IMBA Great Lakes Regional Summit - REGISTER NOW!

The 2013 IMBA Great Lakes Regional Summit is just a few weeks away.... are you registered yet?!?

WHEN: May 17-19, 2013
WHERE: Brown County, Indiana
COST: $50

This year's event, co-hosted by the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association and Sub-9 Productions, will provide opportunities for advocates across the region to witness valuable presentations, network with others, have fun and enjoy quality riding at Brown County State Park (Nashville, IN).

Highlights include:
~ Land Manager Workshop (FREE TO LAND MANAGERS - LUNCH PROVIDED)
www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?id=305&reset=1
~ Downtown GetDown Pub Crawl
http://www.browncounty.com/calendar/...ntown-getdown2
~ Sub-9 Schooner Shakedown Race and After Party
www.schoonershakedown.com
~ Skills Clinics by IMBA-ICP certified instructors
~ Advanced Trail Building
~ Presentations on topics such as fund raising, taking your club/Chapter to the next level, engaging women and youth, leadership round tables and more!

Cost is only $50 (plus $10 for event t-shirt) and includes summit entry, light breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Shakedown After Party! Summit participants also get FREE ENTRY to the Sub-9 Schooner Shakedown... a technically demanding, point to point race on the double-black diamond (expert) Schooner Trace Trail!

Click here to register: https://www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?id=284&reset=1

Sponsors include (but are not limited to)
IMBA
SRAM
Dirt Rag
Seasons Lodge
Brown County Tourism Center
The Big Cheeze
Big Woods Brewing

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Ladies, next weekend is the Great Lakes Regional Mountain Bike Summit. This is a fantastic opportunity to talk to others who are passionate about mountain biking and find out how you can get involved. Women can have such a voice and if keeping our trails and sharing the sport with others is something you care about, then we’d love to have you!

You may not realize, but your local mountain bike club is always looking for folks to get involved. They are not just looking for strong backs to build trails, but strong voices to spread the knowledge and information we have to better our communities. Advocating isn’t just digging dirt, but talking to others about your love for mountain biking. Whether shaking hands at town meetings or just having a friendly chat at your local trail head, this is what being a mountain bike advocate is about.

The upcoming Great Lakes Summit offers a wide variety of topics that all pertain to mountain bike advocacy. On Saturday, join us for a discussion on Women in Mountain Bike Advocacy. We’ll have a panel of women advocates from several regional mountain bike chapters who are willing to answer questions and give ideas for getting involved. On Saturday afternoon, we’ll also be hosting a Youth Round Table discussion. Let’s talk about getting our kids off the couch and into the woods!

The Summit is $50 to attend, and while that may seem steep, the knowledge and information you’ll walk away with will far exceed that price. The cost includes a light breakfast as well as lunch on Saturday. Please consider joining us. You don’t have to come for the entire weekend; you can just come for part of it. And don’t forget to bring your bikes so you can ride the IMBA Epic Brown County mountain bike trails!

All the details are available at www.hmba.org. Hope to see many of you there!

Cheers,
~Tania Juillerat
Founder & Director
Midwest Women's Mountain Bike Clinic
Sub-9 Productions
www.sub-9.com
www.midwestwomensclinic.com
www.browncountymountainbiking.com