Meeting Minutes

BIKES Club of Snohomish County meeting minutes October 11, 2007

By Tim Wise
BIKES Club Secretary

Meeting started 7:15 and ended 8:35

Members present: Debby G, Kristin K, Brent & Linda H, Mary A, Tim W, Warren B, Mike D, Bill W.

Old Business; Bill W will check on the gym addresses mentioned in last months meeting. Discussed the Kiwanis bike rodeo that the club donated a bike for and how the kids enjoyed it. The Kiwanis club is planning to do it again next year and will invite more children.

Tim read last meeting’s minutes and Debby reviewed the Treasurer’s Report.  Debby mentioned she would like to see the club make more interest money from the savings account.  She will check into other options and banks for a better interest rate.

Elections; Bill has decided to stay as president for one more year.  Warren has accepted the VP position with the stipulation that he doesn’t have to look for club meeting speakers.  Debby will stay as the treasurer and will coordinate meeting programs for future meetings. Mike has accepted position as secretary.

Kristin will continue to do the newsletter and is willing to train anyone willing to learn Publisher as the next newsletter editor.  Tim will continue as webmaster and is also willing to train anyone interested in learning Frontpage.

Warren suggested moving the elections from the fall to the spring when there is more member participation.  The members all thought that was a good idea and will plan to hold elections sometime after McClinchy Mile Ride.

The members decided to review the Club’s bylaws at the November meeting.  A volunteer will transcribe the written copy into an electronic version before the next meeting.

An idea for members to share any past rides or bicycle tours with photos or video are invited to setup a time with Debby to present at a future club meeting.  So if anyone is interested, contact Debby Grant.

Tim will setup a permanent email address to send all monthly rides.

Raffle drawing for free BAW Auction tickets were won by Mike and Debby. 

Mike proposed that the club get involved in Green Everett next year.  Green Everett is a Sustainable Energy Fair that had over 500 people attend this year.  More information to come next year. For more information visit,
http://www.sustainableeverett.com/

The Call for Grants will start in the spring. 

Kristin mentioned that Community Transit bus drivers will soon have the discretion to allow a bike on the bus if the bike rack is full and CT will start replacing their 2 bike holders with new 3 bikes holders next year.

 
BIKES Club News

Volunteers Keep Club Rolling

 Thank-You Breakfast Nov. 10

The club’s annual Volunteer Breakfast, a “thank you” to frequent ride leaders and major club contributors, is at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Cabbage Patch Restaurant in Snohomish.

Club volunteer Warren Bare is calling all invitees—a long list of folks who have lead at least three rides in 2007, helped get our newsletter out each month, tracked members and rides or helped at more than one event.

We hope all stalwart volunteers will join us for breakfast and bring your bike for a ride afterwards (and before—see ride calendar) Guests are welcome to come (and pick up their own tab). Please RSVP to Warren Bare at (425) 743-7593.

McClinchy Mile March 15

The 2008 McClinchy Mile Bike Ride will be March 15, 2008. The annual event is a major volunteer effort, and fundraiser, for the BIKES Club, so please put it on your calendar now.

McClinchy proceeds support club activities, our community grant program for bike safety and education, the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and our Frequent Rider Program. Volunteers are needed now to help with: facility rentals, government permits and notifications, route planning and painting, publicity, Bike Expo (March 8-9) and more.

If you’d like to help put on our next McClinchy Mile, contact Bill Weber at 425-252-9587.

Help with Newsletter Layout

A club volunteer is needed to layout the newsletter each month – a 2-4 hour commitment. Kristin Kinnamon, the current newsletter editor, is willing to continue providing many articles, but would like to hand off that content for final formatting by someone else.

The layout editor would use Microsoft Publisher (or another program, but Publisher is included with most Microsoft Office packages and we have a good template that makes layout easy) to format club miles, rides and articles and deliver the completed newsletter via email to our printer each month. Training can be provided. This is a great way to give back to BIKES Club and learn a new (or use an existing) skill.

For more information, contact Kristin Kinnamon at 360-658-2462 or editor@bikesclub.org.