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Minutes of BIG Board Meeting, 7:15pm, Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Attendees: Mark, Dale, Maria, Aaron, Michael, Dave, Jesse, Ellen & Jeff
Guests: Simon Cloutsier & Robert Carter
1) Elect new secretary for the BIG BOARD (5 minutes)
a) Robert nominated Aaron, Dale seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Aaron is the new
Secretary effective immediately.
2) Review and approve minutes from May –Mark Schulz (5 minutes)
a) Dale moved that the minutes be accepted, Robert seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
3) Treasurer’s report-Maria Pujols. (5 minutes)
1) $6,618 Balance
2) $3,645 Changing Gears
3) $457 Trails
4) $2,579 Unencumbered
5) Expenses: $1,000 T-shirts
6) Revenues: $490 T-shirt Sales, $190 Membership Dues,
7) Accounts Receivable:
8) Accounts Payable:
9) Aaron motioned acceptance, Jesse seconded, motion carried unanimously.
4) Ride of Silence review- Aaron Daniel. (10 minutes)
a) More PR – college radio stations, bulletin boards, Rhino Times, Yes Weekly, etc
b) Shorter Route (Dave’s contacts suggested)
c) Feeder Rides – GFTS from CP, GVC from deOro, Revolution Team from Revolution
d) Hit diverse neighborhoods
e) Group size is getting unwieldy
f) Get more recognition for killed and injured cyclists
g) Ask red band recipients to speak?
5) Review of progress selling t-shirts and plan to sell the inventory- Aaron Daniel (10 minutes)
a) July 4th Ride (see below)
b) Sell to bike shops
c) Kiosk at Wednesday night MTB races
d) Kiosk at GVC/local rides
e) Make t-shirt link more prevalent on website (Jeff).
f) Add PayPal to website (Dave - PayPal), (Jeff – add to website)
6) Update and planning for July 4th Fundraising ride- Dale Brown-30 minutes
a) 4th of July ride name: BIG’s All-American Apple Pie Ride
b) Start and finish at Cycles de Oro
c) Fees: $15 pre / $20 day of, $20 family pre/$30 day , t-shirt+membership +ride = $35 ($55 value)
d) Ride Time: 8:00
Registration: 7:00
Setup: 6:30
e) Distances: Metric, 40, 20-30, 10, de Oro – Revolution & back for Family ride
f) Apple Pie Coordinator: Ellen
g) Paint Arrows: Aaron & Robert
h) Rest Stop on Fun Ride: Watts & team
i) Rest stop @ 22 mi turnaround: JD & wife
j) Rest stop on outer loop of 63 mile ride: Mary & Peggy
k) Registration: Aaron, Dave, Michael, Mark, Maria & Jeff
l) Food Servers: Aaron, Michael, Jeff
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m) SAG Driver(s): Mark
n) PR Coordinator: Jeff & Dale
o) Mechanical Support: Cycles de Oro & Revolution
Follow-up discussion (decision?) on redoing the BIG logo- Ellen Langlois. (20 minutes)
a) Ellen, Dale & Jess presented their logo competition suggestion.
b) Revisions were suggested by all
c) Various suggestions were made for publishing to artist contributors
d) See attached summary
Newsletter (Dave Holland, 10 minutes)
a) Article ideas
i) Ride Of Silence - Aaron
ii) Message from the President - Mark
iii) Logo contest - Ellen
iv) BIG’s All-American Apple Pie ride - Dale
v) Plug membership and website - Dave
b) Timeline
i) Publication next Friday, 6/24
ii) Copy deadline to Dave by Wednesday, 6/22
Discuss Search for,
a) Board members to fill empty seats on Board
i) Genisis Dancer is interested
ii) Simon is not interested enough at this point
iii) Jeff mentioned Charles Blackmon
iv) Robert suggested holding a Membership Meeting to find candidates
(1) Simon suggested having an awareness ride/meeting
b) VP to try to replace Dale Brown who is stepping down from the Board after the Apple Pie Ride
i) Aaron made a motion to thank Dale for his service, many seconded, motion carried.
ii) Aaron nominated JD for VP, Jesse seconded. Motion carried unanimously. JD will be the VP
effective with the July Board Meeting.
Announcements (5 minutes)
a) Jesse: NCATA organizing a statewide Bike Summit – NOT a lobby day
i) Ellen suggested that Elon Law present their study findings. We own the content and can
make the presentation.
ii) Trying to get Pricey to speak
iii) State budget eliminated the state BiPed advisory committee
b) MPO’s BiPed committee has not met and there are no plans to meet again
Aaron motioned to adjourn, Michael seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
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