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Date: 10/28/2025
Subject: Fall 2025 Newsletter
From: MiGO Member Manager


Michigan Geocaching Organization
Newsletter
Autumn 2025
MiGO's membership year runs December 1 through November 30.  Since 2020, MiGO has offered a special coin ONLY for Lake Superior members who are members of record by November 30th each year
 
For 2025, the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, we have both a special LS coin and a retail coin.  Orders for additional LS coins are due prior to November 30, 2025.  Retail coins will be mostly limited, so we suggest pre-ordering as we don't plan to stock many in the store.   Both options are available in the MiGO store.  
2025 Lake Superior Member Coin - this version has text stating it's for Lake Superior Members and your GC name can be etched on the coin per your profile selections. 
 
If you are a LS member and you want extra LS coins, please visit the MiGO store and filter on the topic of "Lake Superior Only" 
 
 
2025 Retail Coin 
 
This version does not state lake Superior member and there is no option to add your GC name. 
 
Place orders via the MiGO Store
 
SELF NOMINATION PERIOD FOR EC/RVP POSITIONS 
 
Terms for officers are for 2 year periods, begining in March 2026 and running through February 2028. We have the following positions open for self nomination; this can be existing officers and MiGO supporting members interested in becoming officers. 
 
  Executive Committee
  3 positions (exact positions are determined at the first meeting following Winter Social, based on interest)
 
  SW Regional VP
 
  NL Regional VP
 
  5th Chapter Regional VP
 
A description of positions is available here.  Visit the MiGO landing page (Home) for the self nomination form. 
 
In memory of one of its past members, the Michigan Geocaching Organization will be sponsoring a $300.00 scholarship aimed at assisting our next generation of Michigan youth in their studies of outdoor recreational activities, in hopes of helping them gain an appreciation of the outdoors while learning to be good stewards of Michigan's land conservation and the environment in general.
 
Any active MiGO member, their spouse or their child or grandchild, who will be attending a college or university, is eligible to apply for this scholarship.   
 
Visit this page to learn more about Susan Kay Schug, the honorary scholarship and how to apply. 
 
 
MiGO Winter Social 2026
 
Saturday March 7, 2026
Lead up events in days prior
 
Location
Lumber Jack Lodge
2980 Cook Rd. West Branch, MI 48661
 
 
Swag sales will go live in mid-late November and run through mid January.   
T-Shirts in January. 
Any pre-registration requirements for side events will be announced as available.  
 
WS2026 Gadget & Creative Cache contest:

The popular Winter Social Gadget & Creative Cache contest is back again for 2026.
Find out more about it and how you can enter yours here.
 
Stay tuned to the MiGO Websight for the event page and don't forget to pre-order your MiGO swag. 
Club Express Corner
 
If you are a supporting member of MiGO (Lake Superior, Lake Huron Levels), you have a stake in the organization.  Have you ever wondered how MiGO spends money, or what MiGO brings in?  One of the things you have access to in the "documents" section of the website is monthly financial re-caps.  See the screen shots below. 
 
Hover over your membership level in the ribbon, select documents from the drop down, and look for Financial & Legal (Public) in the documents list.  
 
Feel free to explore other documents that your membership level gives you access to.  
CE Docs
CE Fin
MiGO Store Updates 
 
MiGO is a distributor for Shop Geocaching, GeoSwag and CacheCraft.  New items have recently been added to the store, and we add inventory of new or existing items as needed.  Shop MiGO first.  If there is something you feel we should carry drop us a note and let us know. 
 
