Everybody has good ideas both for or against. The biggest reason I am
for it is due to the fact that the effort is fairly splintered. That
makes it easy for those with the power to brush off a small number of
people with no repercussions. A large group ride that gets media
attention shows that there is a big user group that is being
under-served. The idea would be that it puts pressure on the City and
the Forest Park Conservancy to do something about it. It might be
helpful to frame this 'event' in the context of Portland being a
Platinum bike city, but not really having singletrack.

I would agree that PUMP and IMBA shouldn't have their names attached
so they don't get accused of planning or inciting the whole thing. It
almost ends up being a two-pronged campaign. PUMP and IMBA working
with the planners and large groups hitting the dirt to emphasis what
we are working for. This way PUMP can say, "We've been telling you
this for years!"

The ride should be respectful, slower paced and jovial. There are
always some a-holes in critical mass rides, so ideally there would be
marshalls of some sort to mediate conflict.

Has anybody been able to reach FreeAgent?