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    Default Candidate Manifestos for 2019/2020 Committee Election

    This thread is for the CV/Manifestos of the 2019-2020 GAGB Committee candidates and will be locked.

    There is a discussion and Q&A forum
    here.

    The twelve candidates standing for the 2019/2020 Executive Committee are (in alphabetical order):

    Saza36 (Chris Carpenter) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    maattmoo (Matt Faulkner Collins) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    GriffGrof (Arthur Griffiths) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    happygirlie (Debs Griffiths) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo

    Grahamthegray (Graham Haddock) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    Jenn the funky Ranger (Jenn Hill) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, photo

    Amber Merry (amberr.merry) - nominated, seconded, accepted
    Geocaching Womble (Dominic Murray) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    Moira Crackers (Mel Read) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, photo

    richt2000 (Richard Tucker) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, photo
    BorderCaz (Caroline Turver) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto, avatar, photo
    rooting reuben (Danni) - nominated, seconded, accepted, manifesto

    Bold denotes manifesto, avatar, and photo were received and compiled in the below thread.

    All candidates who have not done so are requested to send their manifesto, photo, and avatar to me at ladybugs@geocachealaska.org for posting in the manifesto thread and on the ballot.

    The election of the eight Committee places will be by SurveyMonkey email ballot during Saturday-Sunday, 16-24, November 2019, and will be run by me who is serving as your Independent Returning Officer.

    Each eligible GAGB member will be able to vote for up to eight candidates (as per the Constitution - Section N).
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    Default Manifesto for Saza36 (Chris Carpenter)



    I am Chris of Saza36. My daughter started geocaching early in 2009 with the Scouts and we signed up and have been active ever since. I have always enjoyed walking having served in the Scouts myself and have been lucky to work around the globe caching wherever I go. To-date I have cached in 35 countries but as I write this 6 more are planned within the next month.

    I work as an IT consultant who specialises in Marketing so have both technical and commercial skills that I can bring to bear. I served on the 2013 UK Mega committee alongside several of the existing GAGB committee and it would be great to work alongside them again.

    Many have questioned the need for the GAGB. I have always advised those looking to place caches to check the GLAD and have enjoyed reading the Seeker magazine but other than this, I have not really used the GAGB site. Where I feel that it is key is in the introduction of new perspective members. There is no point in replicating the main geocaching site in this respect, but you cannot beat face-to-face chats at regional events, and it is nice to see the GAGB organising some.

    One observation that is very much up for discussion is that “the GAGB does not affiliate itself with or promote any of the major listing sites over the other”. In terms of encouraging new members to the hobby I think it should. Mention should of course be made of the other sites but a standard free membership to geocaching.com is the starting point for most geocachers in the UK. I feel that stating no preference confuses rather than guides new members.

    I often work abroad so cannot guarantee my level of engagement, but I always plan trips to leave gaps for Mega events etc. and am looking to lower my workload during the next few years as I head towards my retirement.

    Many thanks for the nomination – I will be happy to serve on the GAGB committee and support them in any way that I can.

    Chris
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    Default Manifesto for maattmoo (Matt Faulkner Collins)



    For those of you who don't know me, I am Maattmoo, or Matt FC (Faulkner Collins). I live in Kent and work in London. I am active in both London and Kent communities and do try to get along to further meets as and when I possibly can.

    I was introduced to geocaching after seeing a quiz show which someone explained what it was... that lead to me “giving it a go” and 7 years and 11000 finds later I am still in love with this game. My husband will tell you that it is all I think about.

    I love travel and I feel geocaching makes a great tour guide no matter where you go... I would love to use this passion for travel to develop the game in the UK further.

    I have recently become involved in an upcoming GAGB initiative to create a unique and exciting Geotour and really looking forward to being part of it and bringing it to the game in the next few months, which is a perfect example of this and highlighting areas or locations that you or I might not normally visit.

    Additionally with the recent upgrades to the concept of Adventure Lab Caches I have created a public Google Map with every lab adventure in the world on it, as a resource to help the geocaching community in planning their adventures... and to accompany this a Facebook group with almost 700 members all discussing and sharing stories about the lab adventures. I am also admin on another geocaching Facebook group. So I feel I have a good solid social media background.

    I love being involved with projects and do have some other exciting things around the corner for the community too... but those rumours can wait for another day...

    I feel that geocaching should be about the community. I have arranged many walks in my local area. I have also hosted many geocaching events and CITOs and considering I walked straight out of my first geocache meet as I was so scared to talk to anyone, I feel this proves the power of our game and the community that we have.

