BOARD MEETING MINUTES

FFBC BOARD MEETING
LOCATION:  SILLIMAN ACTIVITY CENTER
 DATE:  February 3, 2011

ATTENDANCE
Gary Smith (President), Dale Bodtker (Vice President), Terri Yi (Treasurer), Conni Smith (Secretary), Egbert Vallecillo (Director-at-Large), Jorge Gildelatorre (Ride Coordinator), Garry Birch (Race Team)

CALL TO ORDER / MINUTES
Gary called the Board Meeting to order at 6:30pm.  Minutes for January were approved.

RACE TEAM
Garry Birch reported:

  • Leopard Cycles dropped its sale price by an additional $200-$300 on two frame models.
  • Two Team events are scheduled: 
    • April 9 - Calaveras Individual Time Trial, starting at the Sunol Jazz Café; 
    • July 9 – Championship Time Trial over Altamont Pass.
  • The 10’ x 10’ personalized canopy purchased with a $1,000 grant from Chevron Corporation should arrive within a week.  [On Feb. 8 Garry let the board know that the canopy had arrived.  The final price was $972.41.]   This canopy is also for general club use.
  • New team sponsor, Clean Bottle, is offering their water bottle for $6.  The price is normally $10.  Clean Bottle opens at both ends for thorough cleaning.   Contact Garry Birch to purchase.
  • The Race Team has completed 5 weekends of racing, entered 44 races with had 3 wins, 7 top fives and 4 top tens.
  • The Race Team now has 40 members.

Garry is also planning Team & Club rides from the Sports Basement in Sunnyvale at a date in the near future.  The Sports Basement will offer a 20% discount to members on all purchases during this event.

TREASURER REPORT
Terri Yi reported:

  • Terri will post the latest balances for the three accounts (Bank of America checking, Bank of America CD and Fremont Bank CD) on the Yahoo Group for member access and review. 
  • The tax return due February 15, 2011 is ready for Gary Smith’s signature.   The Club’s new CPA completed the return for $500; Terri reports this is a very good price.

MISCELLANEOUS
PRIMAVERA:  Brad Baldwin has withdrawn his offer of chairing a modified Primavera, since the plan did not appear to be financially feasible.  The FFBC website will be updated to let viewers know there will be no 2011 Primavera.  
The Board also discussed possible fundraising events that focus on the more experienced, longer mileage riders, including Reliability and Brevet rides or becoming part of a ride series such as the Triple Crown.  
BEST OF THE BAY:  Cherry City Cyclists is offering a 10% discount to FFBC members on registration for their Best of the Bay ride in June.
FFBC LIST:  The Board agreed to have the Yahoo Group purged of non-members, but will first post notice and give sufficient time to those who have not yet renewed for 2011.  The purge will begin in a month or two.  Conni will look into utilizing PayPal for renewals next year.
CLUB FLYER:  Egbert presented the latest draft of an informative FFBC brochure.  The Board suggested a few edits and the final product will soon be ready for printing and distribution.

The meeting adjourned at 7:25pm.

FFBC GENERAL MEETING

CALL TO ORDER / MINUTES
Gary Smith called the General Meeting to order at 7:40pm.  Meeting minutes for January were approved. One guest was introduced.

TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Terri Yi reported balances for the three accounts: Bank of America checking, Bank of America CD and Fremont Bank CD.  She will post them in the Yahoo group for member access and review.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Gary reported the current number of members (272) and memberships (202).   Members were reminded to renew their memberships for 2011 as soon as possible as the Yahoo List will be purged of non-members in the coming months.   One member suggested that local bike shops that have access to the FFBC List may need to be reminded that they can notify members of upcoming events, sales, etc.

RACE TEAM
Please see the Race Team news mentioned in the Board Minutes.

RIDE COORDINATOR
Vickie Timmons won the Ride Leader Incentive drawing for January.  She will receive a $25 Bicycle Garage gift certificate.

PRIMAVERA
Please see the Board Minutes for update on this item.

PROGRAM
Wynn Kageyama reprised his “How to Safely Increase Cycling Traffic Using Scientifically Proven Expert Methods” presentation to local cities for the spending of funds earmarked for bicycling safety.  Following an analysis of 4 years of bike-car accidents in Fremont, Newark and Union City, Wynn’s bar graphs indicated that 80% of these accidents were due to cyclist ignorance and took place at intersections.  Wynn theorized that teaching ‘reasonable cycling skills’ would reduce 80% of bike-car accidents.   He proposes traffic cycling programs in schools starting with a 2-year pilot program with 7th graders and modification to current bike lane design.

AND TO THE JOY of these who remained at the end of the meeting, Garry Birch distributed gift cards good for one item from Race Team sponsor, Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Close this article