compost. As 'Cock o' the Trail' noted, an unmaintained box is close
to becoming litter. Once the clues are gone the box cannnot be
found, the box has no useful purpose, so it does become litter.
If the group doesn't want to have these maintained, perhaps the
group should ask for volunteers to pick up the litter?
Just thinking out loud.
Bill Vreitz
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Bob LaBelle"
wrote:
> You do well to seek input here, Loraxe, as we still lack generally
> accepted policy or guidelines. How did you come by the clues? Is
it
> still listed, tho unclaimed, or not? When was it last visited? Is
the
> placer known, and has there been an attempt to contact him/her?
All
> of these need to be considered. If the box was placed more than a
> year ago and shows no sign of maintenance, it is dangerously close
to
> becoming 'litter'.
> But to answer your question . . . no, I don't think you should
> replace the stamp, rewrite the clues, or even adopt the box,
unasked.
> There's been a lot of controversy about that recently. It's better
> that it be allowed to fade away. Just my opinion . . .
>
> Bob / 'Cock o' the Trail' F110 P13 X13
>