Michael LaPaglia to me
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Please take a moment to look at the current guidelines.
Mega-Event Caches
Mega-Events are a special designation reserved for only the largest event caches – those which attract geocachers to attend on a regional, national or international level. To qualify as a Mega-Event, the organizers must obtain prior approval from Groundspeak – not from their volunteer cache reviewer. Among other requirements, the organizers must demonstrate a substantial likelihood that at least 500 people will attend the event. A Mega-Event Cache may be published up to one year prior to the event date. A regular Event Cache can be changed to a Mega-Event Cache after the fact, if the organizers demonstrate to Groundspeak that more than 500 people attended.
As you can see from the highlights the guidelines state that you have to talk to us about it and that there are other requirements than the one listed.
At some point we will update them At this time its so new we are still figuring it out. The terms of use do cover things like this in cases like this.
Groundspeak may change, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Site, or any service offered on the Site, at any time, including but not limited to any feature, database, application, or content. Groundspeak may also impose limits on certain features offered on the Site with or without notice.
Once we get it all figured out we will be able to explain it better.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Michael LaPaglia
Community Relations Specialist