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Minutes – April 12, 2016

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FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Apr 12, 2016

Attendance:

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

 

Call to Order:

Meeting called to order at 7:40 PM. Previous meeting minutes were approved.

 

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Chris reported that the new Cat 5 guys that have just joined the team are very strong. Many will probably go to Cat 4 very soon.

Coming up is the Morgan Hill Criterium – a target ride in May. Also the “Dash for Cash” ride.

Chris reviewed the following team results and provided the complete results later by email. This is for the last four weeks.

  1. Team Fremont Race Updates – Top Ten Rider Results

 Turlock Road Race
April 9

Elite M Cat. 3 – Rey Surla 1st
Elite M Cat. 4 – Derek Steadman 1st, Scott Morin 6th
Elite M Cat. 5 – Keith Strong 5th
M45 M Cat. 4/5 – Paul Bragg 9th

 Coppertown Circuit Race
April 2

Elite M Cat. 5 – Matthew Cho 8th, Surah Shah 10th
Elite M Cat. 3 – Chris Gaitos 6th

 Copperopolis Road Race
March 26

Elite M Cat. 5 – Keith Strong 1st

Red Kite ‘Tempus Fugit’ – Individual Time Trial
March 20

M55 M Cat. 3/4 – Chris Menicou 7th
M35 M – Cat. 5 – Michael Jones 2nd

 Santa Cruz Criterium
March 20th

Elite M Cat. 4/5 – Scott Morin 7th

 UC Merced Road Race
March 19th

Elite M Cat. 4/5 – Derek Stedman 1st, Andrew Conley 3rd, Florian Mehring 4th, Scott Morin 7th

 Central Coast Road Series
March 19th

Elite M Cat. 5 – Matthew Cho 6th
M55 M  Cat. 1/2/3/4 – West Kurihara 5th
M45 M Cat. 1/2/3/4/5 – West Kurihara 3rd

  1. Training and Event Update
    • Tuesday Night Training (TuNT):  Meet at 6:15 PM at Genmark Automation (Warren and 46723 Lakeview) for a local ride and hill climbing workout.
    • 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.
    • Thursday Night Training (TNT): Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for 4-corner Criterium workouts.
  1.  Team Target Events for 2016
    • Team Target Events for Road Racing in 2016:

Memorial Day Criterium, Morgan Hill – May 30th
Dash 4 Cash, Dublin – June 4th
Red Kite Bump Circuit Race – July 24th
Dunnigan Hills Road Race – August 13th
Giro di San Francisco Criterium – September 5th

  1. Team Membership
    • There are 56 Race Team (and Freewheeler) Members for the 2016 season roster so far, including 9 juniors and 3 ladies.
    • The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 

Director-at-Large – Trish

One person reserved a club bike case.

Trish outdid herself as club food meister and has taken Rice Krispies farther than they’ve ever been intended to go. Rice Krispie bars, and Rice Krispie bars wrapped with interesting things found around the house – gummy bears, fruit wraps, sour wraps. They were all there and then they disappeared pretty quickly!

Here are some sample shots:

Treasury Report – Julia Walker:

Account balance given. Almost done with Primavera Deposits.

Looking at venues for Holiday party.

 

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh:

Still looking for “Hall of Fame” committee members.

Primavera Workers ride – rescheduled to April 24th.

Some PRS rides re-scheduled to May.

Recruiting for May rides.

 

Membership – Becky:

Membership today: 436 members and 323 Memberships

 General Discussion:

David Walker did a presentation on how to use the club’s RidewithGPS account, and in particular, what are the premium features that are available, and how to take advantage of them. After the event he sent around a link to his presentation:

Dave_Walkers_presentation

In his followup note, he provided info on a RidewithGPS discount for personal accounts from our sales representative:

Here is the scoop on the RWGPS discount:

The folks who make the Ride with GPS tracking/navigation app have set up a discount on their premium service for FFBC members. If you already use RWGPS and have been thinking of upgrading to the premium service, this is worth checking out. Do try the free version before you pop for the premium subscription, though!

