General and Steering Committee Minutes for 2006 -2007
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Minutes of Redlands Water Bottle Transit Company Meeting June 4, 2007
# of Attendees: 23
Diana Morningstar (President) introduced the evening’s speaker: Bob Mitchell,
Bike Trail Coordinator for San Bernardino County Regional Park System.
Bob Mitchell then spoke for slightly over an hour, informing us of the status of the Santa Ana River Trail and other bike trails in the region, and future plans. A 50-50 raffle was held, splitting $40 in winnings.
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Minutes of Redlands Water Bottle Transit Company Meeting May 7, 2007
# of Attendees: 13
Mark Benson announced Jerry Cowden had obtained $400 sponsorship from Don’s Bike Shop; reminded everyone the current ad hoc Nominating Committee was Jerry Cowden, Robert Rentschler, and himself; announced that the Redlands Bike Classic committee might be changing their meeting night from the 1 st Monday of each month (Bo King will find out for us); raised the question of whether we should move our meeting night to the 2 nd or 3 rd Monday monthly because of when our newsletter comes out and our bank statement arrives. After discussion it was felt best to defer a decision until we know whether the Bike Classic committee will be changing their meeting night, and if so, to what night each month (to avoid meeting conflict).
Diana Morningstar announced that Jonathan Baty and his wife were talking with University of Redlands administrators about the possibility of RWBTC jointly putting on a Centennial Century in October, to commemorate the U. of R. Centennial. Also, possibly our having a booth at the U. of R. Centennial Weekend Saturday 5/19. There was general support for these concepts.
Robert Rentschler presented the ad hoc Nominating Committee recommendations (based upon ability and willingness to serve, per phone survey of members):
President: Diana Morningstar
Vice President - Membership: Mark Benson
Secretary: open
Treasurer: Sonja McCart or Tammy Decroo
Ride Director: Robert Rentschler
Programs Director: Herb Fields
Webmaster: Ken Decroo (with assistance)
Newsletter Editor: Kathy Shomaker
Election Results (by show of hands, after nominations from the floor)
President: Diana Morningstar (12 votes, 1 abstention)
Vice President – Membership: Mark Benson (12 votes, 1 abstention)
Secretary: Robert Rentschler (12 votes, 1 abstention)
Treasurer: Tammy Decroo (6 votes) (Sonja McCart 2 votes, 5 abstentions)
Ride Director: Larry Ott (8 votes) (Robert Rentschler 2 votes, 3 abstentions)
Programs Director: Herb Fields (12 votes, 1 abstention)
Webmaster: Ken Decroo (12 votes, 1 abstention) (Bo King/Mark Benson to help)
Newsletter Editor: Kathy Shomaker (12 votes, 1 abstention)
Mark Benson announced there would be a combined Mother’s Day/Father’s Day/
Summer Picnic ride July 14, at either Sylvan Park or Chuck Alexander’s home.
Balance Sheet as of May 7, 2007 and Profit/Loss Statement January 1-May 7, 2007 provided by Sonja McCart attached to these minutes (not presented to members, as I received them after meeting adjourned).
# of Attendees: 23
Diana Morningstar (President) introduced the evening’s speaker: Bob Mitchell,
Bike Trail Coordinator for San Bernardino County Regional Park System.
Bob Mitchell then spoke for slightly over an hour, informing us of the status of the Santa Ana River Trail and other bike trails in the region, and future plans.
A 50-50 raffle was held, splitting $40 in winnings.
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Steering Committee Minutes 12-June-2006
I was not able to attend the June Steering Committee Meeting. No
Minutes are available at this time.
-- Bo King, RWBTC Secretary
For the April Newsletter...
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>*Steering Committee Minutes* 10-April-2006
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>The meeting began at 7 pm. In attendance were Mark Bensen, Kathy Shomaker,
>Diana Morningstar, Larry Ott, and Bo King.
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>*General Topics:*
>Local bike shop and club sponsor Cycle Tek has changed locations. Kathy
>will update Newsletter and give Ken the info for updating the website.
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>Mark has tallied $1400 in receipts from the booth at the Redlands Bicycle
>Classic. This amount is on par with previous years despite the lower than
>average attendance. The club clothing inventory is reduced, but we still
>have plenty of jerseys and shorts. All of the t-shirts are sold out, and we
>will need to think of another product idea for next year's classic.
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>*Bicycle Rides:
>*Larry is organizing this year's Mother's Day Ride with two routes heading
>towards Riverside. He is checking into the use of Citrus Park as a SAG
>stop. Diana is in the early planning stages for the Father's Day ride, with
>routes to Citrus Park and Tom's Farm. Bill's BBQ and Karen's Breakfast will
>both be on the calendar for May.
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>*Social Events:
>*Nancy K has expressed interest in organizing this year's Annual Holiday
>Party. Most agreed that finding a more accessible location would be nice.
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>*Club Meeting:*
>The next meeting will be held May 1st, with a slide show and potluck
>dinner. Club member and Team K&N Performance pro mountain biker Christie
>Pleiss will show slides from her recent trip to the Sea Otter Classic.
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>Combining the Steering Committee Meeting with the Monthly Club Meeting was
>discussed. Larry suggested holding the Steering Comm Meeting during the
>last hour of the Monthly Meeting. We tentatively agreed to try this
>approach as time allows at the Club Meetings. We will continue to plan on a
>Steering Comm Meeting for May 8th, just in case.
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>The meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.
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>-- Bo King, RWBTC Secretary
Steering Committee Minutes 08-May-2006
The meeting began at 7 pm. In attendance were Larry Ott, Diana
Morningstar, Don Quering, Mark Bensen, Bo King, Ken Decroo, and Jerry
Cowden.
General Topics:
April Minutes were approved as submitted. Everyone agreed that the
April General Meeting was good time, with thanks to Christie Pleiss
and Eric Reiser for their slides, and to everybody who contributed to
the Potluck dinner.
Ride leading responsibilities and ride leader recruitment were
discussed. It was concluded that recruiting new ride leaders is no
easy task. If you are considering trying your hand at leading a ride,
please contact your local RWBTC ride leader or steering committee
member.
Bicycle Rides:
Discussed both the upcoming Mother's and Father's Day rides.
Discussed the possibility of resurrecting the Sunday breakfast rides,
now that the Airport Cafe Express is open on Sundays. Discussed the
Regional Ride being planned for June 10th.
Social Events:
The club is still need of a volunteer to plan the July picnic,
tentatively scheduled for July 9th. Marie may be willing to help,
Chuck may be willing to host.
Don is planning to host the RWBTC booth at the Yucaipa Iris Festival
on May 20 &21. Additional volunteers are welcome and encouraged.
An alternative location to the September pizza party was discussed
with mixed reactions. No changes at this time.
The continued unknowns about a future GFE location was discussed. No
new news, sponsors, or ride locations at this time.
Club Meeting:
Ken Decroo will show slides, at the July meeting, from the recent
Grand Prix cycling event.
The meeting adjourned around 9 pm.
-- Bo King, RWBTC Secretary