2011-07-16/17 Sat/Sun - Dunwich Dynamo DD19

Due to a wedding happening on the same day as the Dunwich, I will NOT be running an LFGSS coach this year.

However, I am happy to fund a coach if someone else fully takes on all of the organisation for one.

What this translates to is:

• I stump up the costs (max £500 on coach, £300 on van)
  
• Each person on the coach pays something (say, £10, non-refundable even if they can't make it) which covers some of the costs, but leaves the forum subsidising the rest
  
• Someone needs to own organising this
  
  

Organisation is:

• Find and book a coach (I can recommend P&J Ellis, who we used last year)
  
• Find and book a van capable of carrying 50 bicycles (I have nothing to help you here, and it needs to be more like a furniture truck than a van... and it needs a lot of blankets and bubble wrap)
  
• Take care of getting yourself to the end early-ish
  
• Oversee the packing of bikes
  
• Oversee getting just forum members who have paid onto the coach
  
• Oversee pairing people up with bikes back in London
  
  

If someone is willing to do this work, I am very happy to cover the upfront costs and then just re-coup a portion of the money. In effect, I'm happy for the forum to subsidise the costs.

Why run a forum bus?

Well, it means you can be more sure of the safe transport of your bikes, you leave the site as soon as you're all there (which means not waiting around), it's cheaper per head than the Southwark buses.

Why not to run a bus?

It's a pain in the arse to organise.

So if there's a volunteer who is willing to take full responsibility and do all of the work involved, the money to subsidise it is there.

However, be aware that the wedding that I'm attending is a forum wedding. It's yet to be fully announced and invites sent out, but it is planned and will probably result in a number of people dropping out of the Dynamo.

Anyhow, you have my full support, but it's only financial. If someone wants this responsibility, then once you're sure you want it... PM me and we can go from there.