 Details:

 To get the discount, go to the URL  http:// ridewithgps.com/dc/fremont

The code is good for 20% (or $10) off any yearly membership. Easiest way to take advantage of this is:

 Existing Starter members: Have them log into their account, then paste the URL into the browser. That will automatically apply the discount to the Choose Account page and take them there.

 New Users: They can paste the URL into the browser, then go to Ride with GPS and create a new account. When they get to the Choose Account page in the signup process, the discount will already be applied, and they just pick one. OR, they can create an account and then follow the steps for the existing Starter member.

 Please note we can’t offer partial refunds to existing paid members, but they can take advantage of the discount for their future renewal.

It was mentioned that County Supervisor Scott Haggerty will be presenting at our May meeting.

The meeting was adjourned around 8:30PM.

Minutes – March 8, 2016

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FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Mar 8, 2016

 

Attendance:

Luis Facha President
Louis Friedenberg Vice President
Bob Miller Secretary
Julia Walker Treasurer
Dave Fishbaugh Ride Coordinator

Call to Order:

Meeting called to order at 7:40 PM. Previous meeting minutes were approved.

Treasury Report – Julia Walker:

Gave Club account balance. Many Primavera checks are in with no significant expenses yet, so we are in the surplus portion of the Primavera budgetary cycle.

Membership – Becky:

Membership today: 406 members and 304 Memberships

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh:

Very active right now.

  • PRS gets about 12-20 people
  • LAP is getting 20+ people
  • Brisk PRS is getting 5-10 people

5-6 new ride leaders in the last two months – very good news.

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Chris was not at the meeting but provided this list later by email. This is for the last four weeks.

Race Team Report for February 2016:

  1. Team Fremont Race Updates – Top Ten Rider Results

COPPER TOWN SQUARE CIRCUIT RACE – team Target Event
COPPEROPOLIS, CA   FEB 14, 2016

Elite M Cat. 5 – Florian Mehring 3rd, Scott Morin 6th, Alex Abaya 8th
M35 M Cat. 3 – Rey Surla 1st, Phill Mai 3rd
Elite M Cat. 3 – Chris Gaitos 3rd
Elite M Cat. 4 – Jacob Salassi 6th
M55 M Cat. 1-5 – West Kurihara 6th
Elite W Cat. 4 – Katie Troung – 9th
Elite M Cat. 3/4 – Chris Gaitos – 3rd
M45 Cat. 4 – Prashant Singh – 4th

SNELLING ROAD RACE
SNELLING, CA   FEB 20, 2016

Elite M Cat. 5 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 9th

CENTRAL COAST ROAD SERIES #2
CIRCUIT RACE   FEB. 28, 2016

Elite M Cat. 5 – Dominic Hollingdale – 1st, Luke Jeeter – 6th
Elite M Cat. 4 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 10th
Open M35 – Bernhard Stonas – 6th

MADERA COUNTY STAGE RACE
CHOWCHILLA, CA   MAR 4, 2016 – MAR 6, 2016

Criterium: Elite M Cat. 4 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 10th
Time Trial: Elite M Cat. 4 – Matt Brantveyn – 3rd, Daniel Karpelevitch – 8th
Road Race: Elite M Cat. 4 – Matt Brantveyn – 1st, Daniel Karpelevitch – 7th
Overall (GC)  Elite M Cat. 4 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 8th, Matt Brantveyn – 10th

RED KITE OMNIUM16 EVENT #2 – RED KITE CRITERIUM (MARCH)
LIVERMORE, CA   MAR 6, 2016

Elite M Cat. 5 – Andrew Conley – 1st, Scott Morin – 5th, Luke Jeeter – 9th
Elite M Cat. 5 – B Race –Scott Morin – 1st, Andrew Conley – 2nd, Alex Abaya – 3rd, Luke Jeeter – 5th, Dominic Hollingdale – 9th
M55 M Cat. 1/2/3 – West Kurihara – 5th, Tim O’Hara – 7th, Garry Birch – 9th
Elite M Cat. 3 – Chris Gaitos -1st

WARDS FERRY ROAD RACE

Elite M Cat. 3 – Phill Mai – 2nd
Elite M Cat. 5 – Matthew Cho – 3rd
M35 Cat. 4 – Prashant Singh – 5th

