Re: [bikeMS] Digest for bikems-central-florida@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

[Gil Chapin]

Brandon,

Please consider me for a SAG position.  I've already signed up on the MS volunteer website.

Gil Chapin, WB2UTI

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Greg Madore <gma...@outlook.com>: Jan 16 11:36AM Hi available for SAG   K1MGR Greg Madore   Already signed up on MS site     Sent from my iPhone   On Jan 15, 2026, at 21:54, n4b...@gmail.com wrote:    Hi all,   Hope everyone had a great holiday season. There have been quite a few changes at the Society. Lilly, who worked locally in event production on this ride, left the Society a few months ago. Then there was a round of layoffs, which saw Lauren Trager get laid off after many years with them. Terrible decision, but I digress. Lauren landed well though. She is now working for PromoterLine, the event production company contracted to help run the 3 Florida rides, and is actively working on all of them. I’ve talked to her, along with Society staff this week, and this is where we are.   The start line and general route are the same. The County is not allowing use of the Legacy Trail, due to new rules surrounding the number of events they allow on the trail, something related to angry citizens upset about organized rides taking up the trail. Because of this, there are still some details to be worked out regarding that portion of the route. But, we shouldn’t expect great variance from last year.   So, we are looking for the usual staffing to help with the ride. We need rest stop operators and we need SAG drivers. I’m drawing on you, the many hams who have participated in this event year after year, to set aside Saturday March 28th to help with this amazing event, helping us fundraise to find a cure for MS.   If you are available to assist that Saturday, please feel free to reach out to me directly. We no longer have the website Mike previously ran for event coordination, so I will manage the roster and participants, along with distributing materials needed. I am doing so from 150+ miles away, so I appreciate your help and support not being a local.   For now, the communication plan is tentatively the same. Once we confirm the exact route and see a map, we will finalize our request to use the NI4CE analog and digital systems.   If you are interested, please reach out to me directly.   73,   Brandon G. Watson, N4BGW   RACES Officer, City of Coral Gables RACES http://www.gablesraces.com<http://www.gablesraces.com/>   Club Secretary, Dade Radio Club of Miami http://www.w4nvu.org   Net Manager, Miami-Dade County RACES http://www.miamidaderaces.org/   Communications Chair, Bike MS: Breakaway to the Palm Beaches http://bikefls.nationalmssociety.org/   n4b...@gmail.com<mailto:n4bgw89@gmail.com>   Confidentiality Notice: The information contained within this email is intended solely for the stated recipient of this transmission. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained within this email is strictly prohibited.     -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bikeMS Central Florida" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bikems-central-fl...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bikems-central-florida+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/01c901dc8693%24657e9020%24307bb060%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/01c901dc8693%24657e9020%24307bb060%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.

Dana Rodakis <drod...@gmail.com>: Jan 16 08:55AM -0500 Hi Brandon. Thanks for leading the way with this. I'm glad the Legacy trail will no longer be part of the route. It was a pain anyway. Yes I can be a SAG again. I was SAG1 serving as tail end Charlie.   Dana Rodakis, K4LK   Sent from my iPad Pro running iPadOS 26.3 beta   On Jan 16, 2026, at 06:36, Greg Madore <gma...@outlook.com> wrote:    Hi available for SAG   K1MGR   Greg Madore   Already signed up on MS site   Sent from my iPhone   On Jan 15, 2026, at 21:54, n4b...@gmail.com wrote:      Hi all,   Hope everyone had a great holiday season. There have been quite a few changes at the Society. Lilly, who worked locally in event production on this ride, left the Society a few months ago. Then there was a round of layoffs, which saw Lauren Trager get laid off after many years with them. Terrible decision, but I digress. Lauren landed well though. She is now working for PromoterLine, the event production company contracted to help run the 3 Florida rides, and is actively working on all of them. I've talked to her, along with Society staff this week, and this is where we are.   The start line and general route are the same. The County is not allowing use of the Legacy Trail, due to new rules surrounding the number of events they allow on the trail, something related to angry citizens upset about organized rides taking up the trail. Because of this, there are still some details to be worked out regarding that portion of the route. But, we shouldn't expect great variance from last year.   So, we are looking for the usual staffing to help with the ride. We need rest stop operators and we need SAG drivers. I'm drawing on you, the many hams who have participated in this event year after year, to set aside Saturday March 28 th to help with this amazing event, helping us fundraise to find a cure for MS.   If you are available to assist that Saturday, please feel free to reach out to me directly. We no longer have the website Mike previously ran for event coordination, so I will manage the roster and participants, along with distributing materials needed. I am doing so from 150+ miles away, so I appreciate your help and support not being a local.   For now, the communication plan is tentatively the same. Once we confirm the exact route and see a map, we will finalize our request to use the NI4CE analog and digital systems.   If you are interested, please reach out to me directly.   73,   Brandon G. Watson, N4BGW   RACES Officer,   City of Coral Gables RACES   http://www.gablesraces.com   Club Secretary,   Dade Radio Club of Miami   http://www.w4nvu.org   Net Manager,   Miami-Dade County RACES   http://www.miamidaderaces.org/   Communications Chair,   Bike MS: Breakaway to the Palm Beaches   http://bikefls.nationalmssociety.org/   n4b...@gmail.com   Confidentiality Notice: The information contained within this email is intended solely for the stated recipient of this transmission. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained within this email is strictly prohibited.   --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bikeMS Central Florida" group.   To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bikems-central-fl...@googlegroups.com.   To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/01c901dc8693%24657e9020%24307bb060%24%40gmail.com.   --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bikeMS Central Florida" group.   To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bikems-central-fl...@googlegroups.com.   To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/CH5PR19MB997183BA9759C345952DF341E8AB8DA%40CH5PR19MB997183.namprd19.prod.outlook.com.

