BOARD MEETING MINUTES

FFBC BOARD MEETING
LOCATION: Fremont Adult School, Room N6, 4700 Calaveras Ave, Fremont, CA 94538
DATE: January 14, 2014

Attendance

Meeting called to order by Gary Smith at 6:48PM. The agenda was distributed. Ron Mitchell brought and setup refreshments.

Meeting Minutes
Gary asked if there were any questions or changes needed on the November minutes – none were brought up. They were approved.

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou

Chris presented the Race Team Report. He supplied that later by email for insertion into the minutes below. He highlighted some key points:

• Team had come good finishes on the Mt Bruno Hill Climb on Jan 1st.
• We are two weeks into the Early Bird Season. Races being held every Sunday into February. At Dumbarton Circle, Fremont. All members invited to attend – should be entertaining. There are 25-50 riders in the Pro races.
• Reminding everyone of the Tuesday and Thursday night training.
• Also note that the off-season weekend team training rides have been moved from Sunday to Saturday to not conflict with the Sunday Early Bird races

1.  Team Fremont 2014 Season Race Update
   Jan 1st – San Bruno Mountain Hill Climb
   Men Cat 4 - 21 riders
        -  Mike Leung 5th
   Women E3/4 - 32 riders
        -  Cynthia Wang 8th

Fremont Early Bird racing & schedule of events:
Sundays, January 19, 26. February 2 (clinics/ training races)
   8:30 Men Category 4 race (45 min.)
   9:15- Men Category 4 post race talk
   9:30 Early Bird Mentored Skills Clinic #1 for Juniors, Women Category 3 and 4, and
           Men Category 4 and Category 5 Men Under 30
   10:45 Under 30 year old Men Category 5 race (40 min.)
   11:25 Under 30 year old Men Category 5 post-race talk
   11:30 Women Cat. 3/Experienced 4’s and Beginning Cat. 4’s races, split fields (40
           min.)
   11:30am Juniors ages 6 to 18 skills clinic
   12:10 Women Category 3/4 and Beg. Cat. 4 post-race talk
   12:15 Youth (U10) and Juniors (U18) race, split fields (30 min.)
   12:45 Youth and Juniors post-race talk
   12:45 Early Bird Mentored Skills Clinic #2 for Category 5 Men 30+
   2:00 30-44 year old Men Category 5 race (40 min.)
   2:40 30-44 year old Men Category 5 post-race talk
   2:45 45+ year old Men Category 5 race (40 min.)
   3:25 45+ year old Men Category 5 post-race talk
   3:30 Category 1/2/3/Pro race (60 min.) Separate start for Women 1/2/3 if there are
          enough to warrant an event (10 or more).

2. Training and Event Update

• Tuesday Night Training (TNT):  Meet at 6:30 PM at the Club Sport Fremont parking lot for a local ride and workout.
• Thursday Night Training (TNT): Meet at 6:30 PM on Eureka off Stevenson in Fremont.
• Off-season weekend team training rides have moved to Saturdays to allow for Early Bird racing participation on Sundays through January.
  o   Saturday Jan. 18th – Time Trial training on Calaveras
  o   Jan. 25 – Hop Ride Danville
  o   Feb. 8 – Spectrum Ride - Sunnyvale
  o   Feb. 15th – ‘Diablo Attack’ Annual Mt. Diablo team hill climb.
• Team Target Events Coming Up:
  o   Copper Town Circuit Race Sunday, February 16th
  o   Turlock Road Race, March 29th
  o   Wente Road Race, April 26th
  o   Memorial Day Criterium, Morgan Hill, May 26th

2. Team Membership

• 49 Total Race Team Members signed-up for the 2014 season so far.
  Including:
  o   7 Women
  o   11 Juniors

Ride Coordinator – Vanessa
Lots of rides: LAPs, PRS, Cinderellas
LAPs – more climbing [Julie said 41 people showed up]
Cinderella: Sat. conditioning training open to everyone
New Ride: was done 12/31 – CCW Calaveras starting in Niles. Conni to lead after recovery.
There is one fixed ride every weekend.

Director-at-Large – Ron Mitchell
No news. No one borrowing cases.

Treasurer’s Report - Julia:
Reviewed expense report for Nov and Dec.
Just starting to get Primavera and Membership income.
Budget and Expenses to Cinderella lower due to restructuring of the program (open training).
Main expense in Dec – annual donation to Bike Team    

Membership – Becky Denevan:
Becky will get a list of early registrants together for the next meeting. Others are gathering prizes. There will then be a drawing at the meeting for the winners of the prizes.
Approx. 180 early registrants
By year end there were approx. 208 memberships and approx. 294 members (members number is greater than memberships because of family memberships)
Still issues with definition that family should not include childen older than 18 yrs old. Bylaws say it is OK. For this to officially go into effect must have a vote to change the bylaws.
There are other updates queuing up for the bylaws – Gary will get the list together for review at a future meeting.
Mark and Becky working on database issues that came up around family memberships.

General Topics - Gary:
Meeting Program (movies, presentations, etc.):  See how it goes tonight. Chris has a list of movies to continue with, if desired.
Suggestion came up for a presentation of the Montana Trip

Meeting Adjourned
The Board Meeting was adjourned at 7:30PM. Ron M motioned for adjournment and Chris M seconded it.

FFBC GENERAL MEETING

Meeting opened at 7:35PM.
Asked if there were any changes or corrections to the November minutes. No issues.

Membership – Becky Denevan
Becky noted that there were approximately 204 memberships and 294 members as of 12/31.
Becky brought membership envelopes to meeting for anyone present to pick up. The rest will be mailed after the meeting.

Race Team Report – Chris Menicou
Chris presented the Race Team Report, which is inserted in the board meeting minutes above.

Treasurer’s Report - Julia
Handed out Treasurers report for Nov & Dec
Income: Primavera ($6600), Jersey’s ($700), Membership ($3790), totaling almost $12,000.
Expenses: Primavera, Storage, and 2013 donations (finished up last year’s donation) , totaling almost $13,000.

Ride Coordinator – Vanessa
Lots of rides for Jan, Feb and Mar.
M-B   PR going to 100 mi, starting Sunday to Alum Rock Park
T-M   LAP going to 100K; started last weekend
T-M   Cinderella – 2 Groups
         Beginning woman only - fee
         Returnees and others for conditioning – no fee
Drawing for $25 gift certificate for Ride Coordinator. The winners are:
         Nov – Al Quintana
         Dec – Lori Sommer
Marcella mentioned that she needs pictures of Tandem Riders and their bikes.

Director-at-Large – Ron Mitchell
Ron Mentioned, particularly to the new members present that the club has two bike carriers for club member usage.

General Topics - Gary
Introduced new members:
Phil and Jennifer May
Jim Habercamp
David Gutierrez

Sidney Friedenberg mentioned the concept special “Life Memberships” to be conferred as an honor upon members who have been with the club for a long time.
Tonight we are showing the movie – “Bicycle Dreams”.
Start of movie “Bicycle Dreams”

Meeting Adjourned
Approx 9:30 PM - meeting ended after movie

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