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Patmo:
A very simple question……

What are things that we could do to improve STAR?

NinjaBob:
38 views and no replies suggests yall are doing a great job and I agree! The only thing I can think of is the routes, the 4 street routes I rode had gravel. Pre-riding the routes is always good but I understand that is not always possible. What our group does when planning routes is to street view them with Google maps or Google earth. I suggest we do that when pre riding is not possible. And Yes, I volunteer to do this if given the routes early enough! It is a slow process for me as my satelite connection is not very fast. Anybody else want to help?

Ride4MS:
We had a list of things for non-rider family members to do at STAR in LaCrosse. This would be good to do for future STAR's. That way it not only brings the non-rider family member to STAR, but also brings a rider that may stay home, being he/she does not want to spend about a week of vacation time without the spouse non-rider. That non-rider may not want or allow the rider to spend that much vacation time while they have to stay home.
But, then some non-riders like to be home by themselves so that their Boyfriend can come over as we heard at the banquet on the phone call. LOL

As was discussed at STAR this year, we really need to think about moving it to September which is hopefully cooler weather.  When it was announced at Colorado Springs that STAR would be in LaCrosse the following year, I was concerned, as that time of year in the LaCrosse area can be hot and humid in the valley near the river. We lucked out and it was very nice weather.

brider:
IMHO STAR needs to stay in June if you want attract a younger crowd of working folks.  Us retired folks need to suck it up!  Over the years the weather in June works in our favorite more times than not.  A straw poll completed at the end of some very hot riding days is not reason enough to go away from the best weather of the year across the country. 

Only improvement that comes to my mind is get back to a raffle bike ASAP even it is a smaller bike. (650cc or less) 

Ride4MS:
The BIG question is, why was the attendance at the 2022 STAR about 30% less than each of the past 5 years?
And, what does it take to get back to those numbers?
Maybe a message should be sent to those that have attended the past STAR's to bring the totals to the 300 range and ask why they did not attend this year.
LaCrosse had 290 attendees and 49 first timers. Did these first timers attend any other STAR's after that STAR, if not, why? That might be a good place to start.

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