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June 2006

Notes from June 6, 2006 CAMBC Club Meeting

 

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 p.m.

 

Next Meeting:            August TBD, 2006, 7:00 p.m. @ Anna’s Pizza

 

Attendees: Board Members in attendance: Will Sanford (President), Jason Hiser, Ted Gayle, Michele Co (Secretary), Ted Gayle (Treasurer). 24 total in attendance: See end of document for full list of attendees.

 

General Announcements

 

  1. CAMBC welcomes two new board members, Marty Quinn and Jason Hiser, who replace Sue George and Matthew Wikswo who have moved away.
  2. CAMBC’s new president is Will Sanford. Michele Co remains Secretary and Ted Gayle remains Treasurer.
  3. UVA Mountain Bike Club has donated $300 to CAMBC for our volunteer help at the O-Hill Meltdown. Thank you to UVA Mountain Bike Club! Also, thank you to those CAMBC members who volunteered, your efforts resulted in a large donation that helped buy CAMBC a new brusher!
  4. Rudy Project sponsorship. Matthew Wikswo has negotiated a partial sponsorship for paid club members for Rudy Project eyewear and helmets for the remainder of 2006 (BRO pro-deal). Check out the gear at http://www.rudyprojectusa.com.
  5. Jeff Elmore (jaekormtb@hotmail.com ) is going to downhill at Snowshoe regularly, looking for company.
  6. Summer Sherando Camping Trip. Mary Jane Strickland and Matthew Wikswo are organizing a weekend riding/trailwork trip. Proposed weekends are 7/8/2006 or 7/22/06. If interested and have a date preference, contact Mary Jane (exphys0812@hotmail.com). (Matthew talked with Forest Service about the great work done at Whetstone Ridge. The Forest Service was impressed and grateful, so in return, even though the campground is overbooked, the Forest Service will work out a campsite for the CAMBC camping trip when the date is finalized.)

 

  1. WCP Trailwork day will be announced soon via email list by Ted.
  2. CAMBC Corner” writer needed to write blurb about CAMBC activities that goes in the quarterly SMBC newsletter. Interested? Contact board@cambc.org .
  3. Questions? Want to volunteer for something? Have an idea for the club? If you have questions about or want to volunteer for any items in the notes, contact info@cambc.org .

 

Financial State of the Union & Membership

 

  1. ~$1700 in the bank ($500 of this is IMBA/Clif Bar Grant money that needs to go to Albemarle County when the new Walnut Creek Park Kiosk is completed)
  2. 73 paid members. This is an all-time high for CAMBC.

 

Member Ideas/Comments (some via email)

 

  • Advanced/Fast rides. Recognized need for fast/advanced rides, looking for ride leaders.

 

  • Regular Sherando rides. Tom Garber recommends a monthly ride at Sherando. \

 

  • Trailwork at Mint Springs. Paul Buschi suggests organizing a trailwork day at Mint Springs. Will will check into this with the County.
  • Poison Ivy at WCP. Rich Covington noted thick poison ivy at top trails near gatehouse. Asked if it would be possible to spray poison on them. Will/Ted will check with the County about whether this is ok.

 

 

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Status Updates

 

  1. Trailwork and Advocacy Activity

 

  • National Trails Day Event with RTF. 10 CAMBC members donated 35 trailwork hours to help build 3 new trail segments on RTF including a new bridge. Estimated new mileage is around 2.5 miles. Will Sanford participated in and organized the coordination of the project from the CAMBC side.

 

  • Delfosse at Deer Park trail opening. ~3-4 miles of new trail were finished (trail breaking started in March, 2006) and opened on June 3 (National Trails Day). CAMBC was represented by Ted Gayle. There was a good turnout at the opening ceremony. These trails will be multi-use and open to hikers and mountain bikers, with scheduled ATV use days.

 

  • Whetstone Ridge. On May 6, a group of 18 volunteers from CAMBC and SMBC helped brush most of the Whetstone Ridge trail, putting in over 200 hours of trailwork. Thanks to the volunteers for all their hard work! This work has impressed the Forest Service. Now, get out there to see the trail! (Near Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile 28).

 

  • Trail tools – 1 new brusher and 3 new McLeods have been purchased

 

  • Preddy Creek – CAMBC Board met with Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Albemarle County Parks & Recreation, and IMBA Trail Solutions (Rich Edwards) to discuss Preddy Creek. The BOS is in favor of classifying Preddy Creek as park land and is moving it along the administrative process. This may sound like a small step, but it is important and is great news!

 

  • O-Hill Liaison. Page Hufty has graduated and will be leaving us. He is looking for a CAMBC contact w/UVA. Interested? Contact Page (jph3d@virginia.edu).

Marty Quinn and Keith Payne expressed interested

  • Chris Greene Lake. Albemarle County is interested in building a beginner-level mountain bike trail at Chris Green Lake. CAMBC referred the County to Rich Edwards of IMBA Trail Solutions as a possible group to perform the trail building.

 

  1. Event/Trip/Ride Reports

 

  • Memorial Day Asheville trip to Bent Creek Trails was awesome! Come on this trip next year!

 

  • VA Mountain Bike Festival in Stokesville on Memorial Day weekend was a hit. ~10 CAMBC members attended and had a good time. A portion of the proceeds earned at the festival will be donated to CAMBC.

 

  • SSRs (Sunday Social Rides) are being held and attended regularly;

 

  • BRS (Blue Ridge School, private venue) rides are going well. CAMBC donated an IMBA Trail Building book to the school as a token of thanks for opening their trails to us.
  • Women’s Rides have started slow, but good turn out last week.

 

  • Beginner Rides are well attended drawing many intermediate riders wanting low pressure rides, and a few true beginner types. Mixed weekday/weekend schedule is working well

 

  • WNR’s are well attended. Sue George is resigning as leader. Dave Wotton is stepping up to take over organizing the WNR. Email him if you want to help!

 

  1. CAMBC Promotion

 

  • Stickers. Clint has ordered stickers and they will soon be available for public consumption.

 

 

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  • Banner. Keith has investigated the price of producing a banner with Performance Graphics. Price quoted was $192 for a 3’ by 8’ banner, single color. Additional cost of $40-$50 for cleaning up the CAMBC graphic. Anyone in the club have skills they want to donate?

 

  • Brochure. Jay has brochure in camera-ready format, just need to coordinate getting a paper copy to the County for copying.

 

  1. Non-profit Status

 

  • Sue George is working on non-profit status application (IRS Form 1023, application for official 501(c)(3) classification). Michele Co and Al Inigo have offered to help.

 

And there was much rejoicing…

 

Attendees:

 

First Name Last Name Email
Eric Anderson  
Clint Barnett cli_b2000@yahoo.com
     
Alec Bateman alec.bateman@gmail.com
Paul Buschi  
     
Mary Carson marycarson@earthlink.net
Michele Co michele.co@gmail.com
     
Rich Covington rec4t@virginia.edu
Amanda Duley  
     
Peter Eldridge eldridgep@earthlink.net
Carl Elks  
     
Jeff Elmore jaekormtb@hotmail.com
Susan Feild scfeild@hotmail.com
     
Tom Garber tgarber@rebelrecords.com
Ted Gayle tedgayle@yahoo.com
     
Carey Hill clhill@hotmail.com
Jason Hiser hiser@virginia.edu
     
Page Hufty jph3d@virginia.edu
Keith Payne skp3g@virginia.edu
     
Marty Quinn meq4q@yahoo.com
Will Sanford fattirewilly@yahoo.com
     
Francis Schmit fschmit@ntelo.net
Craig Spear Spear_Craig@yahoo.com
     
Bill Ullrich  
Dave Wotton dw2p@virginia.edu
     

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Notes

April 2006

Notes from April 11, 2006 CAMBC Club Meeting

 

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 p.m.

 

Next Meeting:            (Tentative) Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 7:00 p.m. @ Anna’s Pizza

 

Attendees: Board Members in attendance: Sue George (President), Matthew Wikswo, Michele Co (Secretary), Ted Gayle (Treasurer), Will Sanford. See end of document for full list of attendees.

 

General Announcements:

 

  1. CAMBC has recently incorporated. CAMBC was started in summer 2003 and has grown to the point where we have gone through the incorporation process with the VA State Corporation Commission (March, 2006). Our next step is to file for non-profit status with the IRS (aka 501(C)(3) designation). Are there any members with experience in this area who are willing to help in some capacity?
  1. Central VA Mountain Bike Club (Lynchburg) recently contacted CAMBC and let us know that CAMBC is being used as an example to help get their club going.
  • They have suggested an interclub ride at Whetstone Ridge. The ride is approximately 11-12 miles of singletrack with some road miles to connect. Dates are in the planning.

 

  1. News/Announcements from VA IMBA State Representative, Chris Scott:

 

  • May 6-7, 2006: Weekend at Douthat State Park

 

  1. Saturday, May 6: brushing party/trailwork
  2. Sunday, May 7: formal group ride

 

  • Memorial Day weekend: VA Mountain Bike festival

 

  1. This festival will be a fundraiser for the proposed statewide VA Mountain Bike Association. To be held in the Stokesville area.
  2. Registration is already open and is being handled through the IMBA website (http://www.imba.com)

 

  1. General Reminder: Everyone should feel free to use the listserve (email address: mtb@cambc.org) for posting rides.
  1. We need volunteers! If you want to learn more or help with any of the items listed in the meeting notes (or if you have other ideas you’d like to suggest), please contact us! (info@cambc.org or for the CAMBC Board: board@cambc.org)

 

Financial State of the Union and Membership:

 

  • Club account currently has a total of $1856 ($500 is for IMBA/Clif Bar Grant for building