Orwell EGM

buffalo

Just trying to get the word out - EGM next Monday night, see notice on the site at http://www.orwellwheelers.org/news-and-events/445-egm-on-inter-club-league.html

If you're in Orwell and planning on racing the league this year, make sure to be there.

buffalo

A bump for people to see this today.

I'll leave it alone for a week now mods, plz don't ban me k thx bai!

godtabh

Just read the link. Never mind

Páid

Extraordinary General Meeting.

seamus

Extraordinary General Meeting

Beasty

OK - that's 4 of you banned for bumping ....

Christ, I've done it myself now:o

Páid

Sorry. I won't do it again.

RobFowl

Good luck with the EGM Orwellians.
Good to see problems are being addressed. Have heard the inter club league is a bit hectic and like our own possibly a victim of it's own success.
Hope you find a solution.

ROK ON

Are new members welcome to attend the meeting?
I have checked the club website - is there a list of proposals to be put to members. I am presuming that as it is an egm, that there is?
If so, where could one see them so as to at least form a view.

Thanks

buffalo

ROK ON wrote: »

Are new members welcome to attend the meeting?
I have checked the club website - is there a list of proposals to be put to members. I am presuming that as it is an egm, that there is?
If so, where could one see them so as to at least form a view.

Thanks

Anyone in Orwell who's paid (or is intending to pay) league fees for the upcoming season is welcome.

Proposals will be put to the floor on the night.

buffalo

Don't forget this is tonight, of interest to all racing Orwellians.

Not sure if I'll make it myself due to work, but hoping to.

FrankGrimes

Any idea how long this is expected to run for? I'm hoping to attend (was told I can pay-up membership on the night) but I have to be home for a call at 21:00 so need to leave at 20:30. Will head along anyway and bail if needed, but would be good to know how long they generally run for.

Lumen

FrankGrimes wrote: »

Any idea how long this is expected to run for? I'm hoping to attend (was told I can pay-up membership on the night) but I have to be home for a call at 21:00 so need to leave at 20:30. Will head along anyway and bail if needed, but would be good to know how long they generally run for.

Bring a sleeping bag.

seamus

Won't make it myself, but as it's my first year in the club league whatever decision is made won't really affect me, it's all new to me!

buffalo

FrankGrimes wrote: »

Any idea how long this is expected to run for? I'm hoping to attend (was told I can pay-up membership on the night) but I have to be home for a call at 21:00 so need to leave at 20:30. Will head along anyway and bail if needed, but would be good to know how long they generally run for.

I don't know when the last EGM was, so tbh I don't really know. It depends on the amount of discussion wanted/needed. I would hope to be done by 20.30, but I suppose it could be 21.00 if a lot of members want to make a point.

It's worth coming along and hearing what the situation is, and maybe asking someone to stick a hand up for you if you're tending toward a particular solution.

FrankGrimes

Lumen wrote: »

Bring a sleeping bag.

That bad, eh? Right, I'll be in the seat nearest the door so for a tidy getaway at 20:30, but it'll still be good to get down to see the lay of the land and to get the sign-up done.

Diarmuid

buffalo wrote: »

I don't know when the last EGM was, so tbh I don't really know. It depends on the amount of discussion wanted/needed. I would hope to be done by 20.30, but I suppose it could be 21.00 if a lot of members want to make a point.

I'd imagine that it will generate a good discussion.

fat bloke

seamus wrote: »

Won't make it myself, but as it's my first year in the club league whatever decision is made won't really affect me, it's all new to me!

You're exactly the person that the decision could have the most impact on actually...

FrankGrimes

buffalo wrote: »

I don't know when the last EGM was, so tbh I don't really know. It depends on the amount of discussion wanted/needed. I would hope to be done by 20.30, but I suppose it could be 21.00 if a lot of members want to make a point.

It's worth coming along and hearing what the situation is, and maybe asking someone to stick a hand up for you if you're tending toward a particular solution.

Thanks for that, will defo be there.

fat bloke

Slán agus beannacht?

kenmc

fat bloke wrote: »

Slán agus beannacht?

first rule of fightclub, what goes on egm stays on egm etc etc

buffalo

First we gotta inform the club league committee what decisions were made... IF ANY WERE MADE. I'll update this thread when I'm allowed make public announcements.

Beasty

Aw c'mon - you know none of us will blab:D

Beasty

Actually I have a pretty good idea

Orwell are withdrawing from CI and with it the UCI, and will form a breakaway League

They are currently in contact with an unnamed "ex American racer" who they are referring to under the codename Juan Pelota, They have asked him to become President of the new league and he is expected to announce a comeback racing in it in a special pre-recorded interview that is due to be aired on Thursday...

Hungrycol

Jeebus all these secrets about Club Leagues is coming across all very Masonic!

buffalo

I think all the clubs have been informed, and there'll be a proper statement on the front page of the site soon, but for now I can confirm that Orwell have decided to withdraw from the league and go it alone for 2013.

Both the inter-club league and Orwell itself are victims of their own success really, leading to huge numbers taking part on Thursday nights. With a cap on numbers coming in at some level, and with Orwell being the biggest club in the league (and the biggest in the country), the only realistic option was for us to do our own league. Any other way would involve disappointing a large number of our riders.

