Meetup Decommissioning - Heylo Launch

On September 1, Victoria Cycling Adventure Club will stop using Meetup, and will begin using Heylo (heylo.com) for organizing all of our Events.

Heylo was built from the ground up for organizing groups like cycling clubs, making for a great experience for all our hard working volunteers like Ride Leaders and Board Members, and for you, our members too. A handful of us have been testing it for a few weeks now, and we're all really excited to share the news with you. We think it's going to help us build an even better community.

To make this change easier for you, Heylo will import our membership data, including your account information, and will automatically send you an invitation to join us there. For the best experience, you may want to install the Heylo app on your smartphone, but you can also use the web site for everything.

Once we make this change, Heylo will automate the process of tracking waivers and membership dues, and will make communication among us all much easier. It will feel a little familiar, if you've used Meetup before, but adds some nice features that we're sure you'll come to appreciate.

After you've activated your account on Heylo, you'll be able to communicate with club leadership in one of the "Chats", and you should start to see upcoming rides posted very soon after.

We are also about to launch a renovated web site, which you'll find at the usual address. Importantly, the web site now presents our new protocols for joining the VCAC. We still offer "your first ride free", but joining our Heylo Group requires the payment of the annual membership fee, so the policy going forward will be that after your first ride, you may ask for a refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, or need a helping hand with the "onboarding" process, please email me directly ([michaelhedlin@gmail.com](mailto:michaelhedlin@gmail.com)), or email our volunteer who has helped with both of these projects, Michael Reinhart (michael@above.care). We are both here to help.