March  2008

Miles through

Ride Leaders: Don’t forget to send in the participant names and miles for club rides to Pier Fiorentini at ridermiles@bikesclub.org.

Club Miles for Club Members

 The Frequent Rider Miles program is intended as a fun benefit of BIKES Club membership.
Ride 100 miles on club-sponsored rides, earn a club water bottle. Ride 500 miles, earn a club cycling cap, etc.
Miles reported for non-members who participate on club rides are tracked, but not shown in the newsletter.
Join the club and you, too, can be part of the fun!
 Frequent Rider Miles through 02/18/08

Pier	Fiorentini	863
Warren	Bare	553
Wendell	Hultman	491
Dan	Scott	269
Steve	Linari	250
Warren	McAndrew	242
Kristie	Marlett	239
Bob	Nyberg	216
Bill	Weber	201
Tim	Wise	199
Bill	Lutterloh	155
Doug	Andrews	150
Laura	Elmore	138
Steven	Hudspeth	135
Matt	Trafford *	84
Allyson	Welsh *	64
Elaine	Scott	63
Ross	Wolin *	61
Pam	Hallanger	53
Annie	Peterson	49
Mark	Andrews	46
Tom	Weber	46
Bogdan	Vladu	35
Kathleen	Humbert	35
Scott	Adams	35
Steven	Benson	35
Kristi	Knodell	32
Kristin	Kinnamon	32
John	Marshall	30
Kevin	Schroeter *	30
Debbie	Grant	28
Kathy	Riddle	24

B.I.K.E.S. Meeting Minutes

Thursday February 7, 2008, 7pm – 9pm
Attendance:   Warren Bare, Bill Weber, Mary Andrews, Dan Scott, Linda and Brent Hunter, John Carlin, Debby Grant, Bill Lutterloh, Doug Andrews, Mike Snodgrass, Tim Wise, Mike Dahlstrom, Bill Higley, Hatch McAllister, Steven Hudspeth

Presentations by Debby Grant and John Carlin:
Debby Grant presented slides and movie about the RAGBRAI ride (Registered Annual Great Ride around Iowa).  Also Debby’s loop ride in 2007 around Indiana. John presented a movie about his 2007 Ride Around B.C. (British Columbia Canada).

 Discussions:
Bill W. reported that the head sweat bands for McClinchy were ready, but the Great Harvest bread donations were still in progress.

· Warren proposed that the bob trailer and the bike box be available to members for free with a $40.00 deposit.  Motion passed.

· Warren said that the East Side Corridor rail and trail meeting is Saturday Feb 9 at 4PM at the Everett Transit Center

· The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) will host a meeting at Everett Public Lib on Feb 21, at 3PM.

· Bike to Work day is May 16.  Kristin Kinnamon of CT is coordinating and needs volunteers.

· The Club proposed and passed motion to provide $500 for CT’s Snohomish County Bike Trail map printings and $300 for children of school age safety pamphlet printing.

The AAA (auto club), has opposed amending school driver education to include bicycling information.

 Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.

 NEWSLETTER STUFFING:
Next month’s newsletter stuffing will be held at 7pm Monday March 31st at  Mary Andrews’ house.  Call  425-337-6009 for  directions. See you there.

NEWSLETTER SUBMITTAL:
E-mail editor at editor@bikesclub.org. Please submit all material for next month’s newsletter by The 18th of the month. Thanks!

RIDE COORDINATOR:
Next month’s Ride Coordinator is Tim Wise. email leadaride@bikesclub.org before Mar 18th to schedule a ride for April.