Bicycle Board Members,
Please find attached a zip folder that contains 6 documents: the agenda
for this Thursday's meeting; minutes of our last meeting; our procedural
guidelines; and 3 documents relevant to our goals.
In reviewing our procedural guidelines, I noticed that while Bicycle
Board member term of office is 3 years, officer (Chairman, Vice
Chairman, Secretary) term of office is only 1 year. I, Don Dickerson
and Betsy have been the officers for way over a year so I put officer
election on the agenda.
Also I must say that while reading through the items in the Purpose
section of our procedural guidelines, I felt very proud that we have
held true to those items. While reading through the duties, I also felt
very proud of how professionally and thoroughly we have executed them.
(We still need to produce a comprehensive bicycle plan, though.)
On the other hand, I am terribly disappointed that the City has been
practically unresponsive and even resistant to our recommendations and
apparently powerless to get them implemented. (Does it really have to
take a year to paint a stripe in the middle of the rail-trail down by
the pavilion?!)
Therefore, when we get to the Goals topic on the agenda, rather than
focusing on things we'd like to see done, I suggest we determine HOW to
get them done.
See you Thursday!
Frank
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: BB meeting next week
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 07:23:40 -0400
From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net>
To: Bicycle Board <bikeboard(a)cheat.org>
Bicycle Board Members,
Please send me items that you wish me to include on the agenda for our
meeting next week. Include topic, amount of time required to discuss
the topic, and the desired outcome of our discussing it. I'll collect
the inputs and send out the agenda Sunday.
Attached are the minutes of our last meeting. Thanks to Don Spencer for
creating them.
Of course, we're going to prioritize candidates for replacing our two
vacancies (other than the Youth Commission member). I am happy to
announce that Jim Rye would like to rejoin.
Finally, we should complete refreshing our goals. Here's a reminder
from our March meeting minutes.
Each BB member wrote down his/her heartfelt goal on a post-it note.
These goals, as listed below (word for word), were then categorized
into the following groups:
WVU:
. Getting more students out of cars and using bikes as a means of
transportation
. Work with regional wellness council to enable, promote, and
reinforce active commuting among employees
. Help WVU promote bike commuting and promote administration
support of alternative transportation by faculty, staff, and students
. All goals that pertain to WVU
ENCOURAGEMENT
. Make cycling more available and inviting to youth and public
for fitness as well as transportation
. Generate signed bicycle routes throughout the city connecting
various destinations in the city
. Influence one person to commute by bicycle
. Bike route maps for commuters online and/or in print
EDUCATION
. Our education recommendations to the Traffic Commission are
implemented
. Children in schools-teach safe riding on roads, streets, and trails
INFRASTRUCTURE
. Maintain and improve roadways for safer bicycling (especially
shoulders and grates)
. Traffic calming everywhere
. Neighborhood connections: For instance: Krepps, Star City Trail
. Woods along the ridge just off the highway above the park OR
through the park so families and others don't drive to the river
trail to bike
Also attached again is the wonderful annual report that Betsy wrote for
us to use to review the goals that we previously identified and our
progress toward achieving them.
Now, the only excuse for not being prepared for the meeting is that you
were out riding in this gorgeous weather!
Frank
