RATS is leading up the effort to provide communications support for the annual Heart of Virginia Bike Ride, sponsored by the Richmond Area Bicycling Association (RABA) on September 13 and 14, 2008. We need about 24 amateurs to fully staff the headquarters station, 4 rest stops each day, and the 4 SAG wagons (vehicles - theirs, not ours) that follow the riders providing support. On Friday, we will meet to set up at the Patrick Henry YMCA in Ashland which is the headquarters for the event, and will house our net control station. Beginning at 5:00AM on Saturday morning, we will staff 3 rest stops (by moving from one to another after the riders have passed), and ride shotgun with the 4 SAG wagons. We also intend to shadow Bud Vie, the person in charge of the event. We should be done by 5:00PM Saturday, then will staff another set of rest stops and SAG wagons from 5:00AM until 3:00PM on Sunday. We've broken the days up into shifts to make it easier to volunteer and feel tied up all day long. If you can volunteer, please go to this link

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p_7fgCOr81FKA5ZZcbwCiSw&email=true

 and fill out the form. If you signed up on a sign up sheet, you don't need to do this. For more  info about the Heart of Virginia Bike Festival, go to the RABA website at http://www.raba.org. For more info about our involvement, email Tray Murphy or George Bean.