N5NTG | 
10 9th, 2009| 
One View of the 2009 BikeMS: Ride to the River
By Milton Johnson – N5HMJ
The structure of the BikeMS Amateur Radio volunteers has changed over the last two years, without really changing. What does that mean?
In 2008, the final year of the Bike to the Beach, we had 81 Amateur Radio Volunteers not counting the Motor Marshalls who have their own organizational structure. This year we had 64 volunteers. Any school of management will tell you that a group that big is too large to effectively manage.
Fortunately, the group has informally functioned around teams, and beginning last year we formalized the teams with team leaders which this year broke down as follows:
- Breakpoint Team: Bob Rodriguez-K5AUW;
- Net Control Team: Shane O’Neal-NS5D;
- Safety Team: Curtis Rabenaldt-N5QPN;
- Medical Team: Neil Martin-WA5FSR;
- Officials & Logistics Team: Alfred Horn-KG5QW;
- SAG Team: Gordon Dial-K5SUZ and Milton Johnson-N5HMJ.
Coordinating and organizing these teams was the task of KG5QW, K5SUZ and N5HMJ.
