Minutes
Current (09-10)
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike Club
Minutes
February 8, 2010
The Coastal Cruisers Bicycle
Club regular monthly meeting was held on
February 8, 2010 at the Olde World
Restaurant in North Port.
In the absence of President,
Walter Taylor, Vice-President Kathy Hague
opened the meeting at 7:00. There were
58 members in attendance.
MINUTES:
Pat O’Hearn read the minutes from the
January 11, 2010 meeting. The minutes were
filed as read.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Jim Cottingham reported that we have
$7,209.44 in our checking account.
Kathy thanked everyone for
their help and support for the Winter Fling
– it was a huge success.
MEMBERSHIP:
Sandy Lentz reported that we have 284 paid
family memberships. We have 76 members who
have not paid their due. Sally is going to
start dumping the non-paid members from the
web.
RIDE COORDINATORS:
Wanda spoke about the next Leader’s Meeting
to be held on March 15 at the Jacaranda
Library. Several spoke about the success
of the last Leader’s Meeting and the
importance of the leader and the sweep.
Jack Wallich spoke about the
century on March 21 that will start at
Shamrock Park at 8:00.
Jim Jones and Jack Wallich
will also lead a century at Withiacoochee on
March 3-4-5.
SUNSHINE:
Wanda Short had a card for Audrey Norman and
Walter Taylor for everyone to sign.
At this point in the meeting
Kathy introduced members of the By-Laws
Committee Bob Carroll and Peter Huber.
Sally Entlich was also on the committee
but was absent from this meeting. Kathy
thanked the committee for all their hard
work and stated that the Board already
unanimously approved the By-Laws. It is
now time for the CCBC to approve. After
some discussion and questions and answers
Alan Deckebach made the motion to approve
the By-Laws and Andy Stevens seconded the
motion. After a show of hand of 42 to
approve and 10 to opposed, the By-Laws
were passed as written.
At this time Kathy introduced
Mike Geppert, President and Bruce Dillon,
Vice President for the Friends of the Legacy
Trial. They gave a very informative and
interesting presentation of the new bridge
and other updates on the Legacy Trail.
Kathy asked if everyone was
pleased with the new venue for our meeting
and every one said yes. Kathy then
adjourned the meeting at 7:50.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary,
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
COASTAL CRUISER’S BICYCLE
CLUB
JANUARY 11, 2010
The Coastal Cruisers Bicycle
Club regular monthly meeting was held on
January 11, 2010 at the Family Table
Restaurant with 55 members in attendance.
President, Walter Taylor
opened the meeting at 7:00 pm.
MINUTES:
Pat O’Hearn read the minutes from the
November 9, 2009 Club Meeting. The minutes
were filed as read.
TREASUER’S REPORT:
In the absence of Jim Cottingham, Walter
gave the report and said that we have a bank
balance of $6,506.6
MEMBERSHIP:
Sandy Lentz reported that we have 302
individual memberships. Walter mentioned
that because of our insurance liability, if
you do not pay your dues you will have to
sign a wavier to ride once and then you must
join the club.
JERSEYS:
Barry Flux said that he had jerseys for
sale, if anyone is interested.
WATER BOTTLES:
Gary Bryant has the water bottles for $8.00.
PASTA BASH:
Bill Farnham said that we had 229 riders and
1/3 of those were non-members with 30
volunteers.
RIDE COORDINATORS:
Wanda Short discussed several rides and
socials: Leader’s Session to be held on
Wednesday, January 27 at 1:00 at the North
Port Library, Swap Meet that will be held on
Saturday, January 30 at the Rotonda
Community Center, Ice Cream Social and ride
to be held on Valentine’s Day, February 14 –
all the leaders will be riding tandems,
Withiacoochee held on March 3-4-5. Jack
Wallick will lead a Century Ride on March 21
starting at Shamrock Park.
SUNSHINE:
Wanda Short asked that if anyone knew of
someone needing a card to please let her
know.
OLD BUSINESS: Walter
said that through some contacts, he was able
to purchase a plaque for the bench that was
in honor of Bill York. It should be
mounted by the end of the month.
