Shaggz
A strong 7
Hell,
Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to complete this portion of trail.
Name clarification:
J7: Jose
Lilbuj: Josh
EDIT-
Rich: NJBadger, just joined
I thought it pretty cool that we were able to start and finish a project in one session. Even though participation was limited in numbers, compared to the work at the wall, any more and we would have been tripping over ourselves. 8-12 volunteers seems to be the magic number right now.
I was thinking a bit about the (lack of) diversity at our sessions, and the best I can come up with is the sense of urgency we as mountain bikers feel when we approach these efforts. Being the lowest on the rung at MDR and other parks throughout the state & country, we have a lot more at stake, and that is a big motivator.
I know how we spread the word for the MDR TM sessions, and quite frankly, I am uncertain if & how this message gets out to the hiking community. On occasion, a thread or post will pop up on this board about someone doing TM (ad hoc or planned), and someone else rode by and said hello. This ultimately turns into a debate about use of time, and intention when heading out for the day.
If all of those folks who showed up for the hiking portion of NTD had no idea that a TM session was going on, or what TM really meant, I can not really blame them for not changing their agenda. How do we know that they were not part of the regular Schooley's, Pyramid or Lew Mo sessions? Would it be OK for a trail crew at Lew Mo to be judgemental of Frank Harms if he rode by while they were slinging dirt? I can say I would probably do the same if I showed up for a ride, only find out a TM session was occurring at the same time.
Ultimately, if we want increase hiker/equestrian/naked trail jogger participation at TM sessions at MDR, we have to develop a better approach to getting the word out aside from posting on MTB web sites. The reality is this "group" is a little over a year old, and MDR is pretty far off the radar screen of the majority of Morris county residents. Perception is what counts, and we are clamining our stake as mountain bikers at MDR, and that is what is most important.
Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to complete this portion of trail.
Name clarification:
J7: Jose
Lilbuj: Josh
EDIT-
Rich: NJBadger, just joined
I thought it pretty cool that we were able to start and finish a project in one session. Even though participation was limited in numbers, compared to the work at the wall, any more and we would have been tripping over ourselves. 8-12 volunteers seems to be the magic number right now.
I was thinking a bit about the (lack of) diversity at our sessions, and the best I can come up with is the sense of urgency we as mountain bikers feel when we approach these efforts. Being the lowest on the rung at MDR and other parks throughout the state & country, we have a lot more at stake, and that is a big motivator.
I know how we spread the word for the MDR TM sessions, and quite frankly, I am uncertain if & how this message gets out to the hiking community. On occasion, a thread or post will pop up on this board about someone doing TM (ad hoc or planned), and someone else rode by and said hello. This ultimately turns into a debate about use of time, and intention when heading out for the day.
If all of those folks who showed up for the hiking portion of NTD had no idea that a TM session was going on, or what TM really meant, I can not really blame them for not changing their agenda. How do we know that they were not part of the regular Schooley's, Pyramid or Lew Mo sessions? Would it be OK for a trail crew at Lew Mo to be judgemental of Frank Harms if he rode by while they were slinging dirt? I can say I would probably do the same if I showed up for a ride, only find out a TM session was occurring at the same time.
Ultimately, if we want increase hiker/equestrian/naked trail jogger participation at TM sessions at MDR, we have to develop a better approach to getting the word out aside from posting on MTB web sites. The reality is this "group" is a little over a year old, and MDR is pretty far off the radar screen of the majority of Morris county residents. Perception is what counts, and we are clamining our stake as mountain bikers at MDR, and that is what is most important.
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