Frustrated... Really really frustrated with the Bay Area VeloGirls

[Trek420]

Mel, sorry you are having difficulty, Velogirls is a great group.

I ride with them when I can and their Sunday Club ride is great.

Lorri, is the club/team owner and is a TE member too. I know because she told me I'm online too much and to log off and ride ;-)

Lorri if you're lurking I hope you see this. Anyway I'll see you on the Primavera if you're still having trouble we could call her or something.

[Melody]

Thanks Trek. I just really needed to get it out of my system.

Mel

[Trek420]

Mel, By now you may have heard that Lorri, founder and fearless leader of the Velogirls is waiting on gift cards from one of our new Velogirls sponsors. The package will be *well* worth the wait. The delay was not her fault, and Lorri and the VG's do a lot for women's cycling.

I'm just a humble club member, not in charge of it or anything but on the club's behalf I apologize that the issue with the delayed gift cards was not announced, Lorri has a lot on her plate right now and I'm sure we all support her.

She just e-mailed me, she has been working on the mailing all day and will be sending them out tomorrow and/or Tuesday.

[spazzdog]

Sounds like VeloGirls has grown to a size that they need to hire a business manager.

[Irulan]

..or maybe at least put some additional contact information on thier web site?

My bike club's contact email goes to three different people so we can be sure that **someone** is getting to it if the main person is too busy

~irulan

[spazzdog]

I think, when a group becomes so popular as the VeloGirls, that it becomes almost impossible for one person to handle everything that might come up.

VeloGirls inception was manageable, but with the social group, the race group, PR, membership, etc not to mention the fact that Lorri has a life apart from cycling with needs on her time (I assume), it may behoove others who care for this club to pitch in and help out.

I'm kind of on the wrong coast, but given the opportunity, I would help out. Anything to keep a viable womens cycling club alive.

My 25 cents...

spazz

[Melody]

Now that I know that my emails have been seen, I'm not frustrated. The frustration just comes from not hearing anything at all and not knowing what's going on. All I really needed was "Sorry. Still not mailed yet. You haven't been forgotten."

I tend to be very understanding. I know everyone is busy, including myself, so I don't expect everything goes right or always on time. Hell, I'm even easy on the state tax folk when they screw something up, though that can be tough.

I didn't want to place blame on anyone or such. I just wanted to make sure that somehow my mail didn't get lost in the event the new membership mailings did go out. I've had that happen multiple times in the past, especially when I lived in the Santa Cruz Mtns. I can't count the number of times I've left mail in the mailbox that was meant for a different address. Happened at least once a week.

Mel