NEW BUSINESS:
Walter announced that we need
to look for a new place to hold our monthly
meetings. He asked the members if they
wanted to continue with a meal and social
prior to the meeting – the majority said
yes. Would you prefer just a meeting with
no social hour – majority said no. Based
on the issues with the Family table wanting
to charge us $200 to hold the meeting there,
do we want to continue – majority said
no. Do you want the Board to come up with
a new venue – majority said yes.
The Board will find a new
place for the February Meeting.
At this time Connie and
Christian Dumas gave a wonderful video and
slide show of their trip to see the Tour de
France. They gave away many prizes.
Walter then closed the meetig.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary,
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Executive Board Minutes
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
PRESENT:
President, Walter Taylor, Treasurer, Jim
Cottingham, Secretary, Pat O’Hearn and Past
President, Gary Bryant. Also, Bylaws
Committee members Sally Entlich and Bob
Carroll.
President, Walter Taylor
began the meeting by thanking the Bylaws
committee for taking their time working on
this insurmountable task and coming to our
meeting with their presentation.
The committee presented their
changes line by line with the Board giving
their opinions and suggestions. After
all the articles were discussed and changes
recommended, the committee will meet and
make their changes as suggested. It was
decided to wait at least 30 days to present
the entire club their findings and changes
on all Articles and issues.
After the Bylaws were
discussed Bob and Sally left the meeting.
Walter and the Board then
discussed potential volunteer positions:
Manager of the Pasta Bash, Chairperson of
Holiday Party, Director of Communications,
Leader of Elections Committee.
Also discussed were several
items and issues concerning insurance
coverage.
Walter adjourned the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn, Secretary
Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club
COASTAL CRUISER’S BIKE CLUB MINUTES,
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
The
Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club regular
monthly meeting was held on November 9, 2009
at the Family Table Restaurant with
approximately 50 in attendance.
Walter
Taylor, President, opened the meeting at
7:00 PM. He gave a brief talk on the
outcome of the Sunday cookout and what a
success it was, and the time trials which
were a success. The club tandem had a face
lift with new tires thanks to a club member
and was ready for others to use. New
members of the club were then introduced.
MINUTES: Kathy Hague read the minutes from
the October 12, 2009 Club Meeting. They
were then approved by the membership with no
corrections.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Jim Cottingham reported
that we have a bank balance of $7689.48.
MEMBERSHIP: Sandy Lentz reported the new
membership cards will be given out at the
Pasta Bash. The membership is growing
steadily. Total membership is now in excess
of 400 total.
TEAM
100: Tom Brady and Jim Jones and Don
Slemmer were congratulated on their efforts
for getting new cyclists up to speed through
cycling events. The team has been in
existence for 4 years now and has made a big
difference to the membership. This team was
originally created to cycle 100 miles. This
year the focus for this Team will be rider
conditioning.
SHIRTS/MIRRORS: Inventory for sales are
being handled by Barry Fluxe
WEBMASTER REPORT: Sally Entlich reported
that Walter’s picture is now on the web for
all to see, as the new president of the
Coastal Cruisers. It was requested for any
new stories and or pictures to be sent to
Sally to be placed on the web.
PASTA
BASH: Bill Farnham reported to date there
were 175 registrants and of that 124 are
club members.
HOLIDAY
PARTY: Ruth Brown reported that the
upcoming holiday party would be catered this
year at the Punta Gorda Boat Club. (BOB)
Ed
Mariano’s Dedication is November 19, 2009,
North Port. The Memorial ride starts at
North Port to the Gardens of the Five
Senses, where the presentation will be
held. Family and friends of Ed Mariano will
be present. Yellow Jersey’s are asked to be
worn at the event as a testimony of Ed’s
dedication to the club.
SUNSHINE
– Wanda Short stated that there were two new
people to report for this month.
VETERAN’S DAY: This ride will be a t 9:00
AM at the Trail Head. Members were asked to
wear the yellow jersey and to put a flag on
their bike to commemorate our veterans.
NEW
BUSINESS: A statement was read to the
members that food is paid for individually.
When hosting a ride if snacks are asked to
be paid for by the club it must be approved
by the board and posted on the website.
Board
minutes will be published one week prior to
the regular meeting on the web.
