BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES FFBC Club Meeting Minutes–July 6, 2006 Location: REI Time: 7:30 PM New Members and Guests New members and guests introduced themselves. Minutes May meeting minutes were accepted. Membership Dave Ransom reported that the club has 416 members. Ride Coordinator Ron Mitchell will send a message asking members for input for the August ride calendar. Ron will be away part of August and needs input earlier than usual for the September ride calendar. The Board has decided to enhance the Ride Leader Incentive Program by holding a monthly drawing for ride leaders. Drawings will start in August 2006. Club members will receive an email with the details. Treasurer Sydney Friedenberg gave the treasurer’s report. Clothing Sales/Member Outreach Molly Michelfelder reported that the club sent several cards in June. Race Team Richard Brockie reported on the criterium held in downtown Fremont on June 10, 2006. Gene Toy, co-chair of the Celebrate Fremont Creative Engagement Committee, helped the Race Team in working with the City to arrange the event. The Race Team would like to hold the race at the same location in future years and will continue working with the City. 406 riders participated in this year’s event. The Pro 1-2 event included 91 riders. FFBC racer Chris Coble won the Cat 3 race. Chris also recently won a Cat 3 race in Burlingame and has been upgraded to Cat 2. Bay In A Day The Bay In A Day Double Century will take place on July 22, 2006. Karen White reminded members that FFBC has agreed to support the event. The club needs volunteers for the following tasks: • 2 SAG drivers • 4-6 to staff a rest stop at Warm Springs Elementary School • 3-4 to attach adhesive arrows to mark the course New FFBC Jerseys Mary Lou Hicks reported that the committee exploring jersey designs has met twice. Simone Archer volunteered to design a new jersey. Mike Northrup and Eric Nava have become involved as have Race Team members Richard Brockie and Jason Sage. The committee has no new design to propose yet. There may be a vote, possibly with a runoff, on designs. How the vote will be conducted has yet to be determined. Online voting will be considered. Given the club’s clothing inventory, the club must decide in 2007. The Race Team needs to decide on a jersey design by September/October 2006. It’s possible that the Race Team could have a different jersey design than the club for awhile. Program Gene Toy presented information on Celebrate Fremont, the year long series of events commemorating Fremont’s 50th anniversary.   FFBC Board Meeting Location: REI Date: July 6, 2006 Attendees: Karen White, Mike Northrup, Gary Smith, Richard Brockie, Sydney Friedenberg, Ron Mitchell, Kevin Mahanna Minutes The June 2006 Board Meeting minutes were approved. Ride Coordinator Ron advised that the July calendar does not include enough rides. The club needs more rides for the August calendar also. Ron reported on inventories of club clothing. It was suggested that some items of clothing be earmarked for ride leader incentives. Also, since some designs may change, the club will probably not order any more clothing with the current designs. The club needs clearer records for the ride leader incentive program, particularly for leaders of Cinderella training rides. Ron will contact Mark Davis about this. The Board decided to hold a monthly drawing for leaders who list rides in the calendar. Each person who lists at least one ride would have one chance to win. Two names will be drawn. Each winner will get his/her choice of a pair of club socks or club headband, while supplies last. This will take effect in August 2006. Ron will announce this at the membership meeting and in an email to club members. Membership Meeting Topics Karen advised that, at the membership meeting, she will talk about the Bay In A Day century and opportunities to volunteer at it and Mary Lou Hicks will report on the progress of the jersey committee. Board Positions Ron will not run for a Board position for the 2006-2007 term. Ron is interested in leading a map committee, posting ride routes and making it easier for members to lead rides. It was mentioned that Steve Wilson had started compiling a database of ride route sheets some time ago. Ron will contact Steve. Kevin will not run for a Board position for the 2006-2007 term. The Race Team will have a new Captain. The Captain usually serves as the Race Team Liaison on the Board. Richard, who has served two terms as Race Team Captain and Liaison, will not run for a Board position for the 2006-2007 term. The Nominating Committee will meet this week. Race Team Richard reported on the Race Team’s criterium held in downtown Fremont on June 10, 2006. The feedback from Gene Toy, co-chair of the Celebrate Fremont Creative Engagement Committee, and other city representatives has been favorable. One criterium racer’s entry check was returned. Richard will follow up with that racer. Director At Large Mike pointed out that some Race Team members are not club members. Richard will approach those individuals and report back by the next Board meeting. Future Meeting Programs The Board discussed a few possibilities for future meeting programs: Karen and/or Mike will approach a chiropractor who has expressed interest in presenting information to the club. The Race Team coach may be available. However, the Team will have a new Captain who would have to be involved in setting this up. Joel Davis, owner of Cyclepath, had offered the club a quarterly class on a variety of topics such as nutrition, maintenance, etc. Mike will contact Joel about this. Treasurer Sydney reported on the club’s finances. Close this article