Minutes from the FFBC General Board Meeting

Highlights:

• Race Team results for August & Sept
• Donation Committee recommendations
• Election of new board
• Special presentation by Tom Giles of his Oregon bike trip

Click here for the detailed minutes:

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FFBC BOARD MEETING MINUTES

 

Location:  Fremont Adult Education School, Room N6, 4700 Calaveras Ave, Fremont, CA 94538

Date:  August 9, 2016

 

Attendance:

Louis Friedenberg	Vice President
Trish Conklin	Director-at-Large
Chris Menicou	Race Team Representative
Bob Miller	Secretary
Julia Walker	Treasurer
Dave Fishbaugh	Ride Coordinator
Becky Denevan	Membership Coordinator

 

Call to Order:

Meeting called to order at 7:35 PM. Previous meeting minutes were approved.

 

There were no other club members present, so no presentation was made. For documentation purposes the notes from the Board meeting are added below.

 Membership Coordinator – Beck Denevan

There are 485 members and 360 memberships.

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Our team has done very well over the last two months. Lots of top ten finishes again. Chris sent the following summary after the meeting:

 

1. Team Fremont Race Updates – Top Ten Rider Results  (rider info = place/total riders)

Cycle to the Sun – Haleakala Crater Race – 36 miles, 10K Feet
June 25

Men
Phill Mai 8/142 (3/50 M40­49)
West   Kurihara 26/142 (3/40   M50­59)
Women
Tara Kurihara 4/19 (1/2 F19­29)

Mt. Diablo Hillclimb TT
June 25

Junior Men 17‐18
Daniel Karpelevitch 3/4
Mens Cat 4/5
Keith Strong 3/21

Burlingame Crit
June 26

Mens   4
Daniel Karpelevitch 3/30
Matt Brantveyn 10/30

Central Coast Road Series
July 2

Masters 45+ 5
Paul Bragg 2/3
Mens Cat 4
Scott Morin 5/15
Jacob Salassi 6/15
Matt Brantveyn 10/15

Leesville Logoda Road Race

Mens Cat 4
Keith   Strong   5/11

Davis 4^th of July Crit

Mens 15­16 Junior
Sainath Kesari 10/12
Mens 17­18 Junior
Daniel Karpelevitch 2/8
Mens Cat 4
Matt Brantveyn 1/23
Daniel Karpelevitch4/23

Watsonville Crit
July 9

Mens Cat 4/5
Daniel Karpelevich 6/33
Mens 35+ Cat 5

Central Coast Road Series
July 16

Masters 45+ Cat 3/4
Phill  Mai 1/10

Colavita GP

Mens  35+ 3/4
Michael Mui 10/16

The Bump Circuit Race
July 24

Mens 45+ Cat 3/4
Phill   Mai 3/38
Mens 55+Cat 3/4
West Kurihara 9/24
Mens Cat 4
Matt Brantveyn 8/29
Jacob Salassi 10/29

Berkeley Bicycle Club Crit
July 31

Mens Cat 4
Matt Brantveyn 1/20
Mens 35+ 3/4
Phill Mai 3/23
Mens Cat 3/4
Phill Mai 7/26

Paterson Pass Road Race
August 6

Mens Cat 3
Phill  Mai 3/39

Red Kite Crit
August 7

Mens Cat 5
Suraj Shah 4/12
Sai Kesare 10/12
Mens 55+ Cat 3/4
Tim O’Hara 5/12
Mens  Cat 4
Matt Brantveyn 1/21

2. Training and Event Update
   1. Tuesday Night Training (TuNT):  Meet at 6:15 PM at Genmark Automation (Warren and 46723 Lakeview) for a local ride and hill climbing workout.
   2. Wednesday Night Training (WNT) Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for training and mentoring on the basics of racing.
   3. Thursday Night Training (TNT): Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for 4-corner Criterium workouts.

 

3. Team Target Events for 2016
   1. Team Target Events for Road Racing in 2016:
      • 1) Giro di San Francisco Criterium – September 5^th – Final for the team in 2016
   2. The race calendar can be found at – http://ncnca.org/

 

4. Team Membership
   1. Current Roster 62 Members (who are Freewheelers), including 9 Juniors, 6 Ladies
   2. The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 

Director-at-Large – Trish Conklin

No boxes going out till October.

Food was provided again tonight but unfortunately I did not record it.

Treasurer – Julia Walker

Income: Some income from memberships and clothing.

Expenses: Pizza Rides, website, Ride Leader Party.

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh

Ride Leader Parties – Second Ride Leader Party held

1. Third in row at same place
2. Attendance was a little low probably because of other ride conflicts
3. Budgeted for 50 and about 30 people attended

Ride Leader Parties – Budgeted about $2k for the year and have used only about $1.2k

The next party will be in mid-January.

Dave may request help in future managing the party.

Sept Calendar – Dave will do first draft and Vanessa McDonnell will finalize. Dave is off on a trip to Alaska.

August was a slow month for rides.

Julia put some rides on club’s RidewithGPS site. We need to push all ride leaders to do that.

General Discussion – new business:

Website: Moving along reasonably well. Target “go live” date is Oct 1^st. Issues being focused on:

Nominations for Board Positions/People willing to take position

1. President –
2. Vice President – David Walker
3. Secretary –
4. Treasurer –
5. Member-at-Large – (Trish is considering continuing)
6. Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh

Next Sept meeting is election night for the Board, so we need more volunteers.

Sept meeting presentation. After the meeting Dave F announced the following presentations:

1. Tom Giles & Company: Oregon bike trip
2. Mike Christopherson (and possibly Laura Spano): Will discuss their BAC trip from Calgary to Jasper, in Alberta Canada.

Ideas for future presentations:

1. Race Team overview
2. Race Team – individual presentations

Board Meeting Adjourned

7:45 PM: Meeting adjourned