GREENVILLE SPINNERS BICYCLE CLUB

Board of Directors

3/6/2011

Minutes of Meeting

In attendance:Duke Spinelli, David Carter, John Davidson, Allen Hellegna, Sam Smith, Thad Dulin, Ken Drescher, George Furr, Jessica McKelder, Steve Yetman

Daylight Savings

  • March 13 time change
  • March 15 starts SCTAC

Duke to visit homeowner's association meetings around SCTAC to remind them of ride beginning Tuesday, March 15.

  • GS élan involved, leading rides
  • Family fun rides holding off until April
  • Country rides are unofficial
  • Looking for smaller groups, cultivate more ride leaders
  • Route is well-marked

Lane's Calendar

  • Duke to send out another email looking for interested persons to continue with the calendar

Follow up on Kevin Dunn and P3

  • By laws won't allow us to sponsor
  • We will try to get riders to ride it
  • Will fall on same day as SC State RR Championships
  • Advertise ride like we do our own rides
  • Not putting proposal together for us

Speaker for April Club Meeting

  • Exercise physiologist Vance Ferigno
  • Sam Smith and Steve Bakerto make the ask

In future to have pictures of local rides we do and place online.
May is Bike Month

  • Gain exposure for the club to make sure people know we're here
  • Potential to partner with Bikeville, Andrew Meeker
  • George to spearhead this effort

Need more people to attend meetings

  • Coffee Underground tough toget to
  • Sam mentioned thoughts on having meetings outside, can ride bike to
  • Send emails out much earlier for scheduling purposes

Check written for Andrew Meeker for National Bike Summit
Motion accepted for $350 offer to counsel women Amy to offer to support her at the national bike summit.

Greenville Spinners Jerseys

  • JD: consider doing 2 orders for Spinners Jerseys
  • David: need to hold inventory for Spinner's Jerseys
  • Do not have to make profit on it
  • JD will stock 10 jerseys
  • Carolina Tri willing to carry the jerseys?
  • Pedal Chic for women's jerseys?

JD - Racing

  • Partnership with GS élan
  • "Racing 101"
  • Matt at Ride On open for the 19th
  • JD wants to make this annual event

Extra Special Thanks to Hincapie Sportswear for the Spring Training Series

  • Races went off very well

Thanks to Duke for all his efforts.
Allen Hellenga - Mountain Biking

  • Subaru Trail Care Crew Club Care Program, begins week of 3/7
  • Thursday 6:30 pm, The Great Escape
  • Friday, land manager training sessions
  • Saturday, classroom session on building/maintaining trails. Work on trails that evening
  • Event Saturday night at Chicora Alley
  • Sunday ride at ParisMountain

Sam Smith- Treasurer

  • Membership still coming in
  • Asked Sally Nicholson to do unbiased check of books

Thad Dulin - Secretary

  • Ride with Ronald Flyer
  • April 2nd

George Furr – Member At Large

  • Situation in the park in need of improvement
  • Children without helmets
  • Community needs education
  • Traffic signals being ignored

Ken Drescher/Steve Yetman -Touring

  • Next Touring Ride will be 42 mi.Packs Mt. Ride, date to be determined.
  • Fire department to provide 18volunteers forOct 8th Cherokee Foothills Bike Tour
  • Fire department wanted to start and finish at the department but we will useNGU for all activities
  • 4 different routes (Cherokee Ride)
  • Mark, Assistant Manager at BI-LO #92, has ride planned for April 24th through BI-LO's name, we will help promote his ride. He is a Spinner member.
  • Mark donates foodvia BI-LO vendorsto Spinners TouringRides
  • Thoughts on donation for North Greenville Athletic Department because they've stage Leaf Tour and Cherokee Foothills Rides, never charged us for anything.
  • Motion accepted for $200 donation

David Carter - Webmaster

  • Raised $300 for the Safety Foundation from the Reedy River Run volunteers

Duke Spinelli - President

  • Volunteers services job well done
  • Kudos to David for ReedyRiver participation
  • Allen, Mountain Biking coming back into the lime light
  • Everyone try to volunteer at least once, makes a huge difference

Meeting Adjourned at 7:25 pm.