So I wonder what all you would include in a letterboxing "kit" for new
boxers. a stamp and logbook maybe? Any other ideas?



From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of callik4lb
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:49 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Attracting/finding new letterboxers





1. I heard about letterboxing via my daughter seeing it written up in a
home-schooling publication she was cataloging in her job as a librarian; had
I seen it myself I would have pursued it. One CAUTION is that if you get an
article or an interview into media that people local to you will see, you
absolutely have to make it clear to the interviewer/journalist some key
points of letterboxing such as hiding boxes well after you've accessed them;
the difference between LB and geocaching, the main difference being the
art-work of a hand-carved stamp; and anything else you think a newbie should
know (not all of them will read the etiquette and will not be good
letterboxers, but that's a risk you take, and you can always educate them
sometime down the road if they're doing something that isn't good like
leaving boxes in plain sight, etc.
2. A new local letterboxer was introduced by his brother giving him a
letterboxing "kit" - don't know what that is, but this person has really
joined in and is doing a great job with good clues, good carvings, hiding
well, etc.
3. Another new local letterboxing family stumbled across a letterbox that
was soaked, took it home, read about it via the insert that was inside the
box, and then were hooked, and they are also a wonderful addition to my own
local letterboxing community.
4. A long-time boxer in my community is getting his church involved, and of
course in that process he is obviously educating them as to the etiquette
along the way. This probably falls under telling your friends/relatives.

So my suggestions are making sure your boxes have info pointing to both LBNA
and AQ, telling your friends/relatives and maybe going further than that by
giving them a little kit to get them started, and possibly getting an
article into some local media, although that last one will be debated by
others as being a good idea or not. Probably depends how desperate you are
for more boxers in your area!





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