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

 

FFBC GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

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

Date:  June 14, 2016

Attendance:

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

Call to Order:

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

SPECIAL NOTE: There will be NO July Meeting

Treasurer – Julia Walker:

Gave Club bank balance and Primavera profit

Membership update: 463 Members and 344 Memberships

Holiday Party will be at Massimo’s, 12/11/2016 – 5-6PM Happy Hour – 6PM Dinner

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou:

Our team has done very well over the last month. There were 17 top ten finishes. Andrew Conely got four 1^st place finishes! Derrick Stedman got two first place finishes, one of which was the Mt Hamilton Road Race – very tough.

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

Modesto Road Race
May 22

Mens 35+ Cat 4 /5
Michael Jones 10/20

Death Vallley Road Omnium
May 28

Mens Cat 4/5
Keith Strong 2/11

Mt. Hamilton Road Race
May 29

Mens 45+ Cat 3
Phill Mai 3/15

Mens Cat 4
Derek Stedman 1/35

Memorial Day Crit
May 30

Junior 15­18 Cat 4 /5
Daniel Karpelevitch 5/35

Mens Cat 4/5
Andrew Conley 1/74 
Matt Brantveyn 8/75

Mens Cat 3
Phill Mai 6/36

Mens 35+ Cat 4
Andrew Conley 1/15
Dominic Hollingdale 2/25

Mens 35+ Cat 3
Phill Mai 3/22

ICCC Dash for Cash – Team Target Event
June 4

Mens Cat 5
Keith Strong 1/4

Mens 55+ Cat 1/2/3/4/5
Garry Birch 9/16

Mens Cat 4
Andrew Conley 1/18 
Matt Brantveyn 2/18

Mens 35+ 3/4
Andrew Conley 1/15
Dominic Hollingdale 2/15

Pescadero Coastal Classic
June 4

Mens Cat 4
Derek Stedman 1/38

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. Annual Team Event

Calaveras Time Trial – Sunday, June 19^th

4. Team Target Events for 2016

• 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/

5. Team Membership

• Current Roster 62 Members (and Freewheelers), including 9 Juniors, 6 female
• The Fremont Freewheeler Race Team website is at: http://fremontraceteam.org/

 

General Discussion:

This was a great night for presentations – there were two tonight. One was a slide show by Amy Neches on her two trips to Italy and the second by Maria and Dwight Powery talking about the Arthritis Foundation Coast Classic.

Amy went on two trips, one in 2012 with Great Explorations and a second one in 2016 managed by BackRoads. She gave a great slide show of both trips and then did a comparison between each groups strength’s. Finally she brought up points that everyone might consider in their choice of a bike trip.

2012 Great Explorations Trip: 6 nights in Piemonte region of Italy, inland from Genoa. Rough cost (2016 version) $2730. Most meals were included. Had two tour leaders and a backup van driver in case there were issues. Turned out to be a very small group (4 riders), so it made access to restaurants easy, convenient and flexible – more like a family going out to dinner versus a large tour group descending on a restaurant. Did 30-35 miles a day. The tour was focused on making it a cultural experience (and wine tasting!). Got to go to many interesting restaurants and wineries. The bikes offered by the group were “adequate” but nothing special. The area and routes were beautiful. Food was excellent – went to a recommended restaurant and could order whatever you wanted.

2016 BackRoads Trip: 6 nights in Tuscany, starting in Florence. Rough cost $3200. Most meals included. This trip was a much larger group: 22 people. It was immediately obvious that Backroads was a much bigger and more organized group with pickup at the train station, two vans for support and three leaders, one of which was a mechanic. Bikes were excellent. Titanium frames, great components, eBikes offered. A Garmin was provided with routes pre-loaded. Different ride options every day – max was 57 mi 5000 ft climbing. This was a large group so there was less wine tasting and meals were more often set group meals at a hotel (which weren’t as good). Had one day where the group was bussed into Sienna for a very interesting cultural experience.

In summary, Backroads seemed to be better organized and better setup, however didn’t have the flexibility and food options as the smaller Great Explorations group. In both cases Amy had to bring her own SPD pedals and shoes.

Items that Amy felt everyone might consider in choosing a tour group:

• Deal directly with the tour group not thru a third party. Minimize hassles and miscommunication.
• Itineraries – look closely at what typical days might be like to make sure it fits your abilities
• Bikes – Look at bike choices (sometimes can only be seen in pictures). Bikes choices also reflect the types of riders that would be on the trip – consider whether that is a good matchup as well. Some groups have eBikes and tandems.
• Level and Types of Riders in group – make sure that’s a fit
• Size of group – the two tours Amy took exemplify the impact of group sizes.
• Level of Service – Number of Guides, vans for support, etc.
• Hotel & Food – Quality and format
• Do Online research – Yelp, Trip-Advisor, etc.

Next presentation:

Maria and Dwight Powery talking about the Arthritis Foundation Coast Classic – an eight day ride from SF to Santa Monica, Sept 24-Oct 1, 2016, largely riding along Highway 1. A gorgeous ride with full food and support provided.

Note – As of this writing there are ONLY 10 places left for the 2016 ride.

This is a fundraising event where donations go to the Arthritis Foundation. As the nation’s largest private funder of research, public health programs and advocacy on behalf of the 50 million Americans with this painful disease, the Arthritis Foundation aims to reduce the number of people suffering from arthritis-related physical activity limitations by 20 percent by 2030. It’s a great cause and a beautiful ride.

See http://californiacoastclassic.org/ for full details.