To earn early¹ registration benefit, annually members must:

1. Attend at least 4 club meetings per year and
2. Perform one or more of the following service activities:
1. Serve on a committee
2. Serve as an officer
3. Sign up online & Complete 2 days as a volunteer during trail work weekends or an event weekend

To earn a free² event registration benefit, for each event members must::

1. Complete the above and during trail work weekends (i.e. trail work organized through website with sign up) or the event weekend perform one or more of the following service activities
1. Serve as a crew leader³ or committee chair
2. Sign up online & Complete an additional 4 days (total of 6 days) of volunteer work
3. Make other significant contributions to the club as determined by the elected officers⁴

¹Only members who register online and work those volunteer slots will be offered early registration by email invite prior to the general public.

²The credit for free registration is applied for use after the soonest upcoming event. E.g. Volunteer in May to prepare for Ride for Research and registration for the next Big Woods 200 is free. Volunteer in August to prepare for Big Woods 200 and registration for the next Ride for Research is free. You must sign up online and work those slots to obtain the "Free Ride Invite" by email

³Examples of crew leaders are Trail Crew leader, Onsite Ride Coordinator, Sound Check leader, Sponsorship/raffle/auction leader, Garage leader, GPS/roll chart leader, Event Registration leader. This list will be periodically revised by the elected officers.

⁴By or before December 31 of each year the Membership Committee will reconcile volunteer time to credits issued.

This policy was approved at the November 4, 2020 club meeting.