Mike Murray
I am forwarding to the guys involved with this so they ca get it fixed.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: john [mailto:twotiretinker-obra2@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:36 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org; mike.murray@obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Alpenrose Status
The pledge thing doesn't work. I have several times over the last year and
half or so.
--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Mike Murray wrote:
From: Mike Murray
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Alpenrose Status
To: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 10:01 AM
Even with webcam and people answering the phone it is difficult to predict
whether or not we will be racing. We have several times seen it raining a
hour before racing but clear by the time racing starts. Or there are nights
like last night where it was pouring rain just a few blocks away from the
track but dry at the velodrome. We started racing, ran the Madison and then
stopped the second race with 4 laps to go due to rain. That is just the way
it is going to be. If you don't like it pledge support to an indoor
velodrome at http://www.pdxvelo.org/support.html.
We won't generally make a call about if we will be racing before 30 minutes
prior to racing start time. There is no reason to call our house earlier in
the day, as many do, to ask about whether we are going to be racing. I live
in Gresham, 20 miles away from the velodrome in a completely different
weather system. We really can't predict the future any more than anyone
else. If the weather is iffy you just have to make a guess. Sometimes you
will race and sometimes you will not.
Mike Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Steven Beardsley
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 16:43 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Alpenrose Status
503-246-0330. Someone is usually there two hours before the race starts.
I know that Mike Murray is looking into a way to put a webcam up.
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Ford
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:41 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Alpenrose Status
You know, this raises an interesting question; maybe somebody has an idea:
Where I live, in Salem, the weather patterns are often different from in
Portland, and often I've arrived at Alpenrose to find racing canceled
because of rain--or stayed home THINKING it would be canceled, only to find
out later that racing was on as usual. Since the trip involves 45 miles each
way in rush-hour traffic, I don't make it lightly. But I suspect the
guessing-game is still a major annoyance even for racers who live in
Portland proper.
Is there some reliable way to report whether or not racing is going to be
on, say up to an hour or so before the start time? Maybe an OBRA member who
works at the dairy and who could post an online notice? Or a telephone
number? or a "track cam" or moisture-indicator or something connected
to a
website?
I'm not a techy, or a very good tracky, but it would seem that in this
digital age, and with the high cost of gas, there would be an easy way of
providing a service like this.
Mike
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:58:43 -0400
From: "Nathan Spear"
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Alpenrose status?
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