Christchurch Quake Appeal Ride (Wgtn) (Sat 19 March)

[StoneY]

Will try and made this ride if I don't have to work.
Great Idea, many Wellingtonians supported my ride last year for Ronald McDonald House, only fair to return the favour, but I must ask, why only $10 per bike (Sorry)

You can also buy the ride badge and if you like drop a fiddy in the collection buckets at the PnJ

The event there will be open to all public using the Station Village bars and Cafe's to maximise the collection take.

Of course we only want sober riders leaving the event, so if you intend to drink take ya bikes home and return by other means.
PnJ are giving their band over for the 3rd band, BRONZ has organised the first two bands, kicking off on our arrival.

Good food, good times, good cause, and I just spoke with Blackdog. He is grateful for us providing marshals, its STILL his Gig (the ride) ok all?

Its good to be a biker.....
Christchurch, we will do our collective best to assist with your re-building.
Thanks to all who have contributed positively, and to Ian for getting the ball rolling, whatever the inspiration.

I will post tomorrow with two websites setup by Internal Affairs to give full details on official government sponsored support systems for the quake relief, loads of good info there, just forgot to send the URLs home.

Brent

[Virago]

At the request of the OP, some posts which are no longer relevant have been removed, to reinforce the positive message of the thread.

Awesome effort guys, good to see this ride coming together.

[jonesy63]

hi there, Count myself and the other half in. Cheers Jonesy GO CHCH

[StoneY]

Aye...come by and grab my donation at least!

Big ups to all organizing such things.

Just wondering....would making WMCC a stop as mid ride point be a good idea???

Positive feedback sought please - lets plan as safe a route as possible

[blackdog]

Just wondering....would making WMCC a stop as mid ride point be a good idea???

Positive feedback sought please - lets plan as safe a route as possible

Big thanks stoney, ratti and bronz for getting in behind us to make sure this is going to be successful.

The thought of getting into town, and past wmcc had crossed my mind, how many bikes do we realistically expect?

Riding past might not be outta the question, in through terrace tunnel and out along the quays. If it's possible logistically it would be cool to ride through Wellington, but traffic will be heavy through there at that time too I suspect.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Just wondering....would making WMCC a stop as mid ride point be a good idea???

Positive feedback sought please - lets plan as safe a route as possible

I think room is the issue mate

[StoneY]

True Crasher.

Ok as promised here is the two URLs from Internal Affairs that link to the official govt suppor pages
Ones just a facebook page

http://www.christchurchearthquakeappeal.govt.nz/

www.facebook.com/ChristchurchEarthquakeAppeal

[chanceyy]

Ok just to make sure I have the right end of the stick (and for a few others who are confused)

Ride $10 per bike (yes)
Badges can be purchased (cost is ? )
donation tins for the bands at P & J (no other door charges)?

just helps for ppl to know how much cash to bring esp those who budget

now to check the Tri dates as have a tri that weekend as well

You can also buy the ride badge and if you like drop a fiddy in the collection buckets at the PnJ

The event there will be open to all public using the Station Village bars and Cafe's to maximise the collection take.

Of course we only want sober riders leaving the event, so if you intend to drink take ya bikes home and return by other means.
PnJ are giving their band over for the 3rd band, BRONZ has organised the first two bands, kicking off on our arrival.

Good food, good times, good cause, and I just spoke with Blackdog. He is grateful for us providing marshals, its STILL his Gig (the ride) ok all?

Its good to be a biker.....
Christchurch, we will do our collective best to assist with your re-building.
Thanks to all who have contributed positively, and to Ian for getting the ball rolling, whatever the inspiration.

I will post tomorrow with two websites setup by Internal Affairs to give full details on official government sponsored support systems for the quake relief, loads of good info there, just forgot to send the URLs home.

Brent

[Ms Piggy]

Can the badges only be purchased if you go to P'n'J after the ride? I'd like a badge but have other commitments so can't go to P'n'J.
Thanks, Ms Piggy

[blackdog]

Thank you all for your support so far.

After brief consultation with the organising parties, we think the best route is as follows.

1030 leave Police College.

All assemble again at Caltex, Old Hutt Road to pick up our scooter friends, lets say 1100 ish (north of ngaio gorge lights), and all others that couldn't make it to Aotea Lagoon.

From here it is straight to the P n' J. We will decide if we go straight to melling or via the esplanade and cuba st depending on the hands in the air to muscle the lights for us.

Thanks all for getting behind us to make this work, I can't wait to meet you on the day.

[blackdog]

Can the badges only be purchased if you go to P'n'J after the ride? I'd like a badge but have other commitments so can't go to P'n'J.
Thanks, Ms Piggy

I'll make sure there is one with ur name on it. Stay in touch sweet.

[Ratti]

the badges will have NO REFERENCE to BRONZ. This is about the Earthquake Appeal, lets keep it that way.

Anyone can buy one, including punters at the Station complex. due to the short notice, our badge maker cant get these done in time. Order forms will be circulating with a pic of the badge ( the design is sorted ) pay us $10 on the day, and we will post it to you in about a month. We need a minimum of 100 orders, if we don't get that many, then your money will go directly to the fund as a donation.

Ian will be pleased that the BRONZ secretary has cleared up confusion regarding liabilities of the organiser. My bad on this one, I was confused about liability. I've been organising rides using the requirements for competitive events, and these are not necessary for an event of this type. Only requirement is good manners from participants and for riders to follow normal road rules, no blocking traffic, running red lights. The Police will be watching closely and ticketing anyone silly enough to try it on.

Im looking forward to meeting you all, do bowl on up and make yourself known. Im the tall middle-aged woman with waist length dreads. Probably riding Ducky on the day ( bright yellow hyper scoot )

see you all on the 19th

[blackdog]

the badges will have NO REFERENCE to BRONZ. This is about the Earthquake Appeal, lets keep it that way.

Anyone can buy one, including punters at the Station complex. due to the short notice, our badge maker cant get these done in time. Order forms will be circulating with a pic of the badge ( the design is sorted ) pay us $10 on the day, and we will post it to you in about a month. We need a minimum of 100 orders, if we don't get that many, then your money will go directly to the fund as a donation.

Ian will be pleased that the BRONZ secretary has cleared up confusion regarding liabilities of the organiser. My bad on this one, I was confused about liability. I've been organising rides using the requirements for competitive events, and these are not necessary for an event of this type. Only requirement is good manners from participants and for riders to follow normal road rules, no blocking traffic, running red lights. The Police will be watching closely and ticketing anyone silly enough to try it on.

Im looking forward to meeting you all, do bowl on up and make yourself known. Im the tall middle-aged woman with waist length dreads. Probably riding Ducky on the day ( bright yellow hyper scoot )

see you all on the 19th

Thanks Ratti you are a gem. Not often something like this gets easier as it goes along!

Anyone organising groups from manawatu/horowhenua, and wairarapa to meet up with us? (don't want the aucks showing us up now do we?)

[Ratti]

BD, it's a pleasure working with you hon.

p.s. given the shocking weather this morning here in soggy Wellington, wots the plan in case its raining on the day. The gig at the Station Complex can go ahead, will you still ride regardless?

[HappyGOriding]

Anyone organising groups from manawatu/horowhenua, and wairarapa to meet up with us? (don't want the aucks showing us up now do we?)

Yep comin down for this one and was planin on posting up some times and meeting spots on various threads to see if others want to ride en masse to starting point. If no one else does it sooner I'll do so closer to the actual date (like weekend before ride)