Ryan,

good points, and to add to the newsletter section:

at one time it was MONTHLY, and after a decade + of hard work by all
volunteers,
it was decided by the Board that we were spending a LOT of time, energy
and MONEY (dues)
for something that was usually just discarded. Most of the copies went to
bike shops,
and I personally tracked how many were leftover at each local shop. Over
50% of them
were never snatched up, which meant 50% of our money was going to the
recycle bin.
We felt it was not very 'green' to be distributing this paper made product
monthly, using fossil fuels, so we switched to
quarterly. That proposed a different issue: how to produce a quarterly
issue that had
timely/relevant/fresh information. After a few years of that, we felt it
was best for all, and the environment,
to go with an electronic form, and to develop a bikeshop handout, much
like the BBTC in Seattle
utilizes.

Whatever happened to the bike shop handouts, I do not know. But I am sure
the current Board
members are cooking up something. I haven't been to a local bikeshop
recently, so I don't
know if they are out there or not. But I do feel we need something to put
in folks hands
to get the word out.

Keep up the good work!

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