A
By-laws Committee has been appointed. Bob
Carroll is the chairperson, who briefly
talked about the committee and its
functions. Any recommendations from the
members could be given to Sally.
Kathy
Hague spoke on her “Ride the Rockies Ride”
and what an experience it is to do a week
ride and meet new people.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:01 PM.
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Executive Board Minutes
Thursday, October 29, 2009
PRESENT:
President, Walter Taylor, Treasurer, Jim
Cottingham, Secretary, Pat O’Hearn and Past
President, Gary Bryant
Wanda
Short, our Seasonal Ride Coordinator was
invited to speak and update the Board about
suggested rides during the winder months and
ask for approval.
Wanda
passed around a complete list of suggested
rides and recommendation on dates, times and
expenses for the club: Repeat of ride Leader
Round Table on January 11, Swap Ride on
January 30. Jim Cottingham said that he
would coordinate this ride – probably at
Shamrock Park in Venice. Wanda would like to
bring back the Progressive Ride on February
27 – Rotonda community Pavilion will be a
good place to start and finish. The Century
Ride will be March 21 with Jack Wallick
leading. March 3-4-5 will be Withlacoochee.
After
very informative discussions and suggestions
Wanda was excused and Walter began the Board
Meeting.
Walter
proposed a Policy Statement which was
approved by the Board. Expenses that will
not be approved will be member meals and
gratuities of any kind. Ride Expenses –
if any member wishes to provide snacks after
their rides will be reimbursed by the club
if: The ride has been published on the
website for approximately 30 days and it
states that the club is paying for the
snacks after or during the ride. The Board
has approved the expense prior to posting on
the website.
Also
approved was the proposal to publish on the
website approximately one week prior to the
club meeting the Board Meeting minutes.
We had a
review of the financial status by Jim.
There
was a discussion on potential amendments to
the bylaws and proposal to set up a Bylaws
Committee. Walter will look into a
chairperson and committee.
Jim
Jones sent a Team 100 program – 2009-20010
for approval by the Board. All were in
favor and Team 100 will have complete
support by the Board.
Don
Kennedy will now be doing the name tags.
The 2010
Advertising Letters to local advertisers was
reviewed and approved. Pat will print out
the letters for Walter to sign and post.
Gary
suggested that the Veteran’s Day Ride begin
at 9:00 instead of 8:30 so that the ride
could end around 11:00 at the Legion so
everyone could stay for the service.
The ride will begin with a dedication of
the tree and bench for Bill York at 9:00.
It was
discussed and approved that the Tuesday
Rides begin at the Rotonda Community Park
starting November 17. We will have Sally
post a bulletin on the web. With the club
rides growing parking was at a premium and
anyone not parking legally could get a
ticket. There will be more parking in
Rotonda and will be much safer.
It was
discussed and approved by the Board to raise
the price of the CCBC t-shirts to $13.00.
It was
suggested that maybe having some night rides
for members that work but the Board decided
it would be much too unsafe.
There
will be no Board or Club Meeting in December
and the next meeting will be in January.
Walter
adjourned the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn, Secretary
Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike Club
Minutes
October 12, 2009
The Coastal Cruisers Bicycle
Club regular monthly meeting was held on
October 12, 2009 at the Family Table
Restaurant with approximately 42 in
attendance.
Barry Fluxe opened the
meeting at 7:00 and immediately conducted
the election of new officers. Barry
introduced Walter Taylor for President and
Kathy Hague for Vice President. Barry
asked if there were any more nominees from
the floor – there were none. Jim then
motioned for a vote and Sally seconded the
motion. The vote was approved by voice
approval. Everyone was in favor. Don
Slemmer motioned to accept the new officers
and Bill Farnham seconded the motion.
Walter was then presented
with the jeweled helmet, bike seat and
cape. At this point Walter took over the
meeting, spoke and introduced Kathy.
Walter congratulated Leslie
and Robert Kruger for their win of gold
medals at the Senior Games held at the
Villages.
MINUTES:
Pat O’Hearn read the minutes from the
September 14th Club Meeting. Sally Entlich
found one error “the meeting was adjourned
before the speaker was introduced”.
