Re: Cemetary and Church Geocaches
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Originally Posted by Geezer_Veazey
..............You struck on one thing that too few people pay attention to, namely:
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Originally Posted by HercRx
....especially when there isn't a note on the cache page saying that the owners of the cemetery or church gave permission.
....................You cache hiders need to get your act together as far as cemeteries go. Get permission and post details of the permission in the cache description. I would hate for a Sherwood police incident to happen in one of our fine cemeteries.
Geezer
This is a great point! But saying you have permission on the cache page does not mean you really did get the permission. On the other hand having permission does not require it to be put on the cache page. I daresay that 90% of the cemetery caches in Johnson County ARE placed with permission. We even have cemetery board members as cache placers. Just as we have church members placing caches at their place of worship. In one instance the cache was placed by the music director of the church.
Everyone is different but we prefer to assume that ALL caches are placed with permission. If in fact we find that is not correct we will deal with that situation when the need arises and spend no energy worrying in advance.
Re: Cemetary and Church Geocaches
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Originally Posted by nonnipoppy
Everyone is different but we prefer to assume that ALL caches are placed with permission. If in fact we find that is not correct we will deal with that situation when the need arises and spend no energy worrying in advance.
Just like you, nonnipoppy, we assume that everyone is playing by the rules and has gotten permission before placing a cache.
However, it is VERY comforting when the owner explicitly states on the cache page that permission was received. Even better would be to know the person or body that gave that permission, although this is not always appropriate or feasible.
I'm not saying everyone should start doing it that way, but as a seeker, it IS reassuring to see it.
Wayne
Re: Cemetary and Church Geocaches
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Originally Posted by nonnipoppy
Everyone is different but we prefer to assume that ALL caches are placed with permission.
A lot of bad things can happen when you assume (pronounced ass'u'me'). Whenever a cache hider makes a representation I take them at their word. If they are silent on permission, I assume that permission was not sought. Oftentimes I deem the risk not sufficient to deter me, but not always. To me, the ideal situation as a cache hunter would be to have the permittor named in the cache description for possible future reference, if needed.
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Originally Posted by OEnavigator
I think one solution would be to provide that info to the reviewer and have he/she verify and then place a note stating:
Cache placed with permission of owner verified by reviewer......
This would work for me, but it may be putting too much of a burden on the reviewer who is a volunteer and I imagine already under a pretty heavy load.
Geezer
P.S. I just hit the preview button and got a chuckle when I discovered that the host software changed my pronunciation of 'assume'