March 29-30, 2025

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 coordinator.

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, March 26, at noon. T-shirts are in short supply; register ASAP to have a chance at your size. Do not do a Festival registration until your volunteer position(s) are displayed on the News page in the Members Area so that the system will know you are entitled to your benefits.

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: Roger Pierce

Publicity Director: Javier Espinosa

Master of Ceremonies: Richard Ritari

Masseuse: Glen Morey

Warehouse Manager: vacant

Santa Fe Photographer: William McCombie

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: Dean Mimms
Parking support persons:

  • Angelique Boyer
  • vacant

Air Dancers

Set up air dancers as needed.

Dance Master: Jim Wilson

Facilities | Aid | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Course

Gainesville Cycling Festival Course Marshall: William Anderson

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

  • James Bernstein
  • Matthew Kinser
  • George Dondanville
  • Kathy Benton
  • vacant
  • Gary Jones

Pace Vehicle

  • vacant
  • vacant

Gravel Challenge Ride Leaders

  • Todd Leedy
  • vacant

Horse Farm Hundred

Horse Farm Hundred Course Supervisor: Carl Hillman

  • Philip Irwin
  • Steve Howell
  • Kathy Benton
  • Todd Leedy
  • John J. Johnston
  • 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: Sue Bowers

Painting Crew

Painting Chief: Bill Roberts

South Painting Crew

  • Bill Roberts Chief
  • Kristine Wullenweber

North Painting Crew

  • Jack Payne Chief
  • vacant

Signing Crews

Signing Chief: vacant
Sign Transition Coordinator: vacant

Santa Fe Century

  • Lower Half Crew
  • Anthony Bouton
  • Sandy Hazeltine
  • Upper Half Crew
  • vacant
  • J. Allen Morgan
  • Retrieval Crew
  • Anthony Bouton
  • Jose Leon

Horse Farm Hundred

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

Facilities | Course | Registration | Packet Stuffing

Aid Stops

Gainesville Cycling Festival Aid Director: Neal Adams

Food Director: Barry Nason
Equipment Manager : vacant
Loadmaster: Larry Lambert
Truck Driver: Michael Willett
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 (March 28) - Truck Loading Crew - 4 pm

  • Larry Lambert Loadmaster
  • Bud Jones
  • Glen Morey
  • Aditya De Saha
  • Bob Newman Millhopper Crew Chief

Saturday Afternoon (March 29) - Truck Loading Crew - 6 pm
Meet at Club warehouse

  • Larry Lambert Loadmaster
  • Barry Nason Food Director
  • Kathy Smith Supply Tub Manager
  • Tim Dalrymple First Magnitude Crew Chief
  • Stephen Perz Flemington Crew Chief
  • vacant Evinston Crew Chief
  • Bud Jones
  • Aditya De Saha
  • Mike Myers

Sunday Evening (March 30) - Unload and Clean Up Crew - 4 pm

  • vacant Warehouse Manager
  • Aditya De Saha
  • Lew Ladd
  • Mike Myers
  • 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, March 25, 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

  • Danielle Willett
  • Logan Willett

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

  • Bob Newman , Crew Chief
  • Suzanne Newman

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

  • Juliane Struve , Crew Chief
  • Melinda Koken
  • John Menoski
  • Jean West
  • Judy Harris

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

  • Daniel Dresdner , Crew Chief
  • Chris Brew
  • Michael Woodard
  • vacant
  • vacant

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

  • Steven Lachnicht , Crew Chief
  • Linda Brodsky
  • Hal Brodsky
  • Michael Gengler
  • vacant
  • vacant

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

  • Jayson O'Mahoney , Crew Chief
  • Mark Phillips
  • Philip Irwin
  • vacant

Horse Farm Hundred

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

  • Tim Dalrymple , Crew Chief
  • Kristine Wullenweber AM
  • Dorian Rose AM
  • Maria Fiedler 12 - 6 pm
  • Jill Cunningham 12 - 6 pm

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

  • Stephen Perz , Crew Chief
  • Jo Hartman , Deputy Crew Chief
  • Adam Wendling , AM Crew
  • Debby Courtney , AM Crew
  • Nemo Omen , AM Crew
  • vacant , AM Crew
  • Renee Langford , coffee delivery, AM Crew
  • Caryl McKellar , PM Crew
  • Paula Waterman , PM Crew
  • Lew Ladd , PM Crew
  • vacant , PM Crew

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

  • vacant , Crew Chief
  • Judy Harris

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

  • Mike Beckham
  • Jack Payne

Friday 5 - 8 pm at North West Boys Club

  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • Registrar: vacant
  • Pre-picker: Janet Gellert
  • Pre-picker: Kristine Wullenweber

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

  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • Registrar: vacant
  • T-Shirts: Maria Fiedler
  • Pre-picker: Robert Ries
  • Pre-picker: Kristine Wullenweber
  • Pre-picker: Mike Beckham
  • Pre-picker: George Bowen
  • Snipper/Aid: Judy Gardner
  • Snipper/Aid: Caryl McKellar

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

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

Sunday 7 - 8:30 am at First Magnitude Brewery

  • Registrar: George Bowen
  • Registrar: Jack Payne
  • Pre-picker: Mike Beckham
  • Pre-picker: Krin Cosner
  • Pre-picker: vacant
  • Pre-picker: Richard Pushaw
  • Snipper/Aid: Judy Gardner
  • Snipper/Aid: Robert Ries

Sunday 7 - 9 am at Flemington

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

T-shirts
Santa Fe T-shirt Design: Roger Pierce
Horse Farm T-shirt Design: Roger Pierce
T-shirt Transportation Thursday morning March 27: Sue Bowers

Facilities | Course | Aid | Registration

Party

Packet Stuffing Party, Thursday, March 27, 3 - 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 (3 - 6 pm), we count, label, and sort 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
  • Karen Lee Labarge
  • Paula Ambroso
  • Janet Gellert
  • Bud Jones
  • Lisa Hawkins

EVENING PACKET STAFF

  • Packet Labeler: Judy Gardner
  • Picker: Lisa Hawkins
  • Picker: Krin Cosner
  • Picker: Maria Fiedler
  • Packet Box Manager: Mike Beckham
  • Boxer: Sue Bowers
  • Boxer: Richard Pushaw

Kitchen Staff / Backups

Last year's volunteers.