TREASUER’S REPORT:
Jim Cottingham reported that we have a bank
balance of $4,261.93
MEMBERSHIP:
Sandy Lentz reported that we have three new
members and that she had a copy of the club
roster, if you couldn’t print it out.
WEBMASTER REPORT:
Sally said that there was a redesign of the
Web with a second home page.
SUNSHINE:
Wanda Short reported that she had 16
contacts over the summer and thanks to
Joanne Slemmer for making the cards.
JERSEYS, MIRRORS AND BOTTLE
SALES:
Nothing new to report
RIDE COORDINATORS:
Peggy Edwards thanked everyone for all their
help over the summer months. November is
all set and still some openings for
December.
PASTA BASH:
Bill Farnham reported that 67 have been
registered so far and still needs some
volunteers for clean up on Friday and
Saturday. Sally also mentioned that
people that signed up on-line have to
remember to send in their checks.
TEAM 100:
Don Slemmer gave a report on how the team
was started their goals and achievements.
HOLIDAY PARTY:
Pat O’Hearn said that they are still working
on finding the right caterer for the
December 4th Holiday Party that
will be at the Punta Gorda Boat Club – Ruth
Brown is the Chairperson for this event.
OLD BUSINESS:
Ed Mariano’s dedication of
the tree in his honor will be on the regular
CCBC bike ride in North Port on November 19,
2009.
Gary Bryant mentioned that
the club has a tandem for anyone to use.
NEW BUSINESS:
Walter spoke on some rides
that were happening – Robyn’s Halloween ride
on October 31 and the Cookout Ride on
November 8. Jim Cottingham reminded
everyone to send in their $5.00 check for
the cookout ride on November 8 – it will be
torn up when they sign in.
Walter also asked for help in
delivering the CCBC Pamphlet that he puts in
several bike shops and libraries. Anyone
that might be interested to please contact
Walter.
Brandon Egan told about the
German Barge Trip sponsored by the Vermont
Bike Tours – anyone that might be interested
can contact him.
Pat O’Hearn asked if anyone
was interested in storing and selling the
club water bottles – Gary Bryant offered to
do that.
Walter asked Barry Fluxe, Don
Slemmer and Tom Brady to monitor the start
of the Tuesday and Thursday rides – be sure
there are leaders and that they know the
rules of the road.
Walter then introduced the
speaker, Earl Lang who gave a very
interesting talk on Bike Advocacy.
Walter then adjourned the
meeting around 8:10.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary,
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Executive Board Minutes
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
PRESENT:
Jim Cottingham, Pat
O’Hearn and Gary Bryant
Gary
started the meeting with a discussion about
forming a By-laws committee. Jim had
several items he would like to see change as
well. Jim will bring it up at the October
meeting to form the committee.
Jim then
spoke about the survey and several subjects
to approach with the survey. We agreed it
was a good idea.
Jim
showed us his budget for the year with
everything itemized from last year to this
year. We agreed to have Sally send the
budget out on her message board along with a
Monthly Statement and a September end
statement before the October meeting.
Jim will
pay the membership to Adventure Cycling,
Florida Bicycle Association and Legacy
Trail. Also, will send out a survey
question asking the club if they agree to
stay with these memberships or not.
Pat
proposed a new item for the Agenda for the
October Meeting: “Someone Who Has Made a
Positive Difference.” We all agreed to
add this item. Pat will be in charge of
finding a person each month.
The
Board agreed to have Robyn Saur’s name
removed from the checking account and Gary
will take her place as a second person on
the CCBC account.
“By these minutes we accept
Robyn Saur’s resignation as President from
the Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club as of
September 14, 2009 and to have her name
removed from the checking account and to
have Gary Bryant’s signature added.”
Several
names were suggested as a possible
President, we each are calling people to
find a volunteer. Also, Pat will ask
Barry Fluxe to monitor the October Club
Meeting. We do have Kathy Hague as a
candidate for the Vice President, Gary will
contact her.
We then
finalized a draft of the Agenda for the
October Meeting and agreed to have Sally
send it out before the meeting.
The
meeting was closed around 3:00.
