Sudonum,
If you go back and read Tat's post and then Medawisla's post re: The Coin,
You will see why I offered to help. Now I will keep out of this and let you handle it as you've done it before.
I'm done.
Opalsns
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Sudonum,
If you go back and read Tat's post and then Medawisla's post re: The Coin,
You will see why I offered to help. Now I will keep out of this and let you handle it as you've done it before.
I'm done.
Opalsns
It's ok Opalsns, I think I get what Sudonim is saying...Quote:
Originally Posted by Opalsns
Sudonim, I think, I and Opalsns and others were getting anxious to settle on a design. We have spent months posting ideas and commenting... Are there other ideas, other than voting on what we have now, to re-energize people about the coin? to get a decision made?:confused:
Don't give up, this is just the kind of motivation needed to get this going! With your help, there's plenty of time to have a coin this fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opalsns
Good point, Rick! I this would save us a lot of steps/time...what do others think about voting by clicking on the pic links in the Gallery and rating them?Quote:
Originally Posted by attroll
I wasn't trying to be negative to Opoalsns's input, just saying that no design in the past has gotten a thumbs up on the first rendition, so a chance to discuss/modify any designs might be helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Medawisla
How do people like the inputs so far? We've seen 2 or 3 posted, do we put these in for a vote, or is there another design people would like to see that hasn't been posted yet? The link Rick posted:
http://www.geocachingmaine.org/galle...ry.php/cat/511
shows 3 different designs. Do we put these to a vote now? What do people like or dislike about them?
I'm not crazy about any of the suggestions so far, but you know me... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
I think the coin shapes are what bug me - not the designs. I like the snowshowes on one side, and the lobster on the other, but the coin shapes don't give me a "warm and fuzzy". ;);)
How about a round coin with flames on one side and fur on the other? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Sheesh! Don't get me started...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Hmmm, warm and fuzzy ....
Woodstove front and Black bear back !!!!
Very Maine-ish:rolleyes:
How about a round coin with snowshoes on one side and either the State or lobster, or lobster trap on other....one of the designs, just on a round coin....faster..cheaper.
Good Idea too!!
Works for me, too. :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
My previous thoughts were: Anyone in the world should be able to look at the coin and recognize that it's the "Maine" coin....and....that we should consider having a lobster on it. So to throw in another 2 cents worth (that will total 6 cents): consider either a coin shaped like the State of Maine or round......front would say Maine 2008...back would have pics of snowshoes, black bear, lobster, and someone fly fishing. In fact, I would suggest a woman doing the fly fishing to salute all the female sporters/geocachers.
Sooooooooo,
What's going on with the 2008 coin?
Opalsns
I don't know what is going on but here is another suggestions seeing some want a winter caching theme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opalsns
http://www.geocachingmaine.org/galle...2008-coin1.jpg
I like that idea. It reminds me of all the trips to Maine before we moved here. We traveled at night and I would look at all the windows and wish we were in that "Warm Yellow Glow"!!!
How about not having a coin? Yes I am serious.
The last coin was not the most attractive coin that I have seen. The ideas I have seen have not improved on the last one. I'm not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings, just giving my opinion. Maine Shaped coin - Been done Lobster coin - Being done
If you are going to do a Maine coin, then you need to think about what people from outside the state think about when they think Maine
You need three people to develop the coin, the Artist, the Business person and the Consultant. Once those people work together and create a couple of options for people to choose from and once a design is chosen it will be up to them to make any needed adjustments for the production of the coin. The design options need to go out for all Maine Geocachers to vote on not just people on this site, otherwise it would just be a Geocaching Maine.org coin.
So if you (general term) are going to do a “Maine” coin then do it right. If you are going to do a GeocachingMaine.org coin then do that right, but call it what it is.
Actually, you're right. The coin is "a project of geocachingmaine.org". Look at the last coin. It clearly indicates "geocachingmaine.org" on the backQuote:
Originally Posted by tlarson
We can call it anything we want. There is nothing stated or implied that it represents the ENTIRE geocaching community in Maine.
Call it what it is and it will be less confusing for other people.
Unless you know something I don't, there is no way of getting a vote out to all Maine geocachers. One of the main reasons this site was created was to unite as many Maine cachers as possible as well as those that have interest in caching in Maine. While the site is a small percentage of those people, it is the best option we have at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlarson
While we will probably never be able to contact all Maine cachers, we can all do our part by promoting this site by word of mouth, leaving Geocaching Maine cards in the caches we find, adding the site's logo to our cache pages, and other methods of promotion. Almost any email I send regarding geocaching has the logo and link as a signature line, and an invitation to join the site.
So IMO it is a geocachingmaine.org coin, we don't need to change that. We just need to do what we can to invite cachers to our site. It not only benefits the coin, but the entire site.
