Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
about letterboxing in Ohio.
He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes
in the area.
I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
( more 'boxers more fun) .
But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and
the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking
for letterboxers !
I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth )
than have a stranger read about it.
I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
input....
Any thoughts ??
Thanks in advance for any help.....
franzsolo...
Need your thoughts...
11 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-03-25
Need your thoughts...
From: (motofranz@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-03-25 17:21:53 UTC-05:00
Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: BB (bburk@harbornet.com) |
Date: 2002-03-25 15:46:47 UTC-08:00
If it is as you suspect, that the journalist intends to do a story/article
on letterboxing anyway, then I would talk about the activity in general
rather than specifics about any boxes. Maybe some background about it's
origins etc.
If you type "letterbox" in a search engine you come up with all kinds of
hits on letterbox sites, so just the mention of the sport is enough to tip
an interested party or state official to their existence and to search for
boxes in their state parks or whatever.
I guess all I'm saying is to give the subject a positive spin as best you
can without exposing the boxes directly.
----
Bill
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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
> He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes
> in the area.
> I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and
> the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking
> for letterboxers !
> I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth )
> than have a stranger read about it.
> I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
> Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
>
>
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on letterboxing anyway, then I would talk about the activity in general
rather than specifics about any boxes. Maybe some background about it's
origins etc.
If you type "letterbox" in a search engine you come up with all kinds of
hits on letterbox sites, so just the mention of the sport is enough to tip
an interested party or state official to their existence and to search for
boxes in their state parks or whatever.
I guess all I'm saying is to give the subject a positive spin as best you
can without exposing the boxes directly.
----
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
> He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes
> in the area.
> I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and
> the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking
> for letterboxers !
> I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth )
> than have a stranger read about it.
> I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
> Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Need your thoughts...
From: defygravity2001 (defygravity@snet.net) |
Date: 2002-03-25 23:52:08 UTC
Letterboxing has been written up a once or twice (at least) in CT
newspapers over the past couple years. To the best of my knowledge, it
hasn't caused any park rangers to seek out our boxes for the purpose
of removal.
Aili
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., motofranz@w... wrote:
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
.....
newspapers over the past couple years. To the best of my knowledge, it
hasn't caused any park rangers to seek out our boxes for the purpose
of removal.
Aili
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., motofranz@w... wrote:
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
.....
RE: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: (rebecca@thecatbird.com) |
Date: 2002-03-25 16:34:11 UTC-08:00
I feel like too many newspaper articles about our sport could be bad. If
there are too many letterboxers, we'll start having a negative impact on
parks, and the people running parks may ban it.
-Lizard
-----Original Message-----
From: motofranz@webtv.net [mailto:motofranz@webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:22 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
about letterboxing in Ohio. He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I
have placed a few letterboxes in the area. I guess that's why he wanted
to speak to me. At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for
the sport, ( more 'boxers more fun) . But then again my second thoughts
were what if I say the wrong thing and the letterbox clues get in the
wrong hands. My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out
alert looking for letterboxers ! I would much rather tell a friend about
letterboxing (by word of mouth ) than have a stranger read about it. I'm
sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
input.... Any thoughts ?? Thanks in advance for any help.....
franzsolo...
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there are too many letterboxers, we'll start having a negative impact on
parks, and the people running parks may ban it.
-Lizard
-----Original Message-----
From: motofranz@webtv.net [mailto:motofranz@webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:22 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
about letterboxing in Ohio. He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I
have placed a few letterboxes in the area. I guess that's why he wanted
to speak to me. At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for
the sport, ( more 'boxers more fun) . But then again my second thoughts
were what if I say the wrong thing and the letterbox clues get in the
wrong hands. My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out
alert looking for letterboxers ! I would much rather tell a friend about
letterboxing (by word of mouth ) than have a stranger read about it. I'm
sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
input.... Any thoughts ?? Thanks in advance for any help.....
franzsolo...
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Re: Need your thoughts...
From: defygravity2001 (defygravity@snet.net) |
Date: 2002-03-26 02:50:42 UTC
Gee, I replied to this three hours ago, and it hasn't appeared
yet.... Yahoo is like that.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., motofranz@w... wrote:
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
> He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few
letterboxes
> in the area.
> I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing
and
> the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert
looking
> for letterboxers !
> I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of
mouth )
> than have a stranger read about it.
> I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without
my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
> Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
yet.... Yahoo is like that.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., motofranz@w... wrote:
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio.
> He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few
letterboxes
> in the area.
> I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing
and
> the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert
looking
> for letterboxers !
> I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of
mouth )
> than have a stranger read about it.
> I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without
my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
> Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: Erich Sawyer (riposte9@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-03-25 23:04:39 UTC-06:00
Moto,
A newspaper article is how I found out about letterboxing in the first place. The article was actually about Geocaching and while checking up on that on the internet I found a post for one of Scott Redd's Caches that happened to also be a letterbox. That led me to want to find out what a letterbox was, and after that I was hooked. If you do decide to talk to the reporter, I would just make sure that he knows that we are all about preserving the outdoors and getting people outside visiting with nature. I hope this helps.
