Tour de Tech Terrace has been postponed until further notice. The following is a letter from tour organizer Jeff Bynum, reprinted with permission.
Good morning all,
First, I wanted to thank everyone for being so helpful and understanding with the Tour. I am sorry that I have not replied to all of your emails sooner, I was sick this weekend. I know most of you do not know me, but I have been running the Tour for the past 2 ½ years. During this time I have been working closely with Susan Tomilson to try and make the tour successful. The biggest initiative that I have right now is to make the Tour an event that is not only a great time to the participants, but is enjoyable by the Home Owners as well. I know with 100% confidence that the Tour will not happen again, if we do not forge a solid, long lasting relationship between the organizers and the Home Owners Association. I have been trying my hardest for the past 2 years to make it an event where everyone can enjoy it, but we cannot continue the way that we are. It has become a situation where there is only one party that is benefiting, and lets be honest, it is not the home owners. I AM GOING TO TRY MY HARDEST TO MAKE THIS A THING OF THE PAST. At the end of the day, you, the home owners, are the ones that live there, and YA’LL are the ones that we need to please, not the students. I believe that if we build up this relationship and have everyone’s questions and concerns addressed than we will have a successful Tour. I think that the best way to do this is to have a representative from the Tour attend the home owners meetings. This way everyone will know where we are with the Tour and what our plan of action is. I have found that open and honest communication is not only beneficial, but a NECESSITY to be able to build a relationship. You all have my contact information, and I will include it again for your records. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL OR EMAIL ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
So the big question/ concern on everyone mind is about the Tour being this weekend. THERE WILL BE NO TOUR THIS WEEKEND! I know that there is a Facebook post out there that says the Tour will be this weekend. I have posted on the Facebook page that there will be no Tour this weekend. Since we are doing some “re-construction” of the Tour, I have made the decision to postpone it until NEXT SEMESTER. I believe that if we take the time to work with the Home Owners Association, and the Lubbock Police Department than the Tour will end up better than ever. I have talked to Sgt. Hook from the Lubbock Dept. this morning and assured him there will be no Tour this weekend. I also told him about the fact that some people think that there will be one. I let him know that the riders that might be there this weekend are NOT Tour sanctioned, so are able to prosecuted for anything that they may do i.e. Public Intoxication, indecent exposure, Drinking and Driving, etc. He has assured me that he will treat them as individual cases. If you have any problems with riders, please either inform them that the tour has been postponed, or you can contact the Police Dept. I apologize for any inconvenience to ya’ll, I know that most all of you have been very helpful, understanding, and supportive of the Tour.
I am completely open to any suggestions on how to make the Tour a better event than it has been in the past. I believe that the time of the Tour being just for the students is behind us. I want this to be a Tech Terrace event, and more importantly one you can be proud of. One thing that I would like to start is a childrens event. I do know that I WILL need help with this because there is a lot of work that will need to go into it. If there is anyone on this email string, or anyone that you know who would be interested please get me in contact with the. A children’s event is something that I have been wanting to do for a while, but need some help getting it organized.
I am sorry about the novel of an email, but I wanted to get everything in one email since I am not in Lubbock to speak with you. like I said, if you need anything please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great day!
Wreck Em’
Kindest Regards,
Jeff Bynum
jbynum@teksystems.com
