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Originally Posted by Sudonim
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So have I. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
I look at a map and notice that Kittery is at longitude N43, Bangor is at N44, and Fort Kent is at N47. Seems like Bangor is in the southern 1/3 of the state, and the vast majority of GCM.org members live from Bangor southward. So I would deduct that most GCM.org members are from Southern Maine.Quote:
Originally Posted by CARoperPhotography
And since 2 of 5 of current Advisory Board members live "south of Augusta", and 2 of 4 former Advisory Board members lived "south of Augusta", I would deduct that 4 of 9 Advisory Board members were from southern Maine - or as close to 50% as you can get.
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I looked at the DeLorme's once to determine the "middle" of Maine, and it was around Milo, so if you are south of Milo, you are a southern Maine resident.
All this NSEW talk is just foolish, but according to the State of Maine site, the geographic center of Maine is:
Andy, you're off 7.7 miles. :DQuote:
Q6. What's the geographic center of Maine?
Brownville Junction -- 18 miles north of Dover-Foxcroft
If you go by cache centroid for all Maine caches, you end up just northwest of Augusta, The closest cache o that point is The Bijou (Traditional) (GC1ZMM0) by Mapachi . Of course, using the cache centroid to determine the center of the state is foolish, if anything it suggests there should be a moratorium on caches placed south of Brownville Junction so the "north" can catch up to keep it fair. (Tell me that idea is not foolish!) :rolleyes:
All this talk about boundaries is even more foolish when you consider this is a site for anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to discuss caching here. Sure, the majority of us are from Maine, but we have several members from NH and Canada and many other states. If we're sitting here arguing over North and South, I'm sure those other members really feel left out.
You know, many many years ago I learned that you never have to go head hunting. Bad employees have a way of weeding themselves out, I don't need to waste my time, they'll do it themselves. The same is true of other aspects in life. I don't have to call a yahoo a yahoo....they do that themselves every time they open their mouth, reinforcing to everyone else just who/what they are. Now, to show just how friendly I am I would like to cordially invite those people who don't like/want to have an advisory board to form their own separate forum/chat room (because that's truly all this is). Imagine how happy you will be! You'll be happier, the rest of us will be happier....what a wonderful world we live in....
If you divide the state based upon population concentrations, not physical geography, such as is done in etermining U.S. Congressional districts, I' like to know how many of the board members are part of the U.S. Congressional Maine District 1. My point being that when the majority of board members are from the least populated are of Maine, is there a real cross section of cachers, or a true representation of the masses? You people will come up with ANY argument to Spin this in your direction won't you? How pathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
Here is a question for the CURRENT board members. I posted a new Thread yesterday concerning the recently closed thread regarding caches up for adoption. My thread was canned and censored before I could blink twice! Why the censorship? Why the fear of opinions? Why the inability and unwillingness to tackle REAL issues here? I apologize if my lack of interest in sharing granola recipes for Geocaching snacking, offends all of you...
My last post on this topic: We have 5 board members, 3 from what you call "northern" Maine, and 2 from "southern Maine. As I stated previously, 4 of 9 present and previous board members were from " southern" Maine. I don't know how you can make it more even than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by CARoperPhotography
Once again, Chadd, it wasn't the content of your post, just the nasty, personal tone that results in threads being closed. You probably have never met Cameo but your comment about her was rude. You are a very capable advocate, just unable to resist the easy use of personal comments when doing so. A lot of young attorneys do this and they usually crash and burn. I've suggested you keep on point in the past, I know it's difficult for you to do so and if you can't, then why visit here at all unless you just enjoy being a lightning rod?
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Originally Posted by CARoperPhotography