We debated running our own league alongside the inter-club league, and leaving some riders in that, but doubling up on organising, marshalling, fees, etc. was deemed too much of a headache and stretching our resources.

Hopefully with Orwell out, some of the pressure is off the inter-club league in terms of numbers and safety, and it will continue to operate with success, and both leagues will grow and prosper in time.

tawfeeredux

Ah sh!te, gonna miss battling the Orwell crew every Thursday. Best of luck with yer own setup.

seamus

I think that's probably the best outcome for the safety of all riders in both Orwell and the inter-club league.

capnsantini

Will the league continue without Orwell or is that the end of the league?

colm_gti

So what happens with the race circuits? Will each league be forced to come up with new routes? Or will the orwell league be run on a different night to the ICL? I doubt the residents around the route will be too happy with 2 races a week. Or will each league be run on each route on alternate weeks? Say orwell use Brittas when the ICL is in Batterstown, and vice-versa. Will the orwell league even use the Batterstown circuits anymore?

Chips Lovell

There's a draft plan for the new Orwell League, which I'm sure will be published once the details are finalised. The plan is to co-ordinate with the other clubs to make sure there's no clash in schedules.

seamus

capnsantini wrote: »

Will the league continue without Orwell or is that the end of the league?

The league will continue with the other clubs. The issue was basically with the size of the league becoming unwieldy and dangerous. Options included having a "quota" of riders that each club can enter in the inter-club league to keep numbers down.

colm_gti wrote: »

So what happens with the race circuits? Will each league be forced to come up with new routes? Or will the orwell league be run on a different night to the ICL? I doubt the residents around the route will be too happy with 2 races a week. Or will each league be run on each route on alternate weeks? Say orwell use Brittas when the ICL is in Batterstown, and vice-versa. Will the orwell league even use the Batterstown circuits anymore?

I missed the EGM, but afaik there has separately been discussion about changing the routes or adding more routes as residents were getting a bit peeved anyway. Given that Orwell's league doesn't need to satisfy a number of clubs in different locations, they're free to look at new circuits more suitable to Orwell's location.

buffalo

capnsantini wrote: »

Will the league continue without Orwell or is that the end of the league?

The inter-club league, like my heart, will go on.

Lumen

seamus wrote: »

Given that Orwell's league doesn't need to satisfy a number of clubs in different locations, they're free to look at new circuits more suitable to Orwell's location.

We don't all live in Joe Daly's.

Chips Lovell

One of the new circuits will involve laps of Roly's Bistro in Ballsbridge

sled driver

Maybe laps of Joe Daly's itself

buffalo

Lumen wrote: »

We don't all live in Joe Daly's.

Am I the club's token northsider? Felt that way at the EGM, you posh ****ers.

Lusk Doyle

buffalo wrote: »

Am I the club's token northsider? Felt that way at the EGM, you posh ****ers.

Northside clubs not good enough for you, you posh wonker?!?

ROK ON

Lumen wrote: »

We don't all live in Joe Daly's.

Phoenix Park ftw.(On the cycle path with joggers doubling up as both marshals and mobile chicanes).

Beasty

I think some new circuits are required for everyone's benefit - particularly the poor residents of Batterstown. The IVCA are now largely just running TTs through the village, but they will still be getting "regulars" (including TTs) probably on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings with a number of weekend open races thrown in as well

Beasty

sled driver wrote: »

Maybe laps of Joe Daly's itself

That's just the derny - you should see the 6 guys on proper bikes chasing him...

RobFowl

sled driver wrote: »

Maybe laps of Joe Daly's itself

Is that not the Velodrome in Beasty Towers???

Lumen

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

One of the new circuits will involve laps of Roly's Bistro in Ballsbridge

I love the fact that you explained to the proles where Roly's is, and that it's a bistro.

A born communicator.

sled driver

Lumen wrote: »

I love the fact that you explained to the proles where Roly's is, and that it's a bistro.

A born communicator.

I think he may have just been trying to distinguish it from Roly Saul The Restaurant in Dundrum. It could have created confusion for the Orwellers

RobFowl

Lumen wrote: »

I love the fact that you explained to the proles where Roly's is, and that it's a bistro.

A born communicator.

A bistro??
For us Northsiders is that like a chipper whre you have to sit down and stuff???
Sound a bit too posh for me

buffalo

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Northside clubs not good enough for you, you posh wonker?!?

You're just a bit too far north for me, sorry Lusk.

Lusk Doyle

RobFowl wrote: »

A bistro??
For us Northsiders is that like a chipper whre you have to sit down and stuff???
Sound a bit too posh for me

No plastic forks for the Orwellians!

Lumen

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

No plastic forks for the Orwellians!

Our chippers have carbon fibre forks.

Lusk Doyle

buffalo wrote: »

You're just a bit too far north for me, sorry Lusk.

Yea, we don't want you anyway!

Beasty

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Yea, we don't want you anyway!

You speak for yourself. In fact I think we should call an EGM to vote :
buffalo or Lusk Doyle?...

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

You speak for yourself. In fact I think we should call an EGM to vote :
buffalo or Lusk Doyle?...

I'll propose pat mcquaid ....