Local ride planning schedule
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Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Schedule
- 2.1 Before the ride
- 2.1.1 Summer before next year’s ride
- 2.1.2 September-December before next year’s ride
- 2.1.3 Sep/Dec – Six months before ride
- 2.1.4 Dec/Mar – Three months before ride
- 2.1.5 Jan/Apr – Two months before ride
- 2.1.6 Feb/May – One month before ride
- 2.1.7 Mar/Jun – One week before ride
- 2.1.8 Mar/Jun – One day before ride
- 2.2 The day of the ride!
- 2.3 After the ride
- 2.1 Before the ride
Introduction
A suggested schedule of planning tasks to make your local ride a success!
Months indicated are for main Southern and Northern Hemisphere ride dates respectively.
Schedule
Before the ride
Summer before next year’s ride
- Promote WNBR at summer festivals
September-December before next year’s ride
- Contact diary and calendar publishers to get WNBR dates included
Sep/Dec – Six months before ride
Dec/Mar – Three months before ride
- Send press releases to monthly print publications for inclusion in the month of the ride
Jan/Apr – Two months before ride
Feb/May – One month before ride
- Publicise final planning meeting
Mar/Jun – One week before ride
- Hold a final, detailed planning meeting
- Prepare post-ride press release to cover various scenarios (this can be quickly edited and sent after the event)
Mar/Jun – One day before ride
- Make sure everything’s ready to rock’n’roll!
- Get some sleep!
The day of the ride!
- Put out press release after the ride for next day's media
After the ride
Mar/Jun – Day/s after the ride
- Put out post-ride press release for general media
