A major focus of our Club is to provide a safe riding environment for our members and guests. To maintain this environment, we conduct a Group Riding and Safety Seminar, or G.R.A.S.S., for our members and guests up to four times a year. Attendance at a G.R.A.S.S session is required for all new members within their first year of membership and is encouraged as a refresher course for all members in good standing. The seminar is a classroom presentation, approximately three hours long, with no riding exercises. It is taught by our Senior Road Captains. 

All G.R.A.S.S. classes are held at the Keller Williams office in the Harris Bank Building located at the Northwest corner of Route 53 and Northwest highway (enter at the rear of the building) starting at 8AM with a ½ hour social of coffee, donuts, and bagels. G.R.A.S.S. starts promptly at 8:30AM and lasts until approximately 12:30 PM.

This seminar does not teach members how to ride. It simply teaches new members how our Club rides. This lecture and video presentation consists of five (5) modules:

1. Top Cats Group Riding Protocol including, hand signals, formations, and parking.
2. Safety, including maneuvers (no practical exercises) descriptions, maintenance, personal, and equipment ride preparation.
3. Road Captain responsibilities beginning with planning, execution of the ride, and follow up.
4. Accident scene management (hopefully we never need this one) starting with the incident and including, skills needed, requirements, responsibilities, and hand off to emergency personnel.
5. Road Captain Training module for Top Cats Rides starting with all planning activities up to and including the ride, day of the ride responsibilities, and Mentoring of all Road Captains. 

The schedule for 2012 is as follows: