October 21-22, 2023

Volunteer Page

This is the page where we will keep up with who has volunteered to help at the Festival and what jobs are still available. TO VOLUNTEER email the volunteer coordinators.

IMPORTANT: All volunteers are entitled to a Festival t-shirt of their choice, and many to a free ride entry. More Info. TO GET THESE BENEFITS you must do a Festival registration before the end of preregistration on Wednesday, October 18, at noon. To get a special t-shirt, enter before t-shirt cutoff on October 5.

A note about CHILDREN: We will not be assigning any person under the age of 16 to a volunteer position. All of our positions need to be staffed by fully capable adults. While many children can also do the work, it is work and they will not always be able to complete their entire shift. Children that are capable of self-supervision are welcome to come with parents who are working and hang out and help. Smaller children requiring supervision should not be brought without an accompanying non-volunteer supervisor.

Facilities | Course | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Cadre

Director: vacant

Volunteer Coordinator: Colin Hines

Publicity Director: Javier Espinosa

Cash Control Officer: vacant

Master of Ceremonies: Richard Ritari

Massage Coordinator: vacant

Warehouse Manager: vacant

Santa Fe Photographer: vacant

Horse Farm Photographer: vacant

Course | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Facilities

Facility Director: Dean Mimms

Arrange for facilities used during the events, and manage parking.

Flemington Parking Manager: vacant
Parking support persons:

  • vacant
  • vacant

Air Dancers

Set up air dancers as needed.

Dance Master: Jim Wilson

Facilities | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Course

Gainesville Cycling Festival Course Marshall: Philip Irwin

Law Enforcement Liason: Len Cabrera

SAG Drivers

Patrol the course offering water and perhaps minor mechanical help to riders. Transport overextended riders to the next rest stop. We pay each driver $20 gas money.

The Pace Vehicles drive in front of the lead riders.

Santa Fe Century and Millhopper Ramble

Santa Fe Century Course Supervisor: Charles Courtney

  • Michael E. Grussemeyer
  • Logan Glanzer
  • Ajith Perera after 10 am
  • Dean Mimms afternoon
  • vacant
  • vacant

Pace Vehicle

  • vacant
  • vacant

Gravel Challenge Ride Leaders

  • Todd Leedy
  • Jayson O'Mahoney

Horse Farm Hundred

Horse Farm Hundred Course Supervisor: Tim Dalrymple

  • Michael E. Grussemeyer
  • Ajith Perera
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Pace Vehicle

  • vacant
  • vacant

Gravel Meander Ride Leader

  • Kathy Benton

Course Workers

These persons ensure that the course is marked and safe for the riders. The Signing Crews prepare and place signs on the course at critical places to help the riders stay on the course and find points of interest.

Clean-up Crew

441 Saturday Bike Lane Clean-up: vacant

Painting Crew

Painting Chief: Bill Roberts

  • Colin Hines
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Signing Crews

Signing Chief: Lambert Vaes
Sign Transition Coordinator: Lambert Vaes

Santa Fe Century

  • Lower Half Crew
  • Bob Newman
  • Suzanne Newman
  • Upper Half Crew
  • Anthony Bouton
  • J. Allen Morgan
  • Retrieval Crew
  • Lambert Vaes
  • Leo Verhaeren

Horse Farm Hundred

  • Upper Loop
  • Jamie Burns
  • Neal Simonson
  • Lower Loops
  • James Claus
  • Velvet Yates
  • Retrieval Crew
  • Allyson Gill
  • Andrew Gill

Facilities | Course | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Aid Stops

Gainesville Cycling Festival Aid Director: Colin Hines

Food Director: Barry Nason
Equipment Manager : vacant
Loadmaster: Larry Lambert
Truck Director: Juliane Struve
Supply Tub Manager: Kathy Smith
Supply Tub Assistant: Karen Lee Labarge
Supply Tub Helper Lisa Hawkins
Garbage and Recycling Manager: vacant

Aid Stops | Santa Fe | Horse Farm

Set Up and Clean Up

A chance to volunteer and still do all of the rides.
We need a few extra hands throughout the week before and after the Festival to stage, move, load, and clean up. Most of this work occurs at Springhill Self Storage 3500 NW 97th Blvd.

Friday Evening (October 20) - Truck Loading Crew - 4 pm

  • Larry Lambert Loadmaster
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant Millhopper Crew Chief

Saturday Afternoon (October 21) - Truck Loading Crew - 6 pm
Meet at Club warehouse

  • Larry Lambert Loadmaster
  • Barry Nason Food Director
  • Kathy Smith Supply Tub Manager
  • vacant First Magnitude Crew Chief
  • Stephen Perz Flemington Crew Chief
  • vacant Evinston Crew Chief
  • Drew Robertson
  • vacant
  • vacant

Sunday Evening (October 22) - Unload and Clean Up Crew - 4 pm

  • vacant Warehouse Manager
  • Drew Robertson
  • Colin Hines
  • vacant
  • vacant

Aid (Rest) Stops

Spend a day in the countryside, with food. Hand food out to riders, mix Gatorade, cook hot dogs, maybe go for ice.

There will be a meeting for Crew Chief's on Tuesday, October 17, at 6:30 pm (if your name below does not have "Crew Chief" after it, you should not attend). Food will be available during the meeting. It will be held at the Pierce residence (attendees will receive an email with the address).

Santa Fe Century

Truck Crew

  • Colin Hines
  • vacant

Northwest Boys Club (set up 6:30 am, open 6:30 am - 8:30 am)

  • Drew Robertson

Millhopper Road (set up 8:15 am, open 8:45 am - 10 am)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant

Bland (set up 7:45 am, open 9:00 am - 11:30 am)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Watermelon Park (Myrtis) (set up 9:15 am, open 10:00 am - 1 pm)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Worthington Springs (set up at 10 am, open 10:30 am - 3:30 pm)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • Lew Ladd
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Hague (DeSoto Park) (set up 8:30 am, open 9:30 am - 5 pm)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant
  • vacant
  • vacant

Horse Farm Hundred

First Magnitude Brewery (set up 6:30 am, opens 7 am)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant AM
  • vacant AM
  • vacant 12 - 6 pm
  • vacant 12 - 6 pm

Flemington (set up 6:30 am, opens 7 am - 3 pm)

  • Stephen Perz , Crew Chief
  • vacant , Deputy Crew Chief
  • Renee Langford , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • Debby Courtney , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • Renee Langford , coffee delivery, AM Crew
  • vacant , PM Crew
  • vacant , PM Crew
  • vacant , PM Crew
  • vacant , PM Crew

Evinston (set up 9:15 am, opens 9:30 am - 10:30 am)

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • vacant

Facilities | Course | Aid | Packet Stuffing

Registration

Registrar: Roger Pierce

Most of the registrar work is done in the hour or two before the ride starts. It can be intense, but you should be able to go on the ride after completing your job. Because you need to know what you are doing before the hordes arrive, all new registrars must come to Friday night registration to learn the ropes. Registrars normally work both Saturday and Sunday.

Friday afternoon Moving/Setup Crew

  • Aditya De Saha
  • Mike Beckham

Friday 5 - 8 pm at North West Boys Club

  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • Registrar: Dorian Rose
  • T-Shirts: Kristine Wullenweber
  • Pre-picker: Janet Gellert
  • Pre-picker: Bruce Higgins

Saturday 6:30 - 8:30 am at North West Boys Club

  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • Registrar: Gwen Creel
  • T-Shirts: vacant
  • Pre-picker: Bruce Higgins
  • Pre-picker: vacant
  • Pre-picker: Robert Ries
  • Pre-picker: George Bowen
  • Snipper/Aid: Judy Gardner
  • Snipper/Aid: vacant

Saturday 8:30 am - 5 pm at North West Boys Club

  • Staff 8:00 am - 1 pm: vacant
  • Staff 12:30 pm - 5 pm: vacant

Sunday 7 - 8:30 am at First Magnitude Brewery

  • Registrar: Lynn Weir
  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • T-Shirts: Bruce Higgins
  • Pre-picker: Krin Cosner
  • Pre-picker: George Bowen
  • Pre-picker: Robert Ries
  • Pre-picker: Aditya De Saha
  • Snipper/Aid: Judy Gardner
  • Snipper/Aid: Richard Pushaw

Sunday 7 - 9 am at Flemington

  • Registrar: vacant
  • Registrar: vacant
  • Pre-picker: Lisa Hawkins
  • Pre-picker: vacant

T-shirts
Santa Fe T-shirt Design: Tessa Blood
Horse Farm T-shirt Design: Alejandro Sanchez
T-shirt Transportation Thursday morning October 19: vacant

Facilities | Course | Aid | Registration

Party

Packet Stuffing Party, Thursday, October 19, 2:30 - 7 pm or 6 - 10 pm at the Pierce/Dimitri residence, 5015 NW 19th Place. From NW 43rd St turn west onto 19th Avenue. At 46th St jog right and then left onto NW 19th Place. 5015 is at the end on the left. Park head on into the curb so we can fit more cars in the cul de sac. We have a barefoot house (if you don't do barefoot, socks are OK).

During the first phase (2:30 - 6 pm), we sort, count, label, and fold t-shirts.

Eating is scheduled from 6 to 7 pm (PARTY!)

Packet production gets underway by 7 pm (earlier if we can get finished eating earlier). Each person is important during this phase -- if you will have a problem attending, let the coordinator know ASAP!

Coordinator: Roger Pierce 378-7063

AFTERNOON T-SHIRT STAFF

  • Judy Gardner
  • Krin Cosner
  • Lynn Weir
  • Richard Pushaw
  • Karen Lee Labarge
  • Lisa Hawkins

EVENING PACKET STAFF

  • Packet Labeler: Judy Gardner
  • Map Manager: vacant
  • Picker: Kristine Wullenweber
  • Picker: Dorian Rose
  • Picker: Bob Newman
  • Picker: James Hanak
  • Audit Secretary: Suzanne Newman
  • Auditor: vacant
  • Auditor: Lisa Hawkins
  • Stuffer: vacant
  • Stuffer: Janet Gellert
  • Stuffer: vacant
  • Packet Box Manager: Mike Beckham
  • Boxer: vacant
  • Boxer: vacant
  • Boxer: Karen Lee Labarge

Kitchen Staff / Backups

Last year's volunteers.