Make a post on the MGA site, that should at least bring a lot of the southern maine cachers. Make a thread or post in the GC fourms, there may be maine cachers there that do not visit either GCMaine or MGA. Just doing it on GCMaine is not the best option out there, just the one that takes the least work.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
We usually do post concerning the coin to the gc.com forums, though we could definitely do a better job there. And last I knew, it was MGA's policy to delete any mention of this site. If that is not the case, then someone should post there and invite their members to participate in any and all stages of the coin development. The more input we have, the better the final result will be.
Another place we've announced coin sales, but not done well soliciting ideas is the forum section of GC. Maybe we can get some other design inputs from there.
How about a design contest? Participants submit their design(s) by a certain date. All the designs are displayed, the one that gets the most votes wins. Winner get a free coin or 2 or 3 and that cost is divided into the final cost of the coin when they go up for sale. Would be awesome if MGA would run the same contest with the same designs at the same time. In the end add the votes together from the two sites. This should involve a majority of the registered members of both sites.
Then we could have an event announcing the winner!
I dont object to having just a GCmaine coin. I'm comfortible even calling it that.
I agree Dave. One half of a dozen or the other. If we are trying to get more people involved in the process then my previous post but if the coin was a GCM.org coin, that would be cool too..Quote:
Originally Posted by dave1976
I tried metioning a design contest already back in April. It wasn't a big hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opalsns
Opalsns
The new "concern" from Tlarsen is that the coin is not representative of the entire state of Maine or a majority of Maine cachers. If the concept behind the coin is to make it representative of Maine then it has to include as many Maine cachers as possible. GM.org and the MGA are 2 independent entities and at one time there was a certain amount of animosity between the sites. If there is or isn't is irrelevant and maybe something like this would help unite the 2 sites behind a common cause. You were just ahead of your time when you suggested it. Maybe it will gain more support as the 2008 season diminishes into 2009. I'm for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opalsns
If the coin is a GM.org coin then "we" as a group still need to decide.
I'm thinking that if you put an incentive behind it, maybe it would generate more interest and participants into the process instead of, "When are the 2008 Maine geocoins up for sale?" or, "How is the 2008 Maine Geocoin coming along?"
I'm not a coin guy so honestly I don't care one way or another . . . but the one thing I can say is that there always seems to be a lot of talk on this issue, but very little action. . . . for the coin lovers out there I hope someone will take these ideas and act on them.
I agree. And if it's that hard for one site to produce a coin, trying to get two to collaborate on ideas would be near impossible. I vote for keeping it on this site. Cachers are welcome to join one or both sites, so nothing is stopping anyone from participating. The key is informing those that might be interested in doing so.Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
Perhaps we can find some coin addicts to work with Sudonim on a strategy plan and a time line.
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Originally Posted by TRF
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Originally Posted by brdad
LOL,,,The bolded statements leave us where we were before Tlarson posted his thoughts. Funny how things go full circle and still no closer to any resolution.
If we are going to do a GM.org coin then it could be any topic. Why not a memorial coin to Aefuss and LandRocket?
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Originally Posted by tlarson
Hahaha Tims not at work either today:p
Like I've said before, once the design is approved, the sales/distribution is ready to go, but as I'm not an artist, I'm relying on everyone else to come up with the art that we can (mostly) all agree on. If nobody has any other input on design, is one of the submitted designs something we can use, or work with to get to something we can use?
Well, we must be moving forward - This thread was supposed to be asking if we wanted a coin or not, and we already have some designs discussed methods of promoting it! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TRF
Regardless, I think someone needs to volunteer to help move the process along, post a thread asking for ideas and artwork, then one to vote on that artwork, and any other stages. Where are the coin lovers? Speak up, take on the challenge, and help with the process! Medawisla stepped up to the plate and took on responsibility of the newsletter, and she has done a great job at it. One of the main purposes for having a newsletter was to reach out to the members who don't visit often and let them know about projects like the coin. The site could use someone like her to help out on this project.
As far as a memorial coin, I like the idea, but it may not be a coin that appeals to the masses. Great for us locals, however. Depends on who your target market is.
This has been brought up with no luck. It seems that myself and two others are the only one that have had coin inputs. I have another one that I am working on but have not put it to design yet. It is all in my head right now (scary).Quote:
Originally Posted by TRF
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Originally Posted by TRF http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...s/viewpost.gif
The new "concern" from Tlarsen is...
O not E
Are you sure??? :p:D:D:p
My bad Mr. tLarsin
Sheesh! If it's not a "Maine geocoin", should call it a "New Hampshire geocoin"?Quote:
Originally Posted by tlarson
They still object to any mention of this site on theirs. Both Hiram and myself have had our posts deleted without any explanation as to why either. Can't understand it but hey it's their site and they run it the way they want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Has there been an agreement on what the coin might be or when? Is there a contest? Are there any designs submitted?