THREE RIVERS VELO SPORT MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
August 1, 2013
Call to order 7:30 pm by President
*Officers present
Patrick Stelte President
Steve Pequignot Touring
Phil Snider Off-Road
Kathy Boling Newsletter
Donna Nelson Publicity
*Officers absent
Earnie Williamson Treasurer
Tim Claypool Secretary
Jerry Witham Racing
Membership
Mike Heyes Webmaster
First order of business: Election of Membership Officer. Jane Lewandowski was nominated by club president. No other attending club member offered a nomination and Jane was elected.
Financial Report:
Earnie sent a brief report stating the club has a healthy balance. Outstanding expenditures include Festival Tour food, insurance, storage locker and jerseys.
Touring Report:
September weekend tours will start at 10am due to increase participation. 9am was suggested by a club member, but Steve’s statistics show a significant drop off in participation at 9am from past years.
The Century Tour will start at 9am on Labor Day from Huntertown Elementary School and head to Cecil, Oh. with stops every 25 miles (Woodburn, Cecil, Oh and Hicksville, Oh). This will be in conjunction with the Short-Circuit Century starting in Hicksville, Oh on the same day.
Sign up for The Huntington Challenge team competition has closed with 12 men and 7 women. Steve Pequignot, Hugh Smith, Matt Misner and Kathy Boling have been appointed by the club president to the selection committee. They will oversee training and make final decisions on the structure of the teams. Men’s training rides be will at Carroll H.S. every Tuesday and Thursday. The women’s training rides TBD.
Also, all club members will receive a $5 discount for The Huntington Challenge touring ride, September 21 at 9am, when registering online. The discount will be subtracted by inputting 3RVS in the promo code box. Deadline for online registration is early September.
No report for Racing, Publicity, Newsletter or Webmaster.
Off-Road Report:
August 10th is a workday. Trail markers will be put out on the west side of Spy Run Creek. Ridership on the Franke Park trail has increased and more people are getting lost on the west side.
Monday night rides are becoming more popular (15-20 riders per week), with most able to complete a full loop in an hour and a half.
Membership Report:
305 total
155 individual
75 families
P.O. Box key will be changed out and new keys will be distributed to membership officer and Kathy Boling (per finance officer Earnie Williamson’s request).
Jersey Update:
50 jerseys have been ordered. 31 have been pre-sold (spoken for); order to arrive by August 27th. Approximately 200-225 “newest style” jerseys have been sold.
Festival Tour Wrap-Up:
$5924.00 revenues
$2588.32 expenditures
$3335.68 profit
296 participants (95 online, 15 mail-in, 186 day of ride). 30 volunteers. Dry, sunny day, temps in 80s.
Pokagon Tour Update:
Marketing of tour began in middle of July with postings on website and Facebook. Waiver completed. Registration cut-off to be August 10th. Phil Snider makes motion to cover costs of cancellation fee for extra camping sites (if necessary). All in attendance vote in favor of Phil’s motion.
Short-Circuit Century Tour:
Labor Day, September 2nd starting at 8am in Hicksville, Oh. Riders will proceed to Cecil, Oh. for “looping” tour. Phil surveyed the course and announced no road issues at this time. SAG food to be offered at Cecil, Oh. park. Food costs to be reimbursed by club.
Minutes prepared by President Patrick Stelte
