As I understand it from reading other State oragnizations' Event postings....... there's a huge challenge for people who find caches which are often temporary. The caches are only temporary and can't be logged as found because they don't have a GC.com listing. WGA(Wisconsin) is a good example. There have been many work-arounds...some more acceptable than others.

So why waste the Great caches....set them up for an event then list and keep them around so that others can appreciate them as well. The MGA event caches keep the name so you know they were from the event. As far as the FTFs go....well if you release them before an event...they stand to be muggled before the event, kinda pointless. So if you want the FTF, you get to attend the event and join the fierce fun!