Pat
O’Hearn, Secretary
Jim Cottingham, Treasurer
Gary Bryant, Past President
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike Club
Minutes
September 14, 2009
The Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club regular
monthly meeting was held on September 14,
2009 at the Family Table Restaurant.
resident, Robyn Saur opened the meeting at
7:00 pm. Thirty members were
present. Robyn announced to the Club
that she was resigning as President of the
Bike Club due to personal reasons. At this
time Vice President, Jules Bernstein took
over the meeting.
MINUTES:
Pat O’Hearn read the minutes from the May 11
Club Meeting. The minutes were approved and
seconded.
TREASUER’S REPORT:
Jim Cottingham reported that we have
$3,215.65 as the bank balance. Jim is
working on the detailed budget and will send
it out via e-mail with an explanation on how
it was derived before the October Meeting. We can discuss the budget at the meeting.
MEMBERSHIP:
Sandy Lentz reported that we have 285
families and 143 singles with a total of 428
members in the Club.
PROGRAMS:
Jules gave his report on the programs for
the following months: Earl Lang for
October, Danne Varel on Bike Safety for
November, nothing for December, Connie
Garrison and Christian Dumas speaking on
their trip to the Tour de France will be
January, February will be Mike Geppert from
the Friends of the Legacy Trail, March and
April are still open. Jules has asked each
speaker to keep their talk to 30 minutes and
40 minutes tops.
Connie Garrison asked if anyone knew of a
DVD player that they could use at their
presentation. It was decided that she
could rent one and the club would pay for
the rental fee.
RIDE COORDINATORS:
In the absence of Peggy and Richard, Pat
O’Hearn gave the October ride schedule
asking for a volunteer to take on the
October 11 ride.Charlie Piece then
offered to lead the ride. All other dates
for October have been filled.
SUNSHINE:
Wanda Short was not present at the meeting.
PASTA BASH:
Sally Entlich report on the Nov. 20/21 Pasta
Bash. They are still looking for
volunteers to help serve the breakfast and
lunch. Several people have already signed
up and have collected $300 to date.
OLD BUSINESS:
Discussion on the mirrors: Jim sent out
the check to order 30 mirrors with wires and
30 without. We will sell these mirrors
but look into another vendor as many people
had trouble with the mirrors turning
black. Jim will look into alternative
vendors and report back at the next
meeting.
Robyn Saur still has the polar Water Bottles
for sale. Barry Fluxe has the club jerseys
to sell.
Ed Mariano’s dedication of the tree in his
honor will be on the regular CCBC bike ride
in North Port on November 19, 2009.
Sally spoke about what she has done with the
tracking devise for the Web. There were
500 hits on the site and 250 hits on the
home page.
NEW BUSINESS:
Pat O’Hearn made a proposal that the
Holiday Party should be a catered dinner
instead of pot luck. Several suggestions
were made on asking the caterers and also
charging at least $10 for each member to
attend. Another suggestion to have the
party at the Elks was reviewed but this
year’s party has already been scheduled and
a deposit made. The Chairperson will be
Ruth Brown and Pat O’Hearn has offered to
help find a caterer.
Barry announced that the first Pancake Ride
will be in October with a price of $4.50 for
the breakfast.
At this point in the meeting Jules asked for
anyone to volunteer for a Nominating
Committee to elect a new President as he
would only fill in until one was elected. No one volunteered but it was suggested to
ask if anyone would like to be President
that was present at the meeting. Jim Cottingham nominated Gary Bryant and Barry
Fluxe seconded the nomination. Gary Bryant
accepted the nomination.
Jules then wanted to close the meeting so
that our Guest Speaker could begin. It was
suggested that the speaker leave the room so
the Toys for Tots subject could be
discussed. Jules did ask him to leave the
room but he selected to stay. Jim Cottingham made the motion “To prohibit
expenditure of club funds for charitable
activities or programs.” The motion was
seconded and after several heated
suggestions it was voted by a raise of hands
to veto the motion with 17 voting no and 9
voting yes. Hence, the motion
passed. Several people left the meeting
and Richard Frettarelli gave a very
informative talk on the many wonderful
volunteers that put on this very worthy
cause.
The Meeting closed at 8:30. The next
meeting will be October 12 at the Family
Table Restaurant with Earl Lang as the guest
speaker.