BARIANI ROAD RACE

Junior 15-18 Cat. 4/5 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 1st

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

 

  1. Team Target Events for 2016
  • Team Target Events proposed for Road Racing in 2016:
    • Turlock Lake Road Race – April 9th
    • Memorial Day Criterium, Morgan Hill – May 30th
    • Dash 4 Cash, Dublin – June 4th
    • Red Kite Bump Circuit Race – July 24th
    • Dunnigan Hills Road Race – August 13th
    • Giro di San Francisco Criterium – September 5th
  • The race calendar can be found at – http://ncnca.org/

 

  1. Team Membership
    • There are 55 Race Team (and Freewheeler) Members for the 2016 season roster so far, including 8 juniors and 3 ladies.
    • The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 

General Discussion:

Conni Smith – was present to discuss the choice for the Club picnic. Everyone was in agreement.

Some discussion about members of the Hall of Fame Committee. Becky and Conni were corralled in being the meta-committee. I.e. making suggestions as to who might be in the committee. More later after Dave’s and their feedback.

 The meeting was adjourned around 8:15PM.

Minutes – Feb 9, 2016

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FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Feb 9, 2016

Attendance:

Luis Facha

President

Louis Friedenberg

Vice President

Bob Miller

Secretary

Chris Menicou

Race Team Representative

Julia Walker

Treasurer

Dave Fishbaugh

Ride Coordinator

Call to Order:

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

Treasury Report – Julia Walker:

Gave Club account balance. Many Primavera checks are in with no significant expenses yet, so we are in the surplus portion of the Primavera budgetary cycle. We are close to sellout with the ride.

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh:

About 40 people turned up at the Ride Leader Appreciation part at the Newark Round Table Pizza place. It was within budget – Dave felt it was successful. Next time Dave recommends we try a new place. As part of the event Dave did “white Elephant” awards for various categories:

Dave also said that the ride calendar for February looks good.

 

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Chris noted this is early race season. There have been only a couple events so far, for example the bump circuit race by Wente. Two new riders, Derrick Stedman and Scott Morin have been doing very well.

The member level is at 51 at this point. Eight juniors and three women. There will be a second round of signups in February.

Saturday workouts have started at more than 60 miles and 4500 ft of climbing.

The Team Target events have also been decided – they are listed below.

Chris reviewed the following team information and provided this complete list later by email. This is for the last four weeks.

Race Team Report for Jan 2016:

 

CCCX CYCLOCROSS – Series Final
01/17/16 – Marina

MASTERS 35+ C MEN – Brian Gokey 1st

2016 RED KITE OMNIUM EVENT #1 – THE BUMP CIRCUIT RACE (WINTER)
LIVERMORE, CA   FEB 7, 2016

Cat. 5 – Derek Stedman 1st, Scott Morin 2nd

  1. Training and Event Update

 

  • Tuesday Night Training (TuNT):  Meet at 6:15 PM at Genmark Automation (Warren and 46723 Lakeview) for a local ride and hill climbing workout.
  • 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.
  • Thursday Night Training (TNT): Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for 4-corner Criterium workouts.

 

  1. Team Target Events for 2016

 

Team Target Events proposed for Road Racing in 2016:

  • Coppertown Circuit Race – Feb. 14th
  • Red Kite Criterium – March 3rd
  • Turlock Lake Road Race – April 9th
  • Memorial Day Criterium, Morgan Hill – May 30th
  • Dash 4 Cash, Dublin – June 4th
  • Red Kite Bump Circuit Race – July 24th
  • Dunnigan Hills Road Race – August 13th
  • Giro di San Francisco Criterium – September 5th

The race calendar can be found at – http://ncnca.org/

 

  1. Team Membership

 

There are 51 Race Team (and Freewheeler) members for the 2016 season roster so far, including 8 juniors and 3 ladies.

Note: A second round of sign-ups is open in February.

