Originally Posted by
furiousferret
I just joined a club I don't know any of the guys outside a few 'sups' during rides. They seem to be an okay group but I'm getting a tad nervous because race season starts in 4 weeks and there really isn't any chatter about racing at all. Hope I didn't make the wrong decision.
The last time I joined a club it ended up badly; being proactive, I joined a committee for a new website. They had a $5,000 budget but I told them I could do it for free. I spent 3 weeks on the site, the president loved it, but the treasurer already slotted that money to his sister. He lobbied for it and the president broke the news to me. I was done with the club after that, the whole way it went down was unethical.
$5,000 for a web site?!?!?! We've had a professional do our site twice (granted she used to be a club member) and each time it was about $1,200. I thought she did a good job each time. We just had a member re-do it for free and in this case it looks it. I'm happy that he had the initiative and drive to do it but he's an engineer, not a graphics designer.