Happy Boxing,
http://letterboxnebraska.8m.com
>From: motofranz@webtv.net > >Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input. >I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview >about letterboxing in Ohio. >He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes >in the area. >I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me. >At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport, >( more 'boxers more fun) . >But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and >the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands. >My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking >for letterboxers ! >I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth ) >than have a stranger read about it. >I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my >input.... >Any thoughts ?? >Thanks in advance for any help..... >franzsolo...
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Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: Jurneez (journeys@snet.net) |
Date: 2002-03-26 07:50:43 UTC-08:00
Hello there,
My thoughts are to keep it somewhat vague. I was approached by the local
radio station to be on a talk / discussion show about letterboxing. I
hesitated as it's also a great way for the evil minded to track clues from
web sites and vandalize the boxes. I think, although it's sad to realize
this, but there are folks who derive some sort of twisted pleasure from this
activity of destruction. I ended up choosing not to go on air. There's so
many wonderful people involved wit LB but as I stated, there are people who
will seize the moment as well as the box. If this reporter will write a
story anyway, then I agree with others who say, at least get him to make the
connection with it being outdoors with nature and preserving the planet as
best as we can. Like Bill said, give him (the reporter) a positive spin on
it. Remember details can be read by the wrong folks just as easily as the
good people.
Always in the woods.
jurneez & Vinnie the dog.
Journey's End Digital Farm
----- Original Message -----
From: "BB"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
> If it is as you suspect, that the journalist intends to do a story/article
> on letterboxing anyway, then I would talk about the activity in general
> rather than specifics about any boxes. Maybe some background about it's
> origins etc.
> If you type "letterbox" in a search engine you come up with all kinds of
> hits on letterbox sites, so just the mention of the sport is enough to tip
> an interested party or state official to their existence and to search for
> boxes in their state parks or whatever.
> I guess all I'm saying is to give the subject a positive spin as best you
> can without exposing the boxes directly.
> ----
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:21 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
>
>
> > Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> > I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
> > about letterboxing in Ohio.
> > He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes
> > in the area.
> > I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> > At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> > ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> > But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and
> > the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> > My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking
> > for letterboxers !
> > I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth )
> > than have a stranger read about it.
> > I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> > input....
> > Any thoughts ??
> > Thanks in advance for any help.....
> > franzsolo...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > List info, archives, etc: http://www.letterboxing.org/list.html
> >
> >
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http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
My thoughts are to keep it somewhat vague. I was approached by the local
radio station to be on a talk / discussion show about letterboxing. I
hesitated as it's also a great way for the evil minded to track clues from
web sites and vandalize the boxes. I think, although it's sad to realize
this, but there are folks who derive some sort of twisted pleasure from this
activity of destruction. I ended up choosing not to go on air. There's so
many wonderful people involved wit LB but as I stated, there are people who
will seize the moment as well as the box. If this reporter will write a
story anyway, then I agree with others who say, at least get him to make the
connection with it being outdoors with nature and preserving the planet as
best as we can. Like Bill said, give him (the reporter) a positive spin on
it. Remember details can be read by the wrong folks just as easily as the
good people.
Always in the woods.
jurneez & Vinnie the dog.
Journey's End Digital Farm
----- Original Message -----
From: "BB"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
> If it is as you suspect, that the journalist intends to do a story/article
> on letterboxing anyway, then I would talk about the activity in general
> rather than specifics about any boxes. Maybe some background about it's
> origins etc.
> If you type "letterbox" in a search engine you come up with all kinds of
> hits on letterbox sites, so just the mention of the sport is enough to tip
> an interested party or state official to their existence and to search for
> boxes in their state parks or whatever.
> I guess all I'm saying is to give the subject a positive spin as best you
> can without exposing the boxes directly.
> ----
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:21 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
>
>
> > Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> > I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone interview
> > about letterboxing in Ohio.
> > He is located in Cincinnati, and noticed I have placed a few letterboxes
> > in the area.
> > I guess that's why he wanted to speak to me.
> > At first I was thinking it would be a good promotion for the sport,
> > ( more 'boxers more fun) .
> > But then again my second thoughts were what if I say the wrong thing and
> > the letterbox clues get in the wrong hands.
> > My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all out alert looking
> > for letterboxers !
> > I would much rather tell a friend about letterboxing (by word of mouth )
> > than have a stranger read about it.
> > I'm sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> > input....
> > Any thoughts ??
> > Thanks in advance for any help.....
> > franzsolo...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > List info, archives, etc: http://www.letterboxing.org/list.html
> >
> >
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Re: Need your thoughts...