    I want to share that community far and wide.

    GAGB needs to be a more inclusive and visible group all around the country it represents. I love this game and would love to be involved more to help us all get more out of the game we all love.
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    Default Manifesto for GriffGrof (Arthur Griffiths)



    I’m Arthur (Griff Grof), I live in the Cotswolds and I’ve been caching for nine years. For me, it’s all about the walk and visiting new places. I love a good quality cache, whether that’s a well stocked ammo can or a creative hide. It has been an honour to serve on the GAGB committee for four terms, and I am pleased to have been nominated again as I feel I have a lot more to offer.

    I believe that I am uniquely placed, as I am a candidate who would bring a wealth of experience to the committee, enabling me to support others and ensure effective continuity - which is important given ongoing projects like the Creative Coast Geotour. But I am also someone with an exciting long-term vision for the GAGB, who would strive to bring about the changes it needs.

    I have a track record of delivering on my promises and pouring my energy into the task at hand. In the past year, I have served as Communications Officer, launching a new monthly newsletter and posting a range of content on social media, resulting in an increase in post reach and engagement. In June, I stepped in as Seeker Editor, successfully releasing the summer and autumn issues. I have represented the GAGB and manned our stall at several events, in addition to organising two of my own. One of these served to introduce members of the public to geocaching.

    If re-elected, I would be happy to continue as Communications Officer and/or Seeker Editor. There is so much more that can be done in both these roles - from creating more engaging posts, to improving the content of the newsletter and including interesting features in Seeker. Alternatively, I would be willing to take on a new challenge as Secretary, a position I am suited to given my organisational skills.

    Of course, I have a wider vision for the GAGB - so much more still needs to be done. If re-elected, I would work to implement my ‘Three Point Plan’.

    First, the GAGB should do even more to support Mega events in the UK. For example, I would like to see a greater financial commitment (beginning with the donation of 50% of the profits from our tags) and therefore formal offers of sponsorship. Second, the GAGB needs to boost its inclusivity and visibility. Efforts must be redoubled to increase the frequency and geographical distribution of roving events. This could be achieved by inviting Friends to host them on the committee’s behalf. The Friends programme needs to develop to become more inviting (scrapping the language of “applying” to become a Friend, and making it easier to join). Third, the GAGB needs to do more to further geocaching in the UK. The committee needs to continue to organise regular introduction to geocaching events (something I would be willing to do), and create effective pull-up banners and resources to use at each one. Even more should be done to support newbies, and the game in general.

    I feel that I would bring enthusiasm, ambition and passion to the GAGB committee. I would endeavour to see the GAGB continue to grow and flourish: it would be great to raise its profile even further. I am certain that the committee will achieve many fantastic things in the coming year, and I would love to be a part of it - it would be an honour.
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    Default Manifesto for happygirlie (Debs Griffiths)



    Hi, I started caching in 2012 as a reason to get out for a walk and explore new areas, since then I have visited numerous countries and signed a lot of log books!

    I feel that I would like to give something back to the geocaching community so over a year ago I joined the GAGB as a friend and earlier this year was interviewed on a local radio station to promote caching.

    I am a moderator on our local geocaching Facebook group which has proved to be an extremely friendly page and between us all we host monthly local events and actively encourage and help new cachers.

    I have actively helped proof read and amend the Seeker magazine and feel my strengths lie in admin as, away from caching, I am an Office and Accounts Manager and like to think of myself as efficient and organised in this capacity.

    Should I be elected I am happy to help wherever my skills work best

    Thanks
    Debs Griffiths
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    Default Manifesto for Grahamthegray (Graham Haddock)



    Hi I’m Graham or Gray and hence the name caching name GrahamTheGray, I’m from South Staffordshire and have been caching since 2010 and have over 10,000 finds, I like to enjoy walks around the countryside started out as a lone cacher but in recent years have teamed up with a number of local cachers, and I do like a puzzle cache, Church micro or an FYI cache. My current caching challenge is to fill in some more counties around the UK.

    Can often been seen taking pictures of the landscape, buildings and interesting fauna a few of these have made it into Seeker and regularly onto the Instagram feed. I have background in IT and websites but no longer working in that field. As a member of the GAGB in the coming year I intend to continue on helping look after the website, I set up the new users, deal with those members who have account issues or wish to cancel them and I will continue to do this along with website maintenance and code changes and content changes and monitoring errors, and continue putting together articles for Seeker, making caches for the GAGB to donate or sell and attending GAGB events on our stand or hosting them.
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