Last call for anyone who wants to serve as M2T2 moderator. Email me
your interest, and any questions you have (after you've read the
threads per my post please). For anyone not able to find my email
address, it's cleverly hidden in the "from" block of this email ;)
Thanks. Ed (m2t2admin at fastmail dot fm)

--- In m2t2@yahoogroups.com, "disporten" <m2t2admin@f...> wrote:
>
> Happy New Year, all.
>
> All great things must come to an end, and alas, I have to PCS. I
> would like to hand off my M2T2 duties to someone. Anyone who
wants
> to volunteer, please send me a private email (not replying to this
> email, which will post it on the website).
>
> Background: I arrived at NPS in Jun 04 very fired up about
> triathlon. I heard about M2T2 and found the website. There has
> been up-and-down participation over the years at the website and
> group training, which is to be expected with full time military
> students. After my arrival, there were several aborted attempts
at
> structure/organization/meetings by several individuals with lofty
> but perhaps unrealistic ideas (of others' interest and their own
> commitment). So I stepped in to facilitate this website. I also
> registered the club at USAT and did some other stuff. This did
not
> take a great deal of time. My primary goal was to not let M2T2
> waste away into nothing. I say this to let any volunteers know
that
> my duties do not require a big time commitment, and at the same
> time, do not expect a club with regular meetings, etc. At the
very
> least, we are a forum for info passage on the local tri scene. Bi-
> weekly training would be one thing I could see happening if a few
> motivated individuals take the lead. It's been tried before, but
> since it's the beginning of the triathlon season, and a new group
of
> NPS students just arrived, this may work.
>
> If you want to volunteer, I only ask you:
> - browse the messages over the last 20 months to get an idea of
what
> my duties have been. this will tell you most of what you need to
> know - will save both of us time.
> - make a commitment to post here regularly. don't simply give up
if
> people don't respond enthusiastically to your initiative. they
> probably won't, that's ok. just keep passing info.
>
> The two main things you'll do are:
> - moderate the yahoo website
> - act as the club president wrt USAT - registration, passing info,
> etc.
>
> Does not take a big time commitment at all. A good way to get
smart
> on the local/regional tri scene. Let me know soon please if
you're
> interested. Happy triathloning everyone. Thanks. Ed
>