Gainesville Cycling Festival

October 22-23, 2016

Volunteer Page

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 19, at noon. To get a special t-shirt, enter before t-shirt cutoff on October 12.

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: Roger Pierce

Master of Ceremonies: Richard Ritari

T-shirt Transportation: Carl Hillman

Santa Fe T-shirt Design: Michael McAleer

Horse Farm T-shirt Design: Michael McAleer

Massage Coordinator: Glen Morey

Course | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Facilities

Facility Director: Velvet Yates

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

Boys Club Facility Manager: Fairlie Bagley

First Magnitude Facility Manager:
Parking support persons:

Flemington Facility Manager: Neal Adams

Arch

Set up and tear down the arch at the Boys Club on Saturday and at Flemington on Sunday.

Arch Master: Jim Wilson

Facilities | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Course

Gainesville Cycling Festival Course Marshall: 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 $25 gas money.

The Pace Vehicles drive in front of the lead riders.

There will be a drivers meeting on Sunday, October 18, at 4 pm. Dinner will be served after the meeting. It will be held 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).

Food Transport (Sun): Melinda Koken

Santa Fe Century and Millhopper Ramble

Santa Fe Century Course Supervisor: Len Cabrera

Pace Vehicle

Horse Farm Hundred

Horse Farm Hundred Course Supervisor: Chandler Otis

Pace Vehicle

Gravel Challenge Ride Leaders

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.

Painting Crew

Painting Chief: Chandler Otis

Signing Crews

Signing Chief: Scott Pfaff

Pre-event Support

Santa Fe Century

Horse Farm Hundred

Facilities | Course | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Aid Stops

Gainesville Cycling Festival Aid Director: Neal Adams

Food Director: Bob Newman
Loadmaster:
Truck Director:
Supply Tub Manager:

Aid Stops | Santa Fe | Horse Farm

Set Up and Clean Up

A chance to volunteer and still do all of the rides.
In the week before the Festival, we empty the club warehouse and dump all of the stuff at Club HQ. In addition, we buy lots of food and supplies. We need a few extra hands throughout the week before and after the Festival to stage, move, load, and clean up. All of this work occurs 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.

Tuesday Afternoon Food Unloading Crew (Oct 20, 3 pm)

Wednesday Afternoon Equipment Transfer Crew (Oct 21, 3 pm)

Wednesday Food Staging (Oct 21, 6-9 pm)

Thursday Food Staging (Oct 22 4-8 pm)

Friday Evening (Oct 23 - Truck Loading Crew - 5-8 pm

Saturday Afternoon (Oct 24) - Truck Loading Crew - 3-7 pm

Sunday Evening (Oct 25) - Unload and Clean Up Crew - 6 pm

Monday Evening (Oct 26) - Post-event Clean Up Crew - 5 pm

Tuesday Afternoon (Oct 27) - Post-event Transport Crew - 2 pm

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 Monday, October 19, at 6 pm (if your name below does not have "Crew Chief" after it, you should not attend). Dinner will be served at 6, and the meeting will start after we finish eating. It will be held 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).

Food Transport (Mon): Melinda Koken

Santa Fe Century

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

Millhopper Road (set up 8:15 am, open 8:45 am - 11 am)

High Springs (set up 8:15 am, open 8:45 am - 11 am)

Watermelon Park (Myrtis) (set up 9:30 am, open 10:00 am - 1 pm)

Worthington Springs (set up at 10:30 am, open 11 am - 3:30 pm)

Hague (DeSoto Park) (set up 9:45 am, open 10:30 am - 5 pm)

Horse Farm Hundred

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

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

Lunch (set up 7:45 am, opens 9 am - 2 pm)

Evinston / Last Stop at Trail (set up 9:30 am, opens 9:45 am - 5 pm)

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.

Computer Input Staff

Friday afternoon Moving/Setup Crew

Friday 5 - 8 pm at North West Boys Club

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

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

Saturday 2:30 - 5 pm at North West Boys Club
(Split out packets for Flemington and Teams)

Sunday 7 - 8:30 am at First Magnitude Brewery

Sunday 7 - 9 am at Flemington

Facilities | Course | Aid | Registration

Party

Packet Stuffing Party, Thursday, Oct 22, 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!

AFTERNOON T-SHIRT STAFF

EVENING PACKET STAFF

Kitchen Staff / Backups

Photos

Last year's volunteers.