<div dir="ltr">fyi.<br><br>On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 6:43:59 PM UTC-7, dmp...@earthlink.net wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial">Members of Randonneurs USA </font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial"><font color="#222222">A new list-serve is available for women/those identifying as women in randonneuring/ultra-cycling (see detailed information below). </font></font></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial"><font color="#222222">This is not a RUSA initiative.  This has been shared with RUSA via the Membership Chairperson.  I wanted to take this opportunity to share this with members of the RUSA community for those that may be interested. </font></font></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial"><font color="#222222"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial"><font color="#222222">Women/</font></font><span style="font-family:Arial"><font color="#222222">those identifying as women </font></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><font color="#222222">may join in googlegroups at the following address: </font></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:Rando-ultrawomen@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href='mailto:Rando-ultrawomen@googlegroups.com';return true;" onclick="this.href='mailto:Rando-ultrawomen@googlegroups.com';return true;">Rando-ultrawomen@<wbr>googlegroups.com</a>. </span></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">List-serve rules/etiquette available in the list-serve. </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Credit to San Francisco Randonneurs List-serve Manager Jim Gourgoutis on some of the content of the stated rules. </span></span></div><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Welcome to the list-serve for women and those identifying as women in randoneeuring/ultra-cycling. This serves to function as a network, forum, and information hub to encourage and faciliate bicycle cyclo-touring and randonneuring/ultra-cycling activities in the United States and Internationally. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This list is for discussions of routes, equipment, weather, rides, etc. -- to further the enjoyment of randonneuring/ultra-cycling, facilitate our own interpersonal connections as members and non-members of Randonneurs USA (RUSA) as well as other ultra-cycling communities, both within and outside of the United States. Additionally, this forum serves to encourage others to join our community. The Women of Randonneuring/Ultra mailing list is open to women and those who identify as women with an interest in cycling. You need not be an RUSA member to subscribe or a member of any other organized cycling community. </span></i></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif">Please forward/share this with any women/</font><span style="font-family:Arial"><font color="#222222">those identifying as women <b></b></font></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">you feel may be interested as well as with your local RUSA club/organization. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Thank you for your time.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Respectfully submitted,</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif">Dawn Piech</font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif">RUSA #10146</font></div></div></div></blockquote></div>