HPG Velo Paceline lawsuit

HPGers –

This is an official reminder to those who are on the HPG-VELO group distribution list that use of this list is a privilege, not a right, granted by the one of the founders – Steve Cutter. As his twin brother separated at birth by ten years, I feel both obligated to and responsible for maintaining HPG-VELO content integrity as his proxy. As such, I take issue with Mr. Donahue’s latest posting, which is in the forbidden category “DEPRESSING AS SHIT.” HPG-VELO topic categories include the following:

1. CONFUSION ON THE START TIME
2. CONFUSION ABOUT THE START PLACE
3. ATTEMPTS TO BORROW, BUY, SELL OR TRADE BICYCLE COMPONENTS, FRAMES, OR CLOTHING
4. EXPOSITIONS ON WHY ASSOS CLOTHING IS SO SUPERIOR
5. STRAVA LINKS FOR PRETEND RIDES ON ZWIFT
6. UPLIFTING REPORTS ON THE WEATHER AND PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE RIDE (e.g., No rain today & good turnout)
7. LAME EXCUSES ON WHY A CERTAIN HPGer CANNOT MAKE A PLANNED RIDE (e.g.,Baby naming, in Rochester, getting ready for a sidewalk sale, etc.)
8. IMPORTANT LIFE ANNOUNCEMENTS (e.g., chickens are laying eggs, someone has not picked up his/her HPG kit, Giuseppe is in Hawaii again, etc.)
9. BIRTHDAYS, NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES and CURLING EVENTS (both amateur and professional)
10. and finally DEPRESSING AS SHIT

Categories 1 through 9 are acceptable categories. Category 10 is not. An HPGer, if he/she were to email on the topic DEPRESSING AS SHIT, is given a first warning. I hereby, under the authority granted to me by Steve Cutter issue such a warning to Mr. Donahue. Were Mr. Donahue to submit another DEPRESSING AS SHIT email, this would be grounds for a formal review of his ongoing rights to be included on the HPG-VELO distribution list. Such a review could result in his expulsion, which is not to say that Mr. Donahue is not a valued and long time member; but his esteemed position does not give him the right to submit topics within the DEPRESSING AS SHIT category.

John

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Tim Donahue <tpd001> wrote:

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=219955