The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 

Director-at-Large – Trish Conklin:

Trish was not present but did provide some excellent refreshments. According to her they were:

Strange nibbles this evening. Chocolate beet cupcakes with espresso. They may or may not have a crème fraiche and poppy seed topping (be forewarned they are a bit dry) or perhaps just powdered sugar. There will also be a lemon and blueberry, or raspberry pudding cupcake topped with a dusting of powdered sugar.  The bottoms of these are a bit mushy, hence the pudding part, but no worries, they are thoroughly cooked.

General Discussion:

For this meeting there was an excellent presentation by Urban Bike fitters on their bike fitting machines and tools.

The meeting was adjourned around 9PM.

 

Minutes – Jan 12, 2016

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FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Jan 12, 2016

Attendance:

Luis Facha

President

Louis Friedenberg

Vice President

Bob Miller

Secretary

Chris Menicou

Race Team Representative

Julia Walker

Treasurer

Trish Conklin

Director-at-Large

Dave Fishbaugh

Ride Coordinator

Call to Order:

Meeting called to order at 7:45 PM. Previous meeting minutes were approved.

Membership – Becky Denevan

There were 216 early renewals, who were candidates for the early membership prizes.

Now in 2016, there are 279 members and 214 memberships.

There was a drawing for the early renewal member prizes ($25 gift cards from local biking & coffee establishments) and they are:

  • Hung Dang                  REI
  • Sandra King                PEET’s
  • Jon Utley                     Centripedal
  • Alan Cookson             Crank2
  • Steve Lawrence           Bicycle Garage

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Since there were no other members present we decided to adjourn the meeting. The following notes are included from the Board Meeting Minutes for general publication. Meeting was adjourned at 8PM.

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Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Chris noted that although racing season hasn’t started there have been a few pre-season races. There were three First places in Early Bird Road Races. There were also two First places in CycloCross.

The member level is at 48 at this point. Three juniors and two others from last year’s team went to some Pro teams and a Sacramento team. There will be a second round of signups in February.

Saturday workouts have started at more than 60 miles and 4500 ft of climbing.

The Team Target events have also been decided – they are listed below.

Chris reviewed the following team information and provided this complete list later by email. This is for the last eight weeks.

Race Team Report for November-December 2015:

  • Team Fremont Race Updates  – Top Ten Rider Results

CCCX CYCLOCROSS #7
12/19/15 – Marina

MASTERS 35+ B MEN – Damon Campbell – 1st
MASTERS 35+ C MEN – Brian Gokey – 1st

2016 SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN HILL CLIMB
BRISBANE, CA – JAN 1, 2016

Junior Under 18yrs  – Daniel Karpelevitch – 3rd

CCCX CYCLOCROSS #8
01/08/16 – Ft. Ord

MASTERS 35+ C MEN – Brian Gokey – 1st

  • Training and Event Update
    • Tuesday Night Training (TNT):  Meet at 6:15 PM at Genmark Automation (Warren and 46723 Lakeview) for a local ride and hill climbing workout.
    • 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.
    • Thursday Night Training (TNT): Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for 4-corner Criterium workouts.
    • Winter training rides are now taking place on Saturdays per the FFBC ride calendar. Riders are grouped by ability.
  • Team Target Events for 2016
    • Team Target Events proposed for Road Racing in 2016:
      • Coppertown Circuit Race – Feb. 14th
      • Red Kite Criterium – March 3rd
      • Turlock Lake Road Race – April 9th
      • Memorial Day Criterium, Morgan Hill – May 30th
      • Dash 4 Cash, Dublin – June 4th
      • Red Kite Bump Circuit Race – July 24th
      • Dunnigan Hills Road Race – August 13th
      • Giro di San Francisco Criterium – September 5th
  • Team Membership
    • There are 48 Race Team Members for the 2016 season roster so far. A second round of sign-ups opens in February.

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh:

Jan 31st is the ride leader recognition party.

Director-at-Large – Trish Conklin:

Nothing new to report. All bike boxes have been returned.

Trish made a puff pastry with raspberry, brie and bacon as well as a twice cooked potato with thyme, chives and parmigiana cheese for the event. You really shouldn’t miss out.

Treasury Report – Julia Walker:

Account balance is good. First Primavera checks are coming in. The biggest Dec expense was the Holiday Party.

