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Event: 2nd Annual MTBNJ.com Picnic
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Location: Lewis Morris County Park, Main Pavilion
Time: 12:00 to ??? (or dusk, whichever comes first)
All are invited to attend the 2nd Annual MTBNJ.com Picnic. This event will be held at Lewis Morris County Park in Morristown, NJ. This is a family-friendly event intended to bring together riders, their partners, and children for a fun day of riding trails, sharing great food, and getting to know each other better.
We have reserved the main sheltered picnic pavilion, where the Lewis Morris Challenge is staged. Please note the original date was changed to accommodate the IMBA TCC visit to Ringwood coordinated by JORBA, so there are no excuses for missing either event :getsome:.
We have also obtained an open-container permit, so alcohol is allowed at this event. We will not be supplying any alcohol so Bring Your Own. Again, we stress that this is a family friendly event, not a keg party, and we ask that you conduct ourselves accordingly. Once again, we will be inviting the Park Police to stop by for some grub, so please keep that in the back of your mind as you pace yourself.
Now that the groundwork has been laid, we need your help! Like last year, this will be done pot-luck style. The culinary selections from last year's event were awesome, but we had way too much food. We would like to keep track of which foods everyone intends to bring, so we end up with a variety of goodies instead of turning the day into a Pulled Pork eating contest, and this will be done in another thread.
As with any event that requires permits, there is a fee associated with the reservation and open-container permit we obtained. We are not requiring people to pay to attend this picnic; however, if you care to make a donation to help defray the costs, we will be collecting on the day of the picnic. We sincerely want this to be a fun day for everyone involved and want cost to be no object to your attendance, so if you are not able to make a donation we certainly understand and will not turn you away.
Some legal business to get out of the way: As stated, alcoholic beverages will be permitted at this picnic. We have secured an open-container permit from the park. As stated above, we will not be supplying any alcohol, and in the interest of protecting the parties who have accepted responsibility for the group, we do expect that all laws surrounding consumption of alcohol will be respected. Consumption of alcohol by minors will not be tolerated. Also, if you feel that you have enjoyed yourself too much, please, please let one of us know, and we will arrange for a ride or a taxi to get you home.
While the three of us will not be planning official rides, we encourage you to bring your bikes and enjoy the great trails that Lewis Morris has to offer. If anyone would like to volunteer to coordinate rides prior to the picnic, or throughout the day, please let us know.
We look forward to seeing you, your families, and friends on September 27th.
- Jake, Norm & Steve
**Please check this thread often for updates**
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Location: Lewis Morris County Park, Main Pavilion
Time: 12:00 to ??? (or dusk, whichever comes first)
All are invited to attend the 2nd Annual MTBNJ.com Picnic. This event will be held at Lewis Morris County Park in Morristown, NJ. This is a family-friendly event intended to bring together riders, their partners, and children for a fun day of riding trails, sharing great food, and getting to know each other better.
We have reserved the main sheltered picnic pavilion, where the Lewis Morris Challenge is staged. Please note the original date was changed to accommodate the IMBA TCC visit to Ringwood coordinated by JORBA, so there are no excuses for missing either event :getsome:.
We have also obtained an open-container permit, so alcohol is allowed at this event. We will not be supplying any alcohol so Bring Your Own. Again, we stress that this is a family friendly event, not a keg party, and we ask that you conduct ourselves accordingly. Once again, we will be inviting the Park Police to stop by for some grub, so please keep that in the back of your mind as you pace yourself.
Now that the groundwork has been laid, we need your help! Like last year, this will be done pot-luck style. The culinary selections from last year's event were awesome, but we had way too much food. We would like to keep track of which foods everyone intends to bring, so we end up with a variety of goodies instead of turning the day into a Pulled Pork eating contest, and this will be done in another thread.
As with any event that requires permits, there is a fee associated with the reservation and open-container permit we obtained. We are not requiring people to pay to attend this picnic; however, if you care to make a donation to help defray the costs, we will be collecting on the day of the picnic. We sincerely want this to be a fun day for everyone involved and want cost to be no object to your attendance, so if you are not able to make a donation we certainly understand and will not turn you away.
Some legal business to get out of the way: As stated, alcoholic beverages will be permitted at this picnic. We have secured an open-container permit from the park. As stated above, we will not be supplying any alcohol, and in the interest of protecting the parties who have accepted responsibility for the group, we do expect that all laws surrounding consumption of alcohol will be respected. Consumption of alcohol by minors will not be tolerated. Also, if you feel that you have enjoyed yourself too much, please, please let one of us know, and we will arrange for a ride or a taxi to get you home.
While the three of us will not be planning official rides, we encourage you to bring your bikes and enjoy the great trails that Lewis Morris has to offer. If anyone would like to volunteer to coordinate rides prior to the picnic, or throughout the day, please let us know.
We look forward to seeing you, your families, and friends on September 27th.
- Jake, Norm & Steve
**Please check this thread often for updates**
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