Once again, MiGO will participate in the Groundspeak trackable promotion.  Free trackables will be included with in-stock store orders over $25 while supplies last.  (This excludes pre-orders for WS swag, LS Coins and our one-time retail version of our LS coin; these items are not "stocked").   
distributor
From your Challenge Committee
 
The MiGO 2025 Holiday Challenge begins on November 17th and runs through January 5th
 
What do the Elves have planned for you? 
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Challenge of Challenges

Coming up in January the Challenge Committee is soliciting your ideas for future challenges. This can be done via Facebook or with a form on the MiGO website. Tell us what challenges you'd like to see and if your idea is selected you'll win a prize. Multiple ideas? No problem. Multiple winners? It could happen so let's hear from you. (note that we are looking for fully executable ideas.  You need to do more than make a suggestion)
 
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The committee will take a break in Jan/Feb as we prepare for Winter Social. 
 
After Winter Social, the committee will do a redux of the Zip Code challenge.  
 
To join the committee (we always need fresh ideas) shoot us a message.
 


As of 10/27/2025 the MSPGT2 has a total of 1266 favorite points. 548 for Southern Lower, 408 for Northern Lower and 310 for the Upper Peninsular.   Off to a very good start!
This coin comes with one insert and can be ordered via the GeoTour Page on the MiGO site once you have earned enough caches to qualify in at least one region.  
 
This beautiful Supporter coin, without earned inserts, is available to purchase in the MiGO store
 
Southern Lower GeoTour
 
Northern Lower GeoTour
 
Upper Peninsula GeoTour
 
GeoArt

 GEOART

 
Are you aware that Michigan has over 50 GeoArt cache trails?  GeoArt is a group of mystery caches with generally easily solvable puzzles, that when completed the create a smiley frame the appears on your map as a specific design or letter/words. 
 
Click here for a list of the active GeoArts in Michigan. 
 
 
 
 
 
Michigan County Grid Challenge
 
 
A really BIG Challenge for everyone!  This is not a contest.  Everyone can qualify for a reward, not to mention bragging rights! 
The challenge is a multi-year commitment by the MiGO Challenge Committee, EC and Board.  Can you cover half of the state (Bronze), three quarters of the state (Silver) or the entire state, (Gold), finding an assortment of geocache types in 42, 63 or 83 counties.  Who will top the leaderboard out of the gate?  Who will be the first to claim a prize?  Who will be first to reach for the Gold?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MiGO's goal is to promote the sport of geocaching, an appreciation of the outdoors, and good environmental stewardship, through cooperative efforts with Michigan geocachers and land management officials.
 
 
MiGO encourages members to submit articles for our newsletter.  Submissions should be related to caching or the MiGO community and can include write ups on specific caches or events, a story about a caching experience, a tribute to another cacher, past or present, a write up about your trip to a past Mega or even caching tips.
 
 
Please use this link to submit your content for consideration: Newsletter Submission     
Promote MiGO!
 
We encourage any of our members to use our graphics on their cache pages
 
 
Event Calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your 2025 MiGO Leadership Team

 
 

Board Of Directors

 

  Chad Woltemath - President (Paddling Pirates)

  Steve Bassette (Remspec)

  Stephen D. Fritz (beenhere)

  William Morehouse (GHBuccaneers)

  Kathy Seedorff (pairomedicchick)

 

 

Regional Vice Presidents

 

                Grace VanCamp - UP (Grayseelou)

                Melodee Bourdeau - NL (Ypsimom)

                Sander Owens - SW (CynicalHipster)

                Karl Konz - SE (necthana)

                Joel Wilkins - 5th (iatsamedic)
 Executive Committee
 

Peter J. Hoyt - President (kzooOtters)

Dan Cable - Vice President (MrandMrsMan)

Robb Lamer - Secretary (CCSquire)

Lynn Johnson - Treasurer (LynnGeoGin (LGG))

Jodi Spalding - Compliance Officer (LiteOnCache)

Sarah Johnson - Member at Large (Sarahjo27)

Laura Lisiscki - Member at Large (llski)

       Benjamin Zhang - Webmaster (Oneforfortytwo)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contact information available via the Leadership Biographies link above
Please note:  Some links might require you to be a MiGO member and be logged in to see content.  
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