After the meeting was closed, Gary Bryant
declined on his nomination for President.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary, Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike
Club
Executive Board Minutes
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
PRESENT: Robyn Saur, Jules Bernstein, Jim Cottingham,
Pat O’Hearn and Gary Bryant
The Board went through the mail that came
through with discussion on what we needed to
keep and what magazines to renew: Adventure
Cycling Association, $75 per year and
Florida Bike Association $100 per year and
League of American Bicyclist, $75 per year.
It was voted on to poll the club members at
the next meeting explaining the advantages
of continuing to pay these memberships.
Robyn asked the Board to have a December
meeting to keep everyone informed on a
report about the Pasta Bash and maybe have a
swap meet – it was voted that that would be
a good idea. Christmas Party is still
scheduled for December 4 with Ruth Brown as
the Chairperson.
The January meeting will have a
representative from the Florida Bike
Association to give a safety course. Robyn
will check into this.
A message about a charity ride from Pro
Bike Kit was discussed and Robyn will ask
Sally to put it on the Message Board to see
if anyone is interested.
Gary gave a report on the July 4 th
5K Run that he and James led – about 250
runners participated and it went very well.
It was discussed if ride leaders would
like to provide refreshments after a ride,
the club will consider reimbursement of the
expense only if the ride has been posted on
the website and the ride leader has obtained
pre-approval from the board.
The financial budget was discussed and it
will be sent out via email along with a
monthly financial statement. It will not be
available on the website as we feel it
should be available to members only.
A discussion was had on our inventory:
water bottles, club jersey, t-shirts and
mirrors. Also, it was noted to have Sally
put this on her Message Board. 2
Money for the Memorial Ride was
discussed; Robyn will speak to Duke about
depositing checks for members that did not
show up for the ride and lunch.
Pat will type up a calendar of dates for
Board Meeting, Club Meeting, special events
and rides. Pat will also update the calendar
as needed.
The next Board Meeting will be held one
hour before the Club Meeting on September 14
at the Family Table Restaurant in North
Port. A representative from the Toys for
Tots Organization will speak about the
club’s donation of bikes at Christmas for
school age children.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:15
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary, Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike Club
Minutes
May 11, 2009
The Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club regular
monthly meeting was held on May 11, 2009 at
the Family Table Restaurant, North, FL.
President, Gary Bryant opened the meeting at
7:00 pm. Approximately 41 members and
guests were present.
MINUTES:
Sally Entlich read the minutes from the
April 13 meeting which were approved.
TREASUER’S REPORT:
Frank Lentz reported that we had a balance
of $4,173.65 in the checking account.
Last year at this time we had $6,800.
MEMBERSHIP:
Sandy Lentz reported she had a couple of new
members and if anyone would like the roster,
she will e-mail it to them.
RIDE COORDINATORS:
Wanda and Jack thanked everyone that led a
ride for them since they took over in the
winter month. Peggy and Richard are now
the summer ride coordinators and asked
anyone that would like to lead a ride to see
or call them. They have the June
schedule ready.
SUNSHINE:
Wanda spoke about the service that was held
for Ed Mariano. The club would like to
plant a tree with a plaque at the “Five
Senses Park” in North Port. Robert Hansman
donated $100 toward the tree and the plaque
so all the club would have to donate was
$40. Wanda made a motion that the club give
$40 for the memorial plaque which was
seconded. The motion passed unanimously
by a show of hands.
Gary turned the podium over to the new
President, Robyn Saur and introduced the
rest of the incoming officers, Vice
President, Jules Bernstein, Treasurer, Jim
Cottingham and Secretary, Pat O’Hearn.
Robyn was presented with a jeweled bike seat
and jeweled bike helmet.
NEW BUSINESS:
Sally received an e-mail concerning the 2009
Tour of Sebring that will be held September
5-7. She will post it on the web. Sally
also reminded everyone that in June the
rides, unless specified, will start at
8:00. Gary thought that we should get rid
of the header for the start time because it
is confusing.
Gary asked for volunteers for the July 4, 5K
run in that will be held North Port. Gary showed a Certificate of Appreciation
that he received for the bike club’s
participation in the 50th
Anniversary festivities.
