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Thank you, everyone, for the feedback.
I would love to hear more about the most creative caches you've seen
(Robert, I am inspired by the one you described at Discovery!).
Those of you who were worried about the restriction on corporate
involvement, try emailing the folks at geocaching.com. They were very
helpful and receptive to making an exception for us at ASC, and it
sounds like they are in the habit of encouraging the science. :)
Thanks!
S
Sari Neumeyer Custer
Guest Experience Assistant Manager
Arizona Science Center
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Hi Sari,
Last year, at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, we placed
geocaches in several locations in our county: a couple here at the
Observatory, but also some in state forests and parks. This was part of
a month long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Folks could acquire, or download and
print a Drake Equation passport and each cache as well as participating
local businesses had stamps for one or more of the factors of the Drake
Equation. Particiapants turned in their passports for a little prize at
our science center.
We had no issues with inappropriate things in our caches, but we did
lose a cache or two. They were pretty easy to find and we think a
non-cacher may have taken them.
Here's the archived website:
http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/learn/gbsc/setimonth
It was an enjoyable experience for all of us!
Sue Ann Heatherly
NRAO
Green Bank, WV
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> Hi All,
>
> I know Geocaching came up once, but it moved to a private thread.
>
> Has anyone used geocaching at their centers? We are hoping to start
placing some caches, but a concern has been raised about the risk of
leaving the cache box (which is publicly associated with our center)
where a finder could leave anything (potentially something
inappropriate) in the box for the next finder.
>
> Any thoughts? Has anyone had issues with the content of their caches
after placing them?
>
> Thank you!
>
> S
>
> Sari Neumeyer Custer
> Guest Experience Assistant Manager
> Arizona Science Center
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