Local ride planning schedule

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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

Dec/Mar – Three months before ride

• Send press releases to monthly print publications for inclusion in the month of the 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