Club Meeting Minutes for June 4, 2015
*Officers present
Patrick Stelte,. President
Hugh Smith, Treasurer
Steve Pequignot, Touring
Phil Snider, Off-Road
Jane Lewandowski, Membership
Joe Bartels, Racing
*Officers absent
Kathy Boling, Newsletter
Tim Claypool, Secretary
Mona Will, Publicity
Mike Heyes, Webmaster
Meeting called to order at 7:35 by Patrick. Welcome extended to guest and new club member (Kacey), and club member (Dan Hamblin), and officers. Patrick asked club members to pass May 2015 meeting minutes and minutes were passed without alteration.
Treasurer’s Report: Hugh explained revenues and expenditures over the last thirty days. $399 was reimbursed to Steve Pequignot for purchase of club cycling caps. $100 of new revenue for membership and $485 of revenue for clothing were reported.
Touring Report: Steve passed along a complaint from the June 2nd Kreager Ride. 23 cyclists were present for the ride on a windy night. Several cyclists (non-regulars) pushed a higher than normal pace into the wind, splitting and splintering the group. This disruption caused the regular members to struggle. After the ride, a comment was posted on the club’s Facebook page about the disruption from the pace. Approximately 30 comments followed. Steve will contact ride leader about pace group designation prior to ride so that this scenario won’t occur again.
Steve is planning a new ride for “B” group cyclists because of the influx of new cyclists to group riding. The ride is every Wednesday night at 6pm from Jefferson Middle School, starting June 10th. The pace will be 18 mph for approximately 30 miles – no drop, no stop rules. The focus will be on group riding skills. Details will be posted on the club’s website and Facebook page. Also, June 7th, ride leaders and Bike Ambassadors will have their picture taken for “MeCals”, a decal action photo of the participant. This $30 fee is provided free as a thank you for volunteer efforts.
Off-Road Report: Phil stated that Franke Park was wet for most of the month of May. Phil emphasized the need to stay off the trails until it they are dry. Trail maintenance is the 2nd Saturday of each month. NITRO is in charge of Franke Park maintenance.
Membership Report: Jane gave an end of May total of 281 members. 126 Family, 155 individuals. 58 new club members since January 1st.
Publicity Report: Mona sent her report to Patrick to read into the minutes. In an effort to get more people out on their bikes with 3RVS and become members, she is sending the weekly ride schedule to Whatz Up publication, a local weekly entertainment newspaper. The schedule in the paper and online version will begin in June.
Newsletter: No report.
Racing Report: Joe has decided to have all Tuesday night World Championship Racing at the Flaugh Road course (Bethlehem Lutheran Church meet up). He hopes that one location will build ridership. He feels that rotating the courses week-to-week has fractured participation. As an example: Average ridership in April (all Flaugh Rd.) was 30; however May’s rotating locations averaged 15 racers.
Joe also talked about pace designation. A Tuesday night Kreager cyclist showed up for a Wednesday night Saturn ride. The cyclist considered himself to be an “A” group rider at Kreager and thought the “A” group at Saturn was the same pace. The cyclist quickly realized his mistake in the parking lot and Joe explained the difference. Joe requested that ride leaders post their weekly results on Facebook to show the pace of each ride for cyclists to understand what to expect. After several minutes of discussion about the difference between pace and average speed, no determination was made and any posting of weekly results is left up to ride leaders.
Addition Items of Interest:
Festival Tour Route: Phil met with the Whitley County Highway Department Commissioner about road conditions for the Festival Tour. Earlier, Phil drove the tour route and found several sections of bad road. The Commissioner stated that some of the route is schedule for patching, but other portions will not be repaired until next year. Phil is working on a re-route. Steve Pequignot handed out a rough re-route map that he has worked on. However, the loops are longer that the normal routes. A deadline of two weeks prior to the tour has been given for last minute patching by Whitley Co. After that deadline, an alternative route will be finalized.
Festival Tour T-Shirt Design: Steve brought several examples of colors and designs for the Festival Tour t-shirt. A color and design was selected and Steve will contact Kathy about prior years’ allotment and t-shirt makers used.
Three Rivers Festival Parade: Jim Kelsey from “Bike Town Indiana” again requested club members’ participation in his Festival parade entry. He is looking to add four 3RVS members. Patrick will post his request on Facebook and the requirements of participation. Mr. Kelsey initially requested club participation at the March club meeting. His request was posted in the newsletter and on the club’s Facebook page.
Meeting adjourned at 9pm
Minutes taken by Patrick Stelte, President
