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>I’m looking for guidance here ……… For some years >anyone wanting an early or late number in our evening >TTs has phoned or emailed me and it’s been no problem. >However, in the last year or so, and particularly this >season, it’s increased considerably. Some are just >asking for ANY number, just to make sure they get a >ride. Even some private entries do this. Sometimes I’m >out for the day and don’t pick up all the messages. >The problem occurs when I arrive at the event and >people who have arrived early find they are off at >no.25 or later. We’ve already had a couple of members >who couldn’t get a ride because we were “full”. This >puts me in a difficult position – should I refuse all >private entries until everyone else has signed on? >Should I refuse all “advance bookings”? I don’t want >to have to do this, I just want as many people as >possible to enjoy their ride, but neither do I want >members disgruntled because they have to wait an hour >to start, or worse. I have thought of a system where >regular members are issued with a “squad number” which >only gets allocated to someone else if they let me >know in advance they won’t be riding, or fail to >arrive say 20 minutes before they are due to start. >The problem there is we probably have about 30 - 35 >members who ride at least 3 weeks out of 4, so it’s a >big squad. Any other ideas? Lets have your views then >we can take the discussion to committee. It could be >that the majority are happy with the current system, >then that view is equally valid. I just don't want to >have to make up the rules on the spot.

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