Occasionally (if not frequently) a ride leader needs to opt out of the responsibility, due to injury, illness, loss of license, bike troubles etc. Unfortunate, particularly if it is within days of the scheduled ride. It means the leader or someone else needs to find an alternate leader; not always easy. More often than not the problem falls back to the Committee people (to find a replacement or to do it themselves.)

To help smooth out the process I propose a listing of volunteer members who can be contacted to act as replacements. Of course, some, when contacted, cannot help due to injury, illness, etc. The listing should be updated regularly to ensure volunteers still want to be volunteers and should be available to all Committee members.

Obviously, suitable potential volunteers would be members who are familiar with Club procedures and fairly knowledgeable of country areas that are usually used for our rides. But given some days notice (or even 24 hours) most of us can plan a ride using a map!

Yes of course I will volunteer – phone 9802-3564.