[ORRando] ORRando Digest, Vol 40, Issue 11

Wed Sep 17 12:08:50 PDT 2008

Topic: Does anybody need a roommate for the Dalles 600K?
I'm hoping to arrive early Friday and then sleep in the Dalles Sunday night.
If anyone wants to carpool, I'd be up for that as well.
Sal

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>   1. RUSA Board Elections - Famed Seattle Rider Jeff Tilden    Backs
>      Eric Vigoren for RUSA Board (Peter D. Beeson II)
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> From: "Peter D. Beeson II" <PeterTwo at SeattleInsuranceAgency.com>
> Subject: [ORRando] RUSA Board Elections - Famed Seattle Rider Jeff
>        Tilden  Backs Eric Vigoren for RUSA Board
> To: "'Seattle International Randonneurs'" <sir at phred.org>,
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> Dear Rando Riders:
>
> Please read Jeff Tilden's endorsement below of Eric Vigoren.  And cast your
> ballot by mail or by email for the two candidates of your choice (voting
> instructions are at the end of this email).
>
> This is the fourth written e-mail endorsement of Eric Vigoren: Michael
> Rasmussen, Duane Wright, Peg Winczewski and now Jeff  Tilden.
> Brought to you by the "Campaign to Elect Eric Vigoren", '08 Campaign
> Manager
> Peter Beeson
>
>  _____
>
> By:
> Jeff Tilden - SIR Legend, RCC - S2S Record Holder
> and All Around First Class Guy  Endorses Eric Vigoren for RUSA Board
> (byline penned by campaign manager Peter Beeson)
>
> Hi Fellow Riders:
>
>  I am delighted to endorse Eric Vigoren as a candidate for the RUSA Board.
> None of this will come as a surprise to the SIRs, but here are some things
> you should know:  (a) Eric has never had a bad day.  He is always smiling.
> In fact I think his mouth is just naturally turned in the shape of a grin.
> In all events, no matter what the time, or conditions, or the mileage, he
> is
> happy, infectiously happy.  Some of us ride in spite of the pain, or
> because
> of it.  Eric rides like silk; (b) Eric has never met anyone he did not
> like.
> Some might view this as poor taste, but Eric does not think so and many of
> the rest of us have benefited from this open-mindedness; (c) Eric always
> has
> time for slower riders, newer riders, and riders in trouble; (d) Eric has,
> with no fanfare, quietly performed much of the back office work for SIR
> that
> keeps the club humming.  Work that no one wants to do, but someone has to
> do.  He has hosted or co-hosted many of our brevets, invented a new
> populaire route last spring that was spectacular, and currently serves as
> our treasurer; (e) It is really a two-for-one deal, because his wife,
> Maggie
> Williams comes as part of the package.  Maggie writes our club's
> newsletter,
> a witty, self-deprecating, and not entirely fictitious description of club
> events.
>
> Finally, and maybe most importantly, Eric loves riding his bicycle.  In
> 2007, he rode 12,000 km, essentially one 200K a weekend.  Fortunately, I
> missed most of this with him, but you can see him now, swooping up some
> hill
> in the rain, dancing on the pedals in flight.  He'd be great.
>
>
>  _____
>
> Information about the candidates can be found at
>
> http://www.rusa.org/Download/2008-candidates.pdf
>
> The ballot can be found at
>
> http://www.rusa.org/Download/2008-ballot.pdf
>
> or one can vote by e-mail to
>
> mdayton at nc.rr.com
>
> with [RUSA] Board Election in the subject line.
>
>
>  _____
>
> Many thanks for your consideration of Eric Vigoren (SIR's Treasurer,
> Volunteer Extraordinaire) and of Edward Robinson (a great rider from Texas,
> heading up the national permanents program and would make a terrific
> addition to the RUSA board as a representative from the Southwest).
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter II
> '08 Campaign Manager for Eric Vigoren
>
> Peter D. Beeson II
> Seattle Insurance Agency, Inc.
> 2414 S.W. Andover Street, Suite E130
> Seattle, WA  98106
>
> ph: (206)937-4613  fax:(206)374-2610
> PeterTwo at SeattleInsuranceAgency.com
>
>
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