FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Mar 8, 2016

Attendance:

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 – 6^th
Elite M Cat. 4 – Daniel Karpelevitch – 10^th
Open M35 – Bernhard Stonas – 6^th

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

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

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 – 9^th
Elite M Cat. 5 – B Race –Scott Morin – 1st, Andrew Conley – 2nd, Alex Abaya – 3rd, Luke Jeeter – 5^th, Dominic Hollingdale – 9^th
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

2. 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.

3. Team Target Events for 2016

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

4. 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.

FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Feb 9, 2016

Attendance:

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.

2. Team Target Events for 2016

Team Target Events proposed for Road Racing in 2016:

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

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

3. 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.

FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  Jan 12, 2016

Attendance:

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

• Team Membership

• There are 48 Race Team Members for the 2016 season roster so far. A second round of sign-ups opens in February.

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

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.