Dear Valued Members,
Ever play the “Good News, Bad News” game? Here’s STC’s latest version…
The good news is that STC and official STC Workouts are rapidly growing in size and generating a lot of community interest. It is exciting to see!
OK, here comes the bad news. Due to increasing safety and liability concerns, official STC Workouts as posted on the STC Website must be limited to current STC members only. This means STC member guests, including friends, spouses and other family members, must either sign up as STC members in order to participate in all great official STC Workouts we have to offer to members, or refrain from participation.
This was a decision made by myself & the rest of the current Board to protect STC & its Members from undue liability risk. We hope you will understand. Please also note, the above applies to those workouts posted on our website as official “STC Group Workouts.” If individuals care to put together an informal group workout, i.e., through the Yahoo! Group, which happens to include non-members, great. The more, the merrier! Just realize that these non-official STC workouts are done at each participant’s own risk. It is up to the leader, coordinator, or group, whether to open these workouts to non-members, & to then ensure that participating non-members sign an STC Waiver (available on the STC website and on Yahoo Groups) that would release both STC & the Member Workout Leader from liability. While having a Waiver signed may seem like a pain, it is standard for most athletic clubs, & the best way to protect both STC & our Members who are gracious enough to lead workouts & allow non-members to participate.
So, basically, current members are unaffected. But if there are any non-members who have had the opportunity to participate in an STC workout & want more, we would like to invite you into the club, & encourage you to become an active STC Member. Our liability insurance only covers current members, & we want to protect both you & STC if something goes wrong during one of our workouts.
More good news…STC membership is affordable for all! At $55 a calendar year for new members (which includes the custom STC Jersey, valued at $65) and renewals for just $35 a calendar year, it’s a steal when you factor in the STC reserved bike racks at local races, plus access to our Yahoo! Group for training tips, workouts, etc. To sign up, visit our Membership page.
If anyone has questions about this, please feel free to contact me at: clarokc@yahoo.com.
I look forward to seeing all of you this season, & thank you for supporting STC!
Respectfully,
Kathryn “KC” Caucci
STC President