Dick Hillyer <di...@thehillyers.net>: Jan 16 03:49PM Hi - I'm planning on it. In the past, I've been "Rover2".   73, Dick Hillyer-W2RWH   Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: bikems-cent...@googlegroups.com <bikems-cent...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Dana Rodakis <drod...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2026 8:55:24 AM To: bikems-cent...@googlegroups.com <bikems-cent...@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [bikeMS] Suncoast Challenge - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED   Hi Brandon. Thanks for leading the way with this. I’m glad the Legacy trail will no longer be part of the route. It was a pain anyway. Yes I can be a SAG again. I was SAG1 serving as tail end Charlie.   Dana Rodakis, K4LK   Sent from my iPad Pro running iPadOS 26.3 beta   On Jan 16, 2026, at 06:36, Greg Madore <gma...@outlook.com> wrote:    Hi available for SAG   K1MGR Greg Madore   Already signed up on MS site     Sent from my iPhone   On Jan 15, 2026, at 21:54, n4b...@gmail.com wrote:      Hi all,       Hope everyone had a great holiday season. There have been quite a few changes at the Society. Lilly, who worked locally in event production on this ride, left the Society a few months ago. Then there was a round of layoffs, which saw Lauren Trager get laid off after many years with them. Terrible decision, but I digress. Lauren landed well though. She is now working for PromoterLine, the event production company contracted to help run the 3 Florida rides, and is actively working on all of them. I’ve talked to her, along with Society staff this week, and this is where we are.       The start line and general route are the same. The County is not allowing use of the Legacy Trail, due to new rules surrounding the number of events they allow on the trail, something related to angry citizens upset about organized rides taking up the trail. Because of this, there are still some details to be worked out regarding that portion of the route. But, we shouldn’t expect great variance from last year.       So, we are looking for the usual staffing to help with the ride. We need rest stop operators and we need SAG drivers. I’m drawing on you, the many hams who have participated in this event year after year, to set aside Saturday March 28th to help with this amazing event, helping us fundraise to find a cure for MS.       If you are available to assist that Saturday, please feel free to reach out to me directly. We no longer have the website Mike previously ran for event coordination, so I will manage the roster and participants, along with distributing materials needed. I am doing so from 150+ miles away, so I appreciate your help and support not being a local.       For now, the communication plan is tentatively the same. Once we confirm the exact route and see a map, we will finalize our request to use the NI4CE analog and digital systems.       If you are interested, please reach out to me directly.       73,       Brandon G. Watson, N4BGW       RACES Officer,   City of Coral Gables RACES   http://www.gablesraces.com<http://www.gablesraces.com/>       Club Secretary,   Dade Radio Club of Miami   http://www.w4nvu.org       Net Manager,   Miami-Dade County RACES   http://www.miamidaderaces.org/       Communications Chair,   Bike MS: Breakaway to the Palm Beaches   http://bikefls.nationalmssociety.org/       n4b...@gmail.com<mailto:n4bgw89@gmail.com>       Confidentiality Notice: The information contained within this email is intended solely for the stated recipient of this transmission. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained within this email is strictly prohibited.       -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bikeMS Central Florida" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bikems-central-fl...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bikems-central-florida+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/01c901dc8693%24657e9020%24307bb060%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bikems-central-florida/01c901dc8693%24657e9020%24307bb060%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bikeMS Central Florida" group. 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