Julia did a survey and got very positive response on the Holiday Party. The negative feedback was: a) When they ran out of food and took too long to replace, b) Wine was expensive. Otherwise everyone enjoyed the event.

General Discussion:

Urban Bike Fitters wanted to do a talk about bike fitting. Board agreed that would work in February. Next we need to decide if the meeting should be at the Urban Fitters bike shop or not.

Bob presented the Minutes website approach. The concept is to host both the General Minutes and the Newsletter on a website (initially on a free WordPress.com site and eventually on the ffbc.org site). That will mean that the website will be accessible by the public.

Donation Process: The Board felt the process was fine the way it was and there were no recommended changes.

 

Minutes – Nov 10, 2015

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FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date: Nov 10, 2015

Board Attendance:

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

General meeting was called to order at 7:30PM. Meeting minutes from last meeting were approved.

Membership – Becky Denevan

Becky gave the following membership numbers:

546 Members

413 Memberships

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou

Chris noted that there is a lull in activity. Races are farther away so there is little participation from our team. Next month will have closer cyclo-cross races. Great news on the Road Race team standings for 2015.

Chris reviewed the following team information and provided this complete list later by email. This is for the last four weeks.

Race Team Report for October 2015:

1.     Training and Event Update

Tuesday Night Training – Meet at 6:15 PM at Genmark Automation (Warren and 46723 Lakeview) for a local ride and hill climbing workout.

Wednesday Night Training – Development training for novice and new racers. 6:30 at Eureka and Stevenson.

Thursday Night Training (TNT) – Meet at 6:15 PM on Eureka & Stevenson (parking lot) in Fremont for 4-corner Criterium workouts.

Sunday Winter training rides per FFBC ride calendar. Grouped by ability.

2.     More 2015 Season Wrap-Up

    1. Team Fremont placed 11th of 111 teams participating in Northern California Nevada Cycling Association (NCNCA).
    2. Top Ten Rankings based on racing categories:

Elite Category 3 Men – 10th of 35 teams

Elite 4 Men – 8th of 40 teams

Elite 3 Women – 4th of 25 teams

Elite 4 Women – 1st of 25

The race calendar and Winter Cyclocross events can be found at – http://ncnca.org/

3.     Team Membership

    • 2016 season enrollment is currently underway. Registration ends November 20th with a second round occurring in February
    • Castelli will continue to be the team clothing supplier for 2016
    • The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 Director-at-Large – Trish Conklin:

All bike boxes have been returned.

Trish made a pea pesto crostini (look it up!) and a homemade cookie platter for the event.

Ride Coordinator – Dave Fishbaugh:

Dave presented an idea from Jay and Julie Gilson: create criteria for “select ride leaders” over a year. These ride leaders could then become eligible for a one year membership waiver. The Board agreed with the concept for Dave will go and create a “straw man” proposal to discuss at the next meeting.

Jan 28th is the next ride leader party. Details to be emailed out later.

Dec 13th – Holiday party at 5PM

Dave mentioned that last Saturday’s CW Calaveras event was a great ride and had excellent turnout. 20 B and 20 M riders.

Treasury Report – Julia Walker:

Account balance is $56840. Next month will be high income due to Primavera and membership signup.

Expenses for last month include picnic expenses; Income for last month included sale of vintage clothing.

Had vote on budget for 2015-2016: Ken Goldman motioned to approve; Jay Gilson seconded motion. Budget was approved.

Holiday Party Dec 13th at Spin-a-Yarn. Details to go out via email.

General Discussion:

Request was made to make the ride schedule archive searchable so people can review rides that have already been done (and possibly redo them).

The Board announced and described the changes that will be coming to the newsletter.

Announcement of a new jersey order to be placed. One member asked if we could also order vests. That will be considered.

Next meeting January 12, 2016.

Next, the highlight of the evening: Dave Walker gave a presentation of his Paris-Brest-Paris ride. A 4 day ride, over 800 miles, with only three nights of a few hours sleep and he powered across the finish line in a refreshed state in 86 hours (4 hours to spare). He gave an excellent slide show of events & activities along the ride with French subtitles! David’s ride preparation included taking a French language course – now there’s a complete rider!

The meeting was then adjourned.