Rules

1. Each blind or visually impaired Member must pay an annual Membership Fee before or at the Spring Annual General Meeting of the TRAILBLAZERS Tandem Cycling Club, or as close to the beginning of the Cycling Season as possible. This will allow the Member to get the most out of the Cycling Season. This Fee entitles that Member to a set of keys to the storage shed (where applicable), and to the key for the Cryptonite Locks (which secure the tandems together). These keys must be returned to the Club President immediately as soon as the Club Member has decided not to use the Club Tandems anymore, or if the person has decided not to be a Member of the Club. No portion of the Membership Fee will be refunded to that Member (unless there has been a Special Circumstance which has been deemed by the TRAILBLAZERS Executive to be deserving of such a refund.
2. If any keys for the storage shed are lost, the president of the club must be notified as soon as possible, and the Member shall pay a Key Loss Fine to offset the cost for cutting another key(s).
3. Keys for the storage shed are not allowed to be loaned to anyone under any circumstances, unless approved by a Quorrum of the Executive.
4. At the beginning of each TRAILBLAZERS Tandem Cycling Club’s fiscal year, or at the Annual General Meeting, (whichever comes first), or as new Captains and Members join the Club after such time, every Member/Stoker and Volunteer/Captain must sign a form waiving the TRAILBLAZERS Tandem Cycling Club of all responsibilities for any personal injuries while riding a Club Tandem. These waiver forms MUST be signed before any Captains or Members engage in any ride on a Club Tandem!
5. Every legally blind Member and every fully sighted Volunteer must wear a bicycle helmet while riding a Club Tandem.
6. Bicycles must be booked through the membership convener. Members must sign the book which is located in the storage shed or security/maintenance office, when taking out a club bicycle.
7. All ride cancellations must be reported to the Ride convener as soon as possible before the scheduled ride.
8. Any problems with the bicycles, mechanical or otherwise, must be reported as soon as possible to the Ride Convener, who will in turn notify the president or Vice President.
9. Bicycles are not allowed to be kept anywhere except at the TRAILBLAZERS storage sheds.
10. Blind or visually impaired persons are not allowed to ride on the front of a club bicycle.
11. A club bicycle cannot be taken out without an accompanying member who is blind or visually impaired.
12. Sighted members or volunteers must be 16 (sixteen) years of age or over to ride a Club bicycle.
13. No volunteer or member shall in any way engage in any behaviour that is offensive, unsafe or threatening (both psychologically or physically, i.e. sexual harassment) to the well being of the other rider. Any report of such behaviour will result in that member/volunteer being dismissed from our club.
14. Members and volunteers must abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages during club rides. Moreover, we request that volunteers and members do not consume alcoholic beverages just before a club ride.

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