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Subject: RE: Geocache in Forsyth Co

Hey Erik,

Just wanted to follow up with you and tell you how much I appreciate you guys coming to me to ask for permission to set those caches. What I'd like to do since you seem to be the regional approval person is to have you submit things to me rather than individual cachers asking me for approval. That way I have one point of contact and I'm not trying to keep up with all these folks. Would that be acceptable to you?

I'd also like to talk to you all about doing some GPS/Cache courses for the public through the park's department. My idea was to do a GPS 101 class in the Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter (07) and at the end of the class you talk about geocaching and have them get a piece paper with all of the park caches and they then go find the parks on their own. It would be a great way to have them get into the hobby and see all of our parks at the same time.

If we could find a time in the next few weeks to sit and discuss I can get you all to fill out a class/instructor application and we can then submit it for the Spring Brochure.
Look forward to hearing from you all.

Matthew Pate
Outdoor Program Supervisor
Forsyth County Parks and Recreation Department
770-781-2215

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I'll have my program coordinator contact Trez Moore to set up GPS classes for next year.

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Originally posted by Harelips:
Dana the Columbus Recreation rep made a good point at the July meeting that I have not heard before about caching in parks. She said that the county can no longer afford to pay for rangers and geocachers were another set of eyes. Obviously, I am not arguing for police patrol duties by geocachers but this can be another form of neighborhood watch. This can add to the argument for geocaches in parks.