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Mark, The subject of the Mad Bike Ride came up last night on the
NET. and I had a look at their website and found nothing so I sent
the following email to their website. and the following response
was rec'd this am. As you can see no reason was given, but the MAD
ride will NOT be one of our events this year. Sad I know but we win
some and lose some.<br>
Regards to all<br>
JOHN WEIR VK3XD <br>
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<td>Re: Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club: MAD Bike ride 2015</td>
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<td>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:31:54 +1100</td>
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<td>John Harland <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:harland.john@gmail.com"><harland.john@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>John WEIR WICEN (Vic) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au"><zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:secretary@mbtc.org.au">secretary@mbtc.org.au</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:secretary@mbtc.org.au"><secretary@mbtc.org.au></a></td>
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Regrettably, John, we are unable to run the MAD Ride this year
(which also makes it unlikely in future years)
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<div>Many thanks for your help in the past and we will give you as
long a lead time as possible if we are able to offer the
ride again in the future.</div>
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<div>John Harland</div>
<div>President, Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club Inc.</div>
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On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, John WEIR WICEN (Vic) <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au">zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is an
enquiry e-mail via <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mbtc.org.au/" target="_blank">http://mbtc.org.au/</a>
from:<br>
John WEIR WICEN (Vic) <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml',
'zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au')">zzrvelec@bigpond.net.au</a>><br>
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I am the WICEN Event coordinator for the MAD Bike Ride. We
have supported your group over the last few years with our
communications, as such we have not had any correspondence
from you in regards to the 2015 event. Could you please advise
me if you require our support again this year.<br>
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John C. Harland<br>
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