Gary also spoke about an oak tree that the
club will plant at the Trail Head in memory
of Bill York. We are not allowed to have
a plaque and maybe we could also purchase a
bench in the future. Gary would like to
have a gathering in the fall to commemorate
the tree.
Jim Cottingham spoke about having an audit
of the books before he totally takes over as
Treasurer. It was mentioned that John Dolansky might be the person to ask.
Robyn motioned to adjourn the meeting at
7:20 and it was seconded by Ed O’Hearn.
At this point Robyn showed a slide show of
the 410 mile ride that the “Wheelin Woman”
did from St. Augustine to Punta Gorda. Several of the participants were there and
shared their stories.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary,
Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
Coastal Cruiser’s Bike Club
Executive Board Minutes
Thursday, April, 30, 2009
PRESENT:
Incoming officers: Robyn Saur, President,
Jules Bernstein, Vice President, Jim
Cottingham, Treasurer, Pat O’Hearn,
Secretary, Gary Bryant, Out Going President.
It was decided that the Executive Board
should meet the Thursday before the monthly
general meeting each month. After each
Board Meeting, the minutes will be typed and
e-mailed to the Board for approval and then
to Sally to be sent out before the Monthly
Meeting to all the members in her bulletin
messages.
The plaque for Ed Mariano was discussed and
reported that Mr. Hanson already donated
$100 so the club will only have to donate
$40.00. Also it was discussed about the
tree to be planted for Bill York at the
Pioneer Trailhead. The club will donate
$50 and Bill Regnery will be in charge of
the donations from other club members.
Jim Cottingham brought up the subject about
changing the Club checking account to the
Regions Bank. He already discussed with
Sandy Lentz and she will make the deposits
from the new members. The Board agreed to
have Jim open the account and that two Board
member’s names will be on the list to write
out checks. Jim will also get a
preliminary budget together during the
summer months.
Jules has met with the group that is in
charge of all Charlotte County Charities in
order to get a feel about giving bikes and
helmets to needy children at Christmas
time. Discussion was had on the liability
and it was established that the bikes and
helmets will go to the agency who will pick
the candidate and their parents – so
liability will not be an issue. Jules will
find out what agency in specific will handle
the distribution.
Bylaws were discussed and we will have a
yearly review of the Bylaws.
Gary Bryant suggested that it would be nice
for PR for the Club if we had volunteers
clean up a mile of two of road in the
county. Jules will call the Department of
Transportation and check out what needs to
be done.
JERSEYS:
Robyn would like to ask at the October
meeting what the club would like to do about
the jerseys? Green? Yellow? New
color? It would be beneficial to the
Club if we took orders and pre-pay for the
jerseys instead of just ordering a complete
order of all different sizes and have so
many jerseys left over. Robyn will check
into ordering maybe from Performance.
PROGRAMS:
Jules will be in charge of programs for the
meetings and already has Connie and
Christian speaking at the November meeting
about their trip to the tour de France.
CLUB
RIDES:
Having a lengthy Club Ride each month was
discussed and Robyn will talk to Wanda about
such rides.
Also, time for the summer rides was
discussed and it should be up to the ride
leader what time they want to start. It
was mentioned that the time should be after
each ride in the Newsletter instead of at
the top. Many phone calls came in asking
about times – this should alleviate any
confusion.
ADVOCACY
COMMITTEE:
We will be looking for volunteers to be part
of an Advocacy Committee to attend the
Monthly Board meetings in Sarasota and North
Port.
RIDE
WAIVER:
It was discussed that each new person should
get one free ride and at that time given a
club membership form to fill out, if they
plan on riding again. It states in the
Insurance Policy that waivers are for a one
time ride only.
MEETING:
Robyn would like a meeting with the
Executive Board and the Ride Coordinators
and Committee Chair People so they can give
an overview of the progress they have done
for the specific duties they are
performing.
INCORPORATING
THE CLUB:
Robyn will look into the pros and cons for
the Coastal Cruisers Bike Club to
incorporate.
Jim Cottingham proposed that we should set
up a “Yes or No” survey vote on the e-mail
with various issues and topics that arise.
That way if it went out to the “Club
Members”, more people will have a chance to
express their opinion. Jim will contact
Sally to discuss.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat O’Hearn
Secretary, Coastal Cruisers Bike Club
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