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The Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail will launch Saturday, February 27!

Calvertcachers — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:08:56 +0000

Come on a journey to remember and commemorate the dramatic chain of events, people and places that led to the birth of our National Anthem. The story of the Anthem was shaped by events in the Chesapeake region during the War of 1812. From early 1813 until early 1815, the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding shores were the center of fierce struggles between the British and the Americans. From the burning of the White House to the Battle for Baltimore and ‘the rockets red glare,’ it’s all here for the geocaching community to enjoy in the Chesapeake region, an area encompassed by the Chesapeake Bay, coastal Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The Star-Spangled Banner (SSB) geotrail will have over 30 caches within Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A trackable geocoin will be awarded to the first 400 geocachers, while supplies last, for locating at least 20 SSB caches. Click into the forums to read all the details.

And the votes are in

JPatton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:45:28 +0000

First, a big Thank You to all the candidates who ran for office this year. It is the great membership that makes the MGS what it is. Congratulations to those who were elected. And the new core consists of:

President: _JohnnyCache

Vice-President: EagleBlazer

Secretatry: The8Searchers

Treasurer: Trainbug

Public Relations: Shady

Forum discussion is here.

Maryland Life Geocache Dash!

Calvertcachers — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:12:38 +0000

Take part in a statewide treasure hunt!
You could win some fun prizes!
Beginning January 1, 2010!

The Maryland Municipal League and the Maryland Geocaching Society has partnered with Maryland Life magazine to foster new interest in discovering municipal geocaches along the Maryland Municipal League Geocache Trail. During 2010, each of the six issues of Maryland Life will feature two or three cities or towns for you to discover and enjoy.

Click into the forums to read the complete details.

Time To Vote

Shady — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:18:20 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is time to vote! Below are the positions and the members running for each (in alphabetical order). Please send your email vote to MGSVote2010@mdgps.org — be sure to use the subject line “MGS Vote 2010″. Also, you must make sure to include your MGS username and Geocaching.com username if different.

** PLEASE be sure your subject line is: MGS Vote 2010 **

President
JohnnyCache
LPYankeeFan

Vice President
CodyHollowFarm
EagleBlazer

Secretary
The8Searchers
Wirtz
WVKiwi

Treasurer
Trainbug

Public Relations
CoupleoCachers
Shady

IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though a position may only have one person running, your vote must include the name of the person running for that position. Voting will run until December 31st, with the new officers announced on January 1, 2010. Please feel free to join the discussion in the forums.

2010 Core Officer Nominations

Shady — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:11:56 +0000

It is that time of year to begin the selection process for our Core Officers for 2010. If you would like to run, please feel free to nominate yourself in the forum thread. Be sure to include what position you would like to run for! If you would like to nominate someone else, please get their permission first, as they may not be willing to do so.

The list of positions are:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Relations

The complete list of nominees will be published December 1st, when we will start the formal voting. Please see this thread regarding the 2010 Core Officer Nominations.

2010 CAM Committee Appointed

Administrator — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:01:32 +0000

The Maryland Geocaching Society announces the formation of its 2010 Cache Across Maryland committee. This year’s seven committee members are: CoupleoCachers, DudleyGrunt, EagleBlazer, Shady, WVKiwi, Team Yinyang, and WeTheMillers. The committee is responsible for planning and executing every aspect of what has become the Maryland Geocaching Society’s most popular event.

“America in Minature”

The brainchild of Laura & Joe Tinker (Outsid4evr), the ‘Cache Across Maryland’ is a six-week long event that showcases the history and natural beauty of Maryland by placing geocaches all across the state. Each cache contains part of a code, that when put together, will lead finders to the final event, a picnic and celebration.

“I think we had a great session” said DudleyGrunt when asked how the first meeting went. MGS Vice President and committee member Shady said, “We have a terrific group of dedicated members from different areas of the state and varying levels of experience, the 2010 CAM may be the best one yet”. The Cache Across Maryland has been held every year since its inception in 2004. Keep your eyes on the forums, CAM 2010 is coming! Are you ready?

2009 MGS Summer Picnic

woodysix8 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:21:16 +0000

Things are coming together for our annual summer gathering. Hides are in place and have been reviewed. Pavillion has been rented. Raffle inventory is growing as well as the item count for the silent auction.
As you await August 2nd…. you have time to vote on you favorite cache hides as well as hiders. Links to the nominees can be found in the announcements of each thread. Please go ahead and let us know who you think should be awarded in each category

Let’s welcome the 2009 MGS Officers!

robert — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:32:29 +0000

The votes are in and tallied and both vote counters came up with the same results.

Thank you to those who ran and congratulations to those who were elected. Feel free to share your congrats in the forum thread here.

President – Woodysix8
Vice President – Shady
Secretary – CodyHollowFarm
Treasurer – Trainbug
Public Relations – LPYankeeFan

Maryland Municipal League GeoTrail to Begin January 1, 2009!

Calvertcachers — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:59:52 +0000

The Maryland Municipal League (MML) Geocache Trail, Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns, is scheduled to launch January 1, 2009. A trackable, highly coveted geo coin will be given to the first 500 geocachers who locate a minimum of 22 city/town caches throughout the state. The trail is comprised of 78 participating cities & towns with a total of 79 cache hides. The caches are located in the 11 MML Districts (regions) throughout the state. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must pick up a passport at any participating visitor center, use the stamp in each cache on their passports and write in the cache code word. After at least 2 municipal caches in each of the 11 districts are discovered, geocachers may return to any one of the participating county visitor centers and have their passports validated to receive a collectable coin. Passports may continue to be used even after all coins have been claimed as a way for geocachers to keep track of their Maryland Municipal League Geocache Trail discoveries. A special thanks to the Maryland Geocaching Society (MGS) for coordinating the MML Geotrail!

Click into the forums to read the complete details.

Time To Vote

robert — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:18:29 +0000

It’s time to vote! Below are the positions and the members running for each. Please send your email vote to vote2009@mdgps.org — be sure to use the subject “MGS Vote 2009“ and include your MGS username. You can also click here. (If you voted before 9:45am EST on 12/1, please send your vote again)

President
Woodysix8

Vice President
Shady

Secretary
CodyHollowFarm
Janji
WVKiwi

Treasurer
Trainbug

Public Relations
LPYankeeFan

IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though some of the positions only have one person running, your vote must include the name of the person running for that position. Voting will run until Monday, December 31st, with the new officers announced on January 1.

Feel free to join the discussion in the forums.