(Crossposted to AQ'a California Board)

I've deleted the event listing for the Santa Clara County Letterbox
Planting Contest. I had no idea it would ruffle so many feathers,
or that I was doing anything wrong. I apologize.

I was simply trying to motivate more people to plant more boxes in
my neck of the woods. Apparently I went about it in entirely the
wrong manner. I guess I just got a little carried away in my
newfound enthusiasm for planting boxes. I thought it would be a fun
way for Bay Area boxers to "come together" in a joint project that
all could enjoy.

But just to clarify...

I wasn't hoping for people to avoid planting until that date.
Several members of Team Aahz have boxes in the works that were
scheduled to be planted as soon as they are ready. I assume others
will plant when they are ready as well. This was simply an attempt
to motivate.

I also was not hoping to have random boxes tossed wherever possible
in order to earn a prize. I assumed the planters would have enough
integrity to think through their boxes and put some genuine effort
into the plants that would bear their name. I guess I just have too
high an estimation of boxers motivations. I didn't think the prize
was really that big of a deal. It's not like I was offering a new
car, and I never considered that people would plant "crap" just to
get some free boxing supplies.

More than a third of the boxes currently listed in SCC have gone
missing. Half of Team Aahz is ready to quit boxing as they've only
found one out of seven boxes they've hunted. This contest helped
motivate them to continue boxing. The influx of new (read guranteed
not missing) boxes would also have helped boost their spirits as
well.

Just chalk this whole incident up to another newbie not
understanding his place in the letterboxing hierarchy. Again I
apologize. I'll try to run any innovations by those more
experienced than I before implementing them in the future.

-Aahz