have their geocache placed and submitted to the reviewer ASAP. If you have already done so, please go out and check on your placed cache prior to 10/29/22 to see if its still where its supposed to be. If the cache is missing, contact your chapter rep for a replacement container.

During last nights board meeting (meeting of September 21, 2022) a motion of “no-confidence” with our current vice president occurred. The vote that followed the motion resulted in a vote of over 2/3 of the board to remove our current sitting vice president.

We are now currently looking for a interim vice president to finish out the rest of the current term which would end 3/31/23. If you are interested in the position, please contact us via our contact page on our website with the subject of “VP Position”. We are looking to fill the position by our next board meeting on 11/16/22. Interested candidates should contact us no later than 11/1/22. Candidates interested in running for the VP position would have to be vetted and would be required to attend our 11/16/22 meeting for questions from our board members and a vote into the VP position. All Candidates for the VP position are required to be a current WSGA member and must reside within the borders of Washington State.

Our September business meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday September 21st @ 7 PM. This zoom meeting will be broadcasted live via our YouTube channel. Stop by our YouTube Channel and catch the meeting live. You will have the opportunity to post question to the board if you would like.

Major League Baseball and Geocaching collide! The Seattle Mariners, Geocaching.com, and the WSGA have come together to have a Geocaching night with the Seattle Mariners! This special night is on Saturday, September 10th. The Mariners will be hosting the Atlanta Braves at T-Mobile Park at 6:10 PM. Geocachers will receive a free Mariner’s trackable during the 3rd inning of the game. If you are interested in going to the game and getting a trackable Mariners geocaching tag, you have to purchase tickets from the Seattle Mariners at the following link:

https://fevo.us/fv-offer–20220811-KQ6-296/?

Tickets for this special game are $14 for view seats and $25 for main level seats.  So come on out to the ballpark, support the Mariners and geocaching on this very special night!

Our July Board meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday July 20th @ 7 PM. This zoom meeting will be broadcasted live via our YouTube channel. Stop by our YouTube Channel and catch the meeting live. You will have the opportunity to post question to the board if you would like.

Our May Board meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday May 18th @ 7 PM. This zoom meeting will be broadcasted live via our YouTube channel. See you then!