2007 Stokers and Captains
Our second big year saw the ranks of volunteers more than double. This is a healthy sign indicating a future of frequent, well run brevets with interesting routes. Remember, when these folks are supporting or organizing they're not riding. Not only are they not riding, they're taking time away from family or work. Thank them for their generosity.
| Bill Alsup | Philippe Andre | |
| Nate Armbrust | Andrew Black | |
| RB (Robert) Buschman | Greg Cox | |
| Drew Devereux | Lynne Fitzsimmons | |
| Jack Fortune | Susan France | |
| Beth Hamon | John Kramer | |
| Bert Lutz | Nancy Medici | |
| Kathy Napolitano | Marcello Napolitano | |
| Carol Nussbaum | Barbara Ogilvie | |
| Ray Ogilvie | Scott Peterson | |
| Michael Rasmussen | Cecil Reniche-Smith | |
| Dave Rowe | Rickey Smith | |
| Mark Thomas | Eric Vigoren | |
| Peg Winczewski | Michael Wolfe | |
| Duane Wright |
2006 Heros
A year and a half ago there wasn't much randonneuring activity in Portland. People drove north to Seattle. Yes, there was an annual full series on the Portland Wheelmen calendar. Participation was low, the routes were stale. Then RUSA appointed Susan France as the Oregon RBA and all that changed. She recruited volunteers, researched routes, and did the volunteer work of a crowd on her own. As a result Oregon Randonneurs brevets are among the most ridden in the USA as measured by participant kilometers. We're at number six or seven out of the forty.
Susan couldn't do it by herself. John Kramer did as much work as some club RBAs in organizing a full series and scouting out permanent routes. There were many others who also pitched in to make things happen. Here are the people who worked with her to make the Oregon Randonneurs first year as an offical club a huge success.
- Nate Armbrust, control worker
- Jon Beilby, co-organizer
- RB Buschman, control worker & preride verification
- Susan France, RBA, alot of the above, & Mother Hen
- David Kamp, co-organizer
- John Kramer, series organizer, preride verification & Club Jester
- Bert Lutz, control worker and preride verification
- Marcello Napolitano, control worker & preride verification
- Michael Rasmussen, co-organizer, control worker & web-stoker
- David Rowe, control worker
- Cathy Smith, control worker
- Eric Vigoren, control worker, preride verification & lanterne rouge shepard (chaperone?)
- Paul Whitney, co-organizer & control worker
The next time you see one of these folks contgratulate them, thank them and ask about what it's like to volunteer for this organization.