From: mothermoo2001 (cstearns07@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-03-26 21:29:32 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., motofranz@w... wrote:
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
with ,or without my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
>
> franzsolo...
I say go with it better good information than mis information
emphasize family -reading -folowing directions- fun- Captain Kidd
treasure- exercise crafts ( carving) they'll be hooked too. It was a
article in the Hartford Courant ( Ct. Newspaper) a year ago Sept that
introduced me and look what I've done since. I wonder who is out
there just waiting to be introduced and what wonderful boxes they
will add? Leader of the Pack - Carol
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
with ,or without my
> input....
> Any thoughts ??
>
> franzsolo...
I say go with it better good information than mis information
emphasize family -reading -folowing directions- fun- Captain Kidd
treasure- exercise crafts ( carving) they'll be hooked too. It was a
article in the Hartford Courant ( Ct. Newspaper) a year ago Sept that
introduced me and look what I've done since. I wonder who is out
there just waiting to be introduced and what wonderful boxes they
will add? Leader of the Pack - Carol
Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: (MomaB1@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-03-27 03:22:30 UTC-05:00
I agree - word of mouth seemer safer, though if I hadn't seen that article in Somerset Studio....I suppose it would all be in the article's approach.
Polly
Polly
Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: (Beavisbunc@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-03-27 08:25:01 UTC-05:00
To Polly; regarding Somersett Studio, could you please tell me the issue? I sell the magazine in my Shoppe, and missed that article. I have every back issue to go through. It would be easier if I could narrow down the search. If you could email me direct that would be great. Beavisbunc@aol.com
Thanks for you help Lindathestamper
Thanks for you help Lindathestamper
Re: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
From: samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-03-30 23:32:05 UTC
Well, there was that guy several months ago, who was writing the
article for Attache Magazine. That article has still not showed up!!
(although I haven't looked at the April issue yet! It will be on the
airplanes the day after tomorrow :-)
I have been trained by the airlines to not talk to media. (They
really frown on us ever giving a statement about ANYTHING!)
So I am often leary of talking to the press, but I discovered
letterboxing thru the Smithsonian article and then rediscovered it
with the blurb in Backpacker (or was it Outside?)
So maybe it won't be a bad thing. It kind of depends on how the
article comes out!
:-)
Amanda from Seattle
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., wrote:
> I feel like too many newspaper articles about our sport could be
bad. If
> there are too many letterboxers, we'll start having a negative
impact on
> parks, and the people running parks may ban it.
>
> -Lizard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: motofranz@w... [mailto:motofranz@w...]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:22 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@y...
> Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
>
>
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio. He is located in Cincinnati, and
noticed I
> have placed a few letterboxes in the area. I guess that's why he
wanted
> to speak to me. At first I was thinking it would be a good
promotion for
> the sport, ( more 'boxers more fun) . But then again my second
thoughts
> were what if I say the wrong thing and the letterbox clues get in
the
> wrong hands. My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all
out
> alert looking for letterboxers ! I would much rather tell a friend
about
> letterboxing (by word of mouth ) than have a stranger read about
it. I'm
> sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> input.... Any thoughts ?? Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe: mailto:letterbox-usa-unsubscribe@e...
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article for Attache Magazine. That article has still not showed up!!
(although I haven't looked at the April issue yet! It will be on the
airplanes the day after tomorrow :-)
I have been trained by the airlines to not talk to media. (They
really frown on us ever giving a statement about ANYTHING!)
So I am often leary of talking to the press, but I discovered
letterboxing thru the Smithsonian article and then rediscovered it
with the blurb in Backpacker (or was it Outside?)
So maybe it won't be a bad thing. It kind of depends on how the
article comes out!
:-)
Amanda from Seattle
--- In letterbox-usa@y...,
> I feel like too many newspaper articles about our sport could be
bad. If
> there are too many letterboxers, we'll start having a negative
impact on
> parks, and the people running parks may ban it.
>
> -Lizard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: motofranz@w... [mailto:motofranz@w...]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:22 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@y...
> Subject: [LbNA] Need your thoughts...
>
>
> Hello, fellow letterboxers. I need your input.
> I was approached by a journalist wanting to do a short phone
interview
> about letterboxing in Ohio. He is located in Cincinnati, and
noticed I
> have placed a few letterboxes in the area. I guess that's why he
wanted
> to speak to me. At first I was thinking it would be a good
promotion for
> the sport, ( more 'boxers more fun) . But then again my second
thoughts
> were what if I say the wrong thing and the letterbox clues get in
the
> wrong hands. My biggest worry is having the Parks in Ohio on an all
out
> alert looking for letterboxers ! I would much rather tell a friend
about
> letterboxing (by word of mouth ) than have a stranger read about
it. I'm
> sure the journalist is going to write the story with ,or without my
> input.... Any thoughts ?? Thanks in advance for any help.....
> franzsolo...
>
>
>
>
>
>
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