I’ve registered for WtW now, so there’s no backing out. I’m even on a team, with a friend from the SVBC Peninsula Committee. Anyone else want to join? We’re Team Slowpoke.

I decided to actually go ahead and put up a personal page. It’s a little corny, but it’s fairly true as these things go.

I’m not a big fan of soliciting people for donations. In fact, for a long time I thought I might not ever get involved with any ride that’s “for” something, because my feeling is, why should my intent to ride be the reason for donating to a good cause? It doesn’t really compute for me. Either the cause is worthwhile of itself or it isn’t; my riding shouldn’t make much difference either way. Nor should donations have to be used to put on an event — the money should go directly to the cause. However, the fact is that events bring in money — they’re done because they work. And from what I can tell, about 80% of the money is not used for event costs, which is a decent ratio.

So I’ll say it like this: if you feel it’s a good cause, this is your opportunity to donate to it! I and the people who will actually benefit from the money will both appreciate it.