Welcome

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Welcome Thank you for Joining The Movement

• Staff Introduction
• Thank you for coming (thank you sponsors)
• Introductions-Agenda for the evening
• Fundraising Index Cards

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Film Festival Video
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Where Does Your Money Go
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Where Does the Money Go?
Items your donations can provide  
Bathroom Bars 100.00
Incontinent Supplies for one month 100.00
Air Conditioning Window Unit 250.00
Provide recommended books in Public Libraries 250.00
Manual Wheelchair 300.00
Send someone to Self Help Group Leadership Training 350.00
Power Wheelchair  400.00
Bathroom Benches 400.00
Send a Person with MS to Camp Can Do 450.00
Public transportation certificates for one year 600.00
Modification for car  1,600.00
Scooter 1,800.00
Lifts for Cars 1,800.00
Ramps for houses 2,500.00
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Recommended Austin Rides

• Saturday, March 01, 2008
• Pedal Through The Pines Bastrop
• Saturday, March 08, 2008
• Spokes n Spurs Austin
• Saturday, March 29, 2008
• The Rosedale Ride Austin
• Saturday, April 05, 2008
• Pedal Power Wildflower Ride Stonewall
• Saturday, April 05, 2008
• Smokin Spokes Bike Ride Austin

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Ride Marshals

• Has your team met its requirements?
• Ridden in 2 BP MS 150s
• CPR/First Aid Certified
• Ride Marshal Training
• Deadline end of January.
• Contact
• Barron Lozano bklozano_at_hotmail.com
• Brian Hatt brianrhatt_at_att.net

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Team Camaraderie

• Hilary Trammell
• Team Captain for
• Mustang/Wood
• 2. Ride Marshal
• 3. Participates in all 3 MS 150
• Bike Tours

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Bringing AND KeepingYour Team Together

• Take time to stop and smell the flowers!

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Camaraderie

• Planned team gatherings
• Make them affordable for families who ride
  together
• Picnics after tough rides
• Mentoring
• Veteran riders take turns helping new riders
• Think back to your newbie days and answer the
  questions they are embarrassed to ask (shifting,
  shorts with or without undies, etc.)

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FUN, FUN, FUN

• Remember, the more fun they have the more likely
  they will be to ride again.
• GET THEM TRAINED being prepared for a 2-day
  bike tour will allow them to have fun and enjoy
  the tour.
• Start out short and flat and then ramp up
  training rides for distance and be sure to add
  hills
• Give them a 62-mile deadlineBy this date you
  should be able to ride 62 miles.

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MISSION POSSIBLE

• Educate the team about MS put a face to it.
• This will help to develop deeper commitments to
  the fundraising aspect.
• Hold team fundraisers so money is not an object.

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Why are you involved in the BP
MS150?
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Background

• Jason Bozic
• Business Analyst
• 3 year team captain for National Oilwell Varco
• 2006 Rookie Team Captain
• 27 riders in 2006 raided over 56K
• 91 riders in 2007 raised over 139K
• 185 riders in 2008goal is 250K

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Cycling Team Meeting

• Do you remember
• Your first bike?
• How MS touched
  you?
• Where we need to go next?
• The basics?

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Back to the Basics with MS

• Do you remember
• Your first bike ride?

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Back to the Basics with MS

• Do you remember
• Your first accident?

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Back to the Basics with MS

• Do you remember
• Your first MS150?

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Back to the Basics with MS

• Do you remember
• The first time you saw someone with MS?

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Back to the Basics with MS

• Do you remember
• Why people really ride in the MS150?

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Fundraising
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Fundraising NOV Dunking Booth

• Dunking Booth Contest
• Raised 25K in 2006
• Raised 16K in 2007
• Estimated to raise 30K in 2008

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• With Teamwork
• Anything is Possible

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Fundraising Dunking Booth

• Prep Work 8 Easy Steps
• Set a date
• Rent your dunking booths
• Get 10 volunteers
• Recruit 15 20 high profile people
• Get prizes
• Have lunch provided
• Build your marketing / communications
• Have Fun!!!

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Fundraising Other Ideas

• Jeans Friday
• BBQ lunch
• Car wash
• Happy hour
• Dinner at a restaurant
• Candle sale
• Concert
• 3rd party sponsorship
• Bake sale / dessert sale

• Poker Tournament
• Neighborhood spaghetti dinner
• Bingo night
• Favorite college jersey day
• Ride your bike to work contest
• Silent auction
• Pie in the eye contest
• Bowling night
• House party

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Building a Committee

• Why should we have committees?
• You cant do everything yourself
• You need to have team players to
• help make it a TEAM

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Building a Committee

• A few suggestions
• Define your objectives as the leader
• Seek out dedicated members that will bring
  diversity and leadership to the committee and the
  team
• Have a member for each major task
• Provide the direction as the leader
• Follow-up with members to build relationships
• Schedule re-cap meetings
• Make it special

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Lets Do it Together

• We are here to make a difference as activists
• We are here to be the voice for people that have
  MS
• We are here to stand for leadership
• We are here to find a cure for MS

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Partnership for Safety

• Cyclist Safety Training
• for
• Large Rides

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Introduction

• Preston Tyree
• League of American Bicyclists
• Cycling Instructor 518
• Regional Trainer
• Director of Educaton
• Lone Star Chapter
• BPMS150 Houston to Austin
• Steering Committee (20 years)
• Rider 15 year 4 different bicycles
• Safety Task Force
• Ride Marshal

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League of American Bicyclists

• The only national education organization
• Develops curricula
• Trains instructors
• Teach
• Children
• Adults
• Motorists

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Bike Ed Program

• Kids I
• Kids II
• Road I
• Road II
• Commuter
• Motorist
• Group Riding Skills

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League Cycling Instructors

• Experienced Cyclists
• Trained to Teach
• In the classroom
• In parking lots
• On the road

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NMSS has a tough job

• Safety is a prime directive
• Safety quiz
• Bike inspections
• Group Riding Skills course
• Law enforcement
• Warning signs
• Sag and Emergency vehicles
• Ride Marshals

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Safety on the Ride

• Convince riders they must take charge
• Cyclists can avoid 90 of the crashes
• 70 Bike handling
• 15 Obey the rules
• 10 Help other people make good decisions
• 05 Hazard avoidance techniques

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Rest Stops

• Keep them well back from the road
• Mark decel and accel lanes if possible
• Wave riders who are not stopping through

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Pacelines

• In mass rides pacelines can be dangerous.
• You must discourage them
• Give people some hints how to make them safe
• Tell them to leave a line acting in a dangerous
  manner

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Hydration tips

• Hydrate earlyone week before ride
• Hydrate oftenone bottle each hour
• Hydrate rightone bottle of electrolyte (or more)
  for each bottle of water.
• If your skin feels cold or you have goose bumps
  then stop get in the shade and drink. Signal for
  a sag vehicle.

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Ride Marshals

• Safety and Good Will Ambassadors who help keep
  the MS riders safe while riding the routes. 
• MS 150 Ride Marshals should meet all of the
  following minimum requirements 
• Be passionate and knowledgeable about safe
  cycling
• Have completed at least two (2) MS 150 rides
• Provide proof of current CPR/First Aid Training.
• Complete a on-bike (3 hr minimum) cycling safety
  class

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Training Rides

• Encourage people to ride in large group rides
  during training Recommended Rides
• Saddle time
• Small groups
• Traffic rules
• Known roads

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Large Rides

• One or two days Longer distance
• Large groups
• Suspend traffic rules
• Unknown roads
• Encourage people to take Group Riding Skills class

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Group Riding Skills

• Control
• Proximity
• Control with Proximity
• Large Group practice

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Partnership for Safety

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• League of American Bicyclists

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Questions?
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Team Awards

• Safety Award-new requirements to qualify

Moving Forward Award
Mission Possible
100,000 and beyond!
Fundraising Awards
Rookie Veteran Team Captain
Jersey Awards
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New Awards Process

• Awards Application Submission Process
• Survey Monkey
• Start thinking now which awards you would like to
  apply for.

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Safety Award

• Safety Pledge
• Safety Award Criteria
• -3 Levels
• -More Measurable

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Million Dollar Teams

• Team BP 4.5 million
• Anadarko 4.17 million
• ConocoPhillips 1.95 million
• DOW 1.94 million
• Sun and Ski 1.8 million
• ExxonMobil 1.6 million
• Team Donato,
• Minx Brown 1.1 million
• Bike Barn 1 million

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Logistics, January - Early March

• Tent forms- due NOW
• Porto-let forms- due March 1
• TX Dot Notification for offsite Team Starts, Day
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• Changes that we want to promote now
  i.e.-sponsorship, La Grange, parking or parking
  pass changes.

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Packet Pick Up

• No PPU at the Omni on Friday
• Bob Bullock Museum
• March 18, 2008
• 4-7pm
• National MS Society Office Austin
• April 9, 2008
• 11 am 7 pm
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Group Packet Pick Up
Team PPU Example Team PPU Example Team PPU Example Team PPU Example Team PPU Example
Rider Last Name First Name T-Shirt Size Pedal
Number Last Name First Name T-Shirt Size Partner
  Smith Trisha MEDIUM CHAMPS Blank
  Smith William Pitkin (Will) SMALL  
  Smith William Pitkin (Bill) SMALL  
  Smith William P. (Bill) X-LARGE  
  Smith Stephen MEDIUM  
  Smith Elizabeth SMALL  
  Smith Lupe MEDIUM CHAMPS Blank
  Smith rico LARGE  
  Smith Tina MEDIUM  
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Closing

• Dates
• 300 Club Ride (Top Fundraisers too)
• January 27, 2008 at 9am
• Fayetteville, TX
• Austin Logistics Meeting Bob Bullock Museum on
  March 18, 2008