Bert, I was also told by Eric that we would not need to become members to ride and see when rides were taking place. However, by not being a member I have not been able to see any rides. I rely on friends inside the exclusive group to send forward me the rides and ride times. I understand that I would not receive any member benefits but why should I be excluded from rides because I do not want to pay to ride? On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:05 PM, maria wrote:
> Hello Bert, > > Please extend my sincerest apologies to Tony. Any disruption I may have > caused Tony was not intentional. I did not realize our club evolved to being > exclusive in 2011. > > Please ask Tony to consider sharing our passion for cycling and allow non > members to view the new forum or perhaps resurrect the old forum on a read > only basis. Sharing lets people find us and lets us grow in the > cycling/racing community. > > Our membership director, Eric, replied in an email to me in November 2010 ... > "Gyros rides are NOT and will NOT be limited to just members" ... and so I > happily joined up! Doesn't the Gyro forum go hand in hand with our Gyro rides? > > Maria > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Kyle Johnston <[email protected]> > wrote: > I usually try to not get involved in these debates and political issues but I > actually want to chime in on this one. Tony, self appointed or not, is the > president of the North Raleigh Gyros. He along with a handful of other > members organize, manage and keep the club and race team up and going. They > privatized the club to an extent by collecting a small yearly dues of $10 but > the club is still open for any and all to join. For someone from Greensboro > (I think that's where you're from Dave), there probably isn't a lot of value > in that $10 for you other than getting to hear about what is going on in the > Raleigh cycling community. For everyone in the Triangle area, this seems > like a really small amount to pay to stay in touch with a great group of > riders. > > With more than 125 members, a cycling team and for a club that seems to be > increasing their presence and contributions to the community, I see no > problem with the route the Gyros have taken. There will always be some who > are left out or the path chosen does not please. I feel badly for them but > no matter what route is chosen, there will be someone who is not happy. > Hopefully as the club continues to grow, we can find ways to get these left > out few back in to good grace with the club. > > And not to sound like a jerk, that is not my intention... but if the Gyros > direction is not to anyone's liking, they are more than free to do as Tony > did years ago and start their own club with their own Google Group and have > their own member list to manage how they see fit. I'm sure once you've been > around as long as Tony and the Gyros have, you'll see that more management, > club dues and structure are a necessary evil to keep the masses happy > sometimes at the expense of a few. > > Cheers and safe riding, > -kyle > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:10:38 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Gyros: 17323] Message from Tony Please Read!!!!! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > It's unfortunate for the club that they got forced in this direction. > > There was absolutely nothing to be gained. You've split the cycling community > so a self-appointed president can have insurance, and waivers and a race > team. You've even managed to privatize or remove the "trek rides". Good job > with that. > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Duane Price <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in Myrtle Beach, but while dating my wife, who lived in Raleigh, I did > a fair amount of riding with the Gyro's. I was always impressed by their > welcoming nature and good, well-organized rides. It seems things have > changed. Careful that you don't collapse under the weight of your own > self-importance. You may unsubscribe me. > > On Mar 15, 2011 11:31 AM, "Dale Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > << The whole purpose of the “new” group was to keep this information amongst > > members ONLY. >> > > > > Interesting... I will delete this "[email protected]" address now with > > some sadness. Enjoyed seeing what our friends in the Triangle area are > > doing. > > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am forwarding this message for Tony. He is unable to send to this old > >> and unused email account. > >> > >> Bert > >> > >> Maria, > >> > >> Why are you sending this information to the “old” group? If that is what I > >> wanted then I would have done that myself. The whole purpose of the “new” > >> group was to keep this information amongst members ONLY. Please DO NOT post > >> any other info to this “old” group. If anyone wants to know what the Gyros > >> are doing, then all they need to do is to join the club. > >> > >> > >> > >> Tony > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dale Brown > > cycles de ORO, Inc. > > 1410 Mill Street, Ste 100 > > Greensboro, North Carolina USA 27408-2105 > > 336.274.5959 > > www.cyclesdeoro.com > > www.classicrendezvous.com > > www.carolinacup.com > > > > -- > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. 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