Insurance Question

[Aint Doody]

Y'all are the best. Thanks for all the input. Maillotpois has already sent me a reply concerning our waiver. We apparently don't have to have a permit to do the ride. I'm still waiting to hear from our insurance person. Also next week-end some of our club members (myself included) are going to Seattle to Bike Expo. I plan to quiz people there about just what they do. Our ride will have a booth there. If any of y'all will be there, come look us up. We will host the CROC (Century Ride of the Centuries). That refers to the Century Farms in our area. We'll also have a crazy woman running around in a crocodile suit! I'll be the other crazy woman! Anyway---we still have plenty of time to get this together, as the ride isn't until Memorial Day Week-end.

[Aint Doody]

Hey, Susan! We must have been writing our replies at the same time. Yep--it's that one. We really hope y'all can come again. I told Renata that I'd send y'all at Team Estrogen some brochures. You'll get one anyway, as you came last year. We did have to up the price just a bit, but we're adding a salmon dinner and some Native American dancers. And there'll be more porta potties! But we still think it's reasonably priced. Shoot--people told us last year we were too cheap! And the old guy on the guitar at the ranch will be back to entertain--he's still alive! In fact I visited with him today. What a character! Hope you get to join us.......

Susan

[aka_kim]

http://www.be-proconference.com/, although mostly about holding events in CA, might be another good resource, especially the event directors' resources link.

You might need to start preparing for the ride now, even though it is almost 4 months away. If you need permits for your rest stops, or any type of police/highway patrol resources, it will take time to get approval.

[Aint Doody]

Thanks, Kim! I'm going to send this link to our chairman. We're well-organized, we're just not yet to crunch!

[Susan Otcenas]

We did have to up the price just a bit, but we're adding a salmon dinner and some Native American dancers. .... Shoot--people told us last year we were too cheap! And the old guy on the guitar at the ranch will be back to entertain--he's still alive! In fact I visited with him today. What a character!

Susan,

I think you could easily raise the price and not have too many people decide it was too expensive. And I'd happily pay more for a salmon dinner, especially if it improved the meal at the Bar M. Their dinner last year was probably the only thing about the weekend that was disappointing for me. It just wasn't very good. But that was a very minor thing. The ride organization was excellent, volunteers were super friendly, and the scenery was so different than what we have this side of the mountains. Can't remember the name of the optional hill we climbed before heading out to the Bar M, but that was a beautifully scenic portion of the ride. I'm not much of a climber but I had good legs that day (and that is a rare thing, indeed!).

Hope I can make it out there again.

Susan