# DOUBLES OF THE GARDEN STATE (DOGS)

Dear DOGS Team Ride Organizer:

Thank you for organizing this DOGS ride.

Enclosed you will find the following that we request you return to Brenda Isherwood after everybody has returned from your ride.

- The Sign-up Sheet/Waiver form, signed by each participant.
- League of American Bicyclist (LAB) Accident Report Form (just in case).

If a non-member team wants to join the kennel, have them fill out a Membership Form. They can give it back to you, with a check for $15 (made out to "Susan Nicolich"), or they can mail the form and check to Susan at the address on the form. (If Susan is at the ride, she will accept cash for new memberships and membership renewals.)

The only time the LAB Accident Report Form needs to be filled out and returned is if anybody has an accident. You should fill out the LAB Accident Report Form for each of those individuals involved.

You can email a (phone) photo or scan of the Sign-up and/or Accident Report Form to tmbreeze@optonline.net (preferred), or you can mail the form(s) to: Brenda Isherwood, 15 Unneberg Ave., Succasunna, NJ 07876. She will forward Accident Report Forms (if any) to the DOGS' Insurance Company.

Your general responsibilities pertaining to the ride include:

1. Have enough ride directions for each team on the day of the ride.
2. Be familiar with the ride. (Prior to the day of the ride, please drive or bike the route, checking that all your information is correct, i.e., all roads are ride-able, and, most especially, that there aren't any bridges out; in essence, "no surprises").
3. Please have each person who will be participating in your ride sign the sign-up sheet before the ride begins, thus making your ride an "official" DOGS ride. Non-DOGS must sign the Sign-up/Waiver sheet, as well.
4. Make sure everybody is wearing an official helmet (ANSI, SNELL or UL).
5. Get the ride started. You don't have to lead the ride. Correct route sheets or GPS instructions should mean nobody will get lost and every team can go at their own pace.
6. Once the ride is over, make sure everyone who signed the sign-up sheet is accounted for. If anyone is missing, either "sweep the route" to be sure all teams have returned or ask somebody else to perform the "sweep." If you can't arrange for an immediate sweep following the ride, please go backwards along the route (via car or bike), making sure that everybody is doing ok and finishing the ride without a problem.

Sweeps need not be master mechanics or first aid specialists, but act along the lines of a buddy system (i.e., nobody is left stranded, another team is with anybody who might be having mechanical or physical failures, or has had an accident). Coordinators are not personally liable for problems, which is why we have League of American Bicyclist (LAB) Insurance and Waiver forms signed/filled-out by non-DOGS.

If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to contact Brenda Isherwood, tmbreeze@optonline.net.

Happy Pedalin'!

Last modified: 27 December 2021