Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sites for PALM 2013
Saturday, June 22, Norton Shores:
Mona Shores Middle School, 1700 Woodside Road, Norton Shores, MI 49441
Sunday, June 23, Grandville:
Grandville Middle School, 3535 Wilson Avenue, Granville, MI 49418
Monday, June 24, Lake Odessa:
Lake Wood High School, 7223 Velte Road, Lake Odessa, MI 48849
Tuesday, June 25, Dansville:
Dansville High School, 1264 Adams Street, Dansville, MI 48819
Wednesday, June 26, Manchester:
Manchester High School, 20500 Dutch Drive, Manchester, MI 48158
Thursday, June 27, Petersburg
Summerfield High School, 17555 Ida West Road, Petersburg, MI 49270
Friday, June 28, Luna Pier:
Mason Middle School, 2400 Mason Eagles Drive, Erie, MI 48133.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Registering Groups For PALM
In the past 5 years PALM has filled quickly: in 2008 PALM filled in 10 days. It filled in 9 days in 2009, 7 days in 2010, 4 days in 2011, and 2 days in 2012. If you want to register a group of riders, you can still do it but it takes some strategy. First include the applications for everyone in your group in the same envelope. We use postmarks to determine the ride cutoff (and round up. Everybody who has the same postmark as the 700th rider is on the ride.) If everybody is in the same envelope, they all have the same postmark so everybody in the group is on PALM or nobody in the group is on PALM.
But what if some members of the group live far away? If PALM fills in 2 days like it did last year, how can the applications for these remote members be included in the same envelope in time?
Solution: include an application for the remote members (it will be missing signatures) and include it in the envelope with the rest of the (signed) applications. Include a note saying that their completed signed application will be sent separately (and include their registration fee). Have the remote members download and mail in their completed, signed applications with a note saying that their unsigned application has already been submitted and who submitted it. We'll join them together at PALM headquarters.
Remember to get the earliest possible postmark, go to a post office and have the postal clerk postmark or round date the envelope with all the applications in it and mail it 1st class. You do not have to priority mail the envelope. We go by postmark, not delivery date. It could take days to actually get to us, but you'll be on the ride if the postmark is right. But do this as quickly as you can: say Monday January 14.
But what if some members of the group live far away? If PALM fills in 2 days like it did last year, how can the applications for these remote members be included in the same envelope in time?
Solution: include an application for the remote members (it will be missing signatures) and include it in the envelope with the rest of the (signed) applications. Include a note saying that their completed signed application will be sent separately (and include their registration fee). Have the remote members download and mail in their completed, signed applications with a note saying that their unsigned application has already been submitted and who submitted it. We'll join them together at PALM headquarters.
Remember to get the earliest possible postmark, go to a post office and have the postal clerk postmark or round date the envelope with all the applications in it and mail it 1st class. You do not have to priority mail the envelope. We go by postmark, not delivery date. It could take days to actually get to us, but you'll be on the ride if the postmark is right. But do this as quickly as you can: say Monday January 14.
Friday, January 4, 2013
2013 PALM Applications
Once again the only way to get a PALM application for 2013 will be to download it from the PALM website. Opps, I mean websites: the application will be on both the old website www.lmb.org/palm and the new website www.palmbiketour.org. The application will be posted on both sites on Sunday January 13 by 12:00 noon.
We are doing this so that everybody will have access to the PALM application at the same time no matter where they live. Mailing them first class didn't come close to achieving this.
Last year, PALM filled in two days. The year before PALM filled in four days. We use the postmark on the envelope, not the day we receive the application, to determine the cutoff. You don't have to spend the money to mail your application by priority mail: 1st class mail will work just as well no matter how many days it takes us to actually receive it. We are posting the application on Sunday to give you a whole day to download and fill out your applications before the post offices open.
The best way to get the earliest postmark possible is to go to an actual post office and ask the clerk there to postmark or round date the envelope as you mail it first class.
Best of luck to everyone who wants to be on PALM this year. Be sure to let everyone you know that is interested in PALM that the application will be on the PALM websites on Sunday January 13 by 12:00 noon too.
We are doing this so that everybody will have access to the PALM application at the same time no matter where they live. Mailing them first class didn't come close to achieving this.
Last year, PALM filled in two days. The year before PALM filled in four days. We use the postmark on the envelope, not the day we receive the application, to determine the cutoff. You don't have to spend the money to mail your application by priority mail: 1st class mail will work just as well no matter how many days it takes us to actually receive it. We are posting the application on Sunday to give you a whole day to download and fill out your applications before the post offices open.
The best way to get the earliest postmark possible is to go to an actual post office and ask the clerk there to postmark or round date the envelope as you mail it first class.
Best of luck to everyone who wants to be on PALM this year. Be sure to let everyone you know that is interested in PALM that the application will be on the PALM websites on Sunday January 13 by 12:00 noon too.
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