<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133345795197077821</id><updated>2012-02-27T20:32:02.647-08:00</updated><category term='2011 attendees'/><category term='2011 participants'/><category term='guidelines'/><category term='with thanks to'/><category term='OHandS'/><category term='route basics'/><category term='Word_of_Mouth'/><category term='safety measures'/><category term='distraction factors'/><category term='map'/><category term='passenger control factors'/><category term='Moe to Whittlesea run'/><category term='Old Gipps Town to Penny&apos;s Carnival'/><title type='text'>The Mel and Pen Run</title><subtitle type='html'>Something good has come out of the Back Saturday 2009 Bush fires.  Read on and become involved.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Peter Sucanj</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133345795197077821.post-1573208561099215714</id><published>2012-01-10T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T13:45:26.475-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='route basics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OHandS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Gipps Town to Penny&apos;s Carnival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='safety measures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guidelines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word_of_Mouth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passenger control factors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moe to Whittlesea run'/><title type='text'>Things to note before you come on the Mel and Pen Run.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;There are several things that you should be aware of before you participate on the day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the navigation bar up above there are the tabs that you may be familiar with. &amp;nbsp;The more people that are involved in some way with the Mel and Pen Run that finishes at "Penny's Carnival" the greater the good that comes from the day.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is asked is that you share, like, post, retweet these messages to your friends, family, co-workers and&amp;nbsp;acquaintances&amp;nbsp;on a weekly basis. &amp;nbsp;Getting the word out there is a numbers game. &amp;nbsp;Of course with more numbers the more active people become and participation increases. In this case participation may be passive or active. &amp;nbsp;As mentioned sharing or coming on the run. &amp;nbsp;Either are helpful and you are then involved too.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;The 2012 Mel and Pen run has 36 points of notice. &amp;nbsp;As you and your team pass these points please send a tweet, Facebook &amp;nbsp;and or a Google + Mention.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uNKbAGce8gg/TwyrSzFCNcI/AAAAAAAAB7c/i3vMvBl9L9A/s1600/walking_car+chev+car+club.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uNKbAGce8gg/TwyrSzFCNcI/AAAAAAAAB7c/i3vMvBl9L9A/s1600/walking_car+chev+car+club.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Borrowed from the Cheverlat&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Car Club of Victoria&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;For both safety&amp;nbsp;monitoring&amp;nbsp;reasons as well as word of mouth. After all breaking down is not a fun thing to have happen to you. Nor is sending back cars or notifying emergency services because you choose to end the run early.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;There are no costs for the participants for the actual run.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The&amp;nbsp;organisers&amp;nbsp;have organised the Mel and Pen Run as both a day of&amp;nbsp;remembrance&amp;nbsp;and closure if appropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The organisers, &amp;nbsp;as well as those that assist, are not held liable for any injuries, mishaps or insurance issues either in the lead up too, on the event or in the&amp;nbsp;aftermath&amp;nbsp;of the Mel and Pen Run. The participation, driving within the road conditions and the laws of the land are your responsibility.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Similar Posts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_HKyswrml4lawFpsrQh98-CzgND31w33nY7i1jgQQE/edit?hl=en_GB"&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt; person is Peter. Check out the main site for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/themelandpenrun/" target="_blank"&gt;'The Mel and Pen Run'&lt;/a&gt; for ongoing reviews and updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;With thanks&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cve4me/home/contact-us" target="_blank"&gt;cve4me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1133345795197077821-1573208561099215714?l=themelandpenrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/feeds/1573208561099215714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-to-note-before-you-come-on-mel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/1573208561099215714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/1573208561099215714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-to-note-before-you-come-on-mel.html' title='Things to note before you come on the Mel and Pen Run.'/><author><name>Susan Connor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mbS6bJPen-M/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABXc/HNWYdHv8f_w/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uNKbAGce8gg/TwyrSzFCNcI/AAAAAAAAB7c/i3vMvBl9L9A/s72-c/walking_car+chev+car+club.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133345795197077821.post-5750242944052487950</id><published>2012-01-10T04:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T04:17:24.648-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distraction factors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OHandS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='safety measures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passenger control factors'/><title type='text'>No Comment</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4Qd82V4Gg0/TwwrKc8w0QI/AAAAAAAAAAY/k2T-uS3z7Dw/s1600/Hahaha%2521+Funny+Pictures+and+Videos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="301" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4Qd82V4Gg0/TwwrKc8w0QI/AAAAAAAAAAY/k2T-uS3z7Dw/s320/Hahaha%2521+Funny+Pictures+and+Videos.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;With thanks for Funny Pictures and Videos&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Scissors in the upper hand for&amp;nbsp;emergencies&amp;nbsp;in action planning.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1133345795197077821-5750242944052487950?l=themelandpenrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/feeds/5750242944052487950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-comment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/5750242944052487950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/5750242944052487950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-comment.html' title='No Comment'/><author><name>Peter Sucanj</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4Qd82V4Gg0/TwwrKc8w0QI/AAAAAAAAAAY/k2T-uS3z7Dw/s72-c/Hahaha%2521+Funny+Pictures+and+Videos.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133345795197077821.post-1644521056800140875</id><published>2012-01-10T04:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T04:15:24.896-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='with thanks to'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011 attendees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011 participants'/><title type='text'>2012 participants tales</title><content type='html'>Find out who are the&amp;nbsp;participants&amp;nbsp;and why are they participating on the Mel and Pen Run? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan and Pete Sucanj&lt;br /&gt;Patricia and Susan Connor&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1133345795197077821-1644521056800140875?l=themelandpenrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/feeds/1644521056800140875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-participants-tales.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/1644521056800140875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/1644521056800140875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-participants-tales.html' title='2012 participants tales'/><author><name>Peter Sucanj</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133345795197077821.post-2780034609792962138</id><published>2012-01-10T03:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T04:16:30.266-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='route basics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='map'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011 attendees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011 participants'/><title type='text'>The Mel and Pen Run to Penny's Carnival</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;On the 12th&amp;nbsp;February&amp;nbsp;2012 the Mel and Pen Run begins. &amp;nbsp;This run is a family event, inclusive of Car and Bike Clubs and associates, so come and join us in a charity event. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;You, as a&amp;nbsp;participant&amp;nbsp;or a bystander donate any funds straight to the local Country Fire Association as well as the Local Wildlife Organisations and "Penny's Carnival".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The schedule for the 2012 Mel and Pen Run has 36 scheduled stops along the way. &amp;nbsp;Which include shops and fuel stops.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Those in the event can meet at the Old Gipps Town at 0730 hrs [7.30 am] for last minute registrations. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Starting from the Old Gipps Town in Moe at 0800hrs [8am]to the Whittlesea Swimming Centre [50 Walnut Street, Whittlesea, Victoria 3757.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Once you have arrived at "Penny's Carnival" an admission fee will occur as to the Carnival is where the "Mel and Pen Run" is heading. &amp;nbsp;Yes it will be a case of BYO food, drinks and car.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;While there are no prizes or trophies give the idea is to recognize that although a tragedy has occurred people can and do band together in times of hardship. What will also be acknowledged are the clubs and their participants who have helped and joined together in making this event possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Contact Pete on 0417 03 786 or see contact page above.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1133345795197077821-2780034609792962138?l=themelandpenrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/feeds/2780034609792962138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/mel-and-pen-run-to-pennys-carnival.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/2780034609792962138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1133345795197077821/posts/default/2780034609792962138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themelandpenrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/mel-and-pen-run-to-pennys-carnival.html' title='The Mel and Pen Run to Penny&apos;s Carnival'/><author><name>Peter Sucanj</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
