The Rider's Phone Book

<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><i>If you haven't taken Belt Drive Betty's Little Black Book for a test run - you should check it out!</i></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/joomla07/index.php?option=com_sobi2&Itemid=182">http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/joomla07/index.php?option=com_sobi2&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Itemid</span>=182</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We now have over 850 businesses which means I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pushing</span> the 25% mark for data entry!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's coming - BC is almost half finished then I'll start on Atlantic Canada and work my way to the monsters - Quebec & Ontario!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This book is going to be one great tool for we riders!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The other thing that is a wonderful tool - the new calendars!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are wonderful - it's easy for anyone to add an event be it for a group or a business.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You just click on the plus sign for the date of your event and away you go - the best is that I get notified before it's posted so we can ensure that every bit of information is given to the rider that we can - it also helps out the person who is adding the event because the repeating dates can be a bit confusing to enter.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/joomla07/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=208">http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/joomla07/index.php?option=com_wrapper&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Itemid</span>=208</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you can see, every province has it's own calendar and we have a large number of events <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">transferred</span> from our old calendar system to this new one already!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check them out and if you don't see your groups meeting and ride/coffee(beer) nights or a local <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">competition</span> event or toy run in the calendar - add it!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have a great weekend everyone and be safe out there....</span><br /> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">BD</span> Betty</span></i></b>

The Rider's Phone Book

Belt Drive 0 8:40 AM

If you haven't taken Belt Drive Betty's Little Black Book for a test run - you should check it out! http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/joomla07/index.php?option=com_sobi2&Itemid=182 We now have over 850 businesses which means I am pushing the 25% mark for… Read more »

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Slowly but surely....

<i><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hope your Turkey Day was a good one.</span></b></span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This has been a rough week on some levels.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Through a whole series of Murphy's Laws striking I went from 5 people helping me to no one helping me - all in one day.</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 Days later I had 2 people volunteer to help out, so I guess we'll just see how it goes.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have been working at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">transferring</span> more event information into the new 2008 calendars and so far so good. As I'm going I am trying to contact the event coordinators and the various riding clubs to get updates on their events and group information.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you know of an event that we haven't yet got on the calendar - please by all means enter it.<br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We want everyone to have the tools they need for making 2008 a great riding season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some of us have shorter ones than others do and we like to cram as much in as possible, so please HELP ME OUT HERE!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have the better part of 800 businesses or 1/5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> of my data in the on line phone book.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If anyone doubted my sincerity about becoming the Biker/Rider's version of a Chamber of Commerce I hope that the work that is getting done shows you how serious I am.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We need advertisers for the print version of the book....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If anyone can help out with selling phone book advertising please get in touch with me - this going it alone is kinda rough...<a href="mailto:bdbetty@gmail.com"> bdbetty@gmail.com</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We also need more advertisers for the newspaper and web sites - I am so busy doing data entry I have no time for sales work it seems.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyone willing to step up - we do pay so please contact me.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Thanks everyone and stay safe out there....</i><br /></span><br /> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">BD Betty</span></b></i>

Slowly but surely....

Belt Drive 0 11:23 AM

Hope your Turkey Day was a good one. This has been a rough week on some levels. Through a whole series of Murphy's Laws striking I went from 5 people helping me to no one helping me - all in one day. 2 Days later I had 2 people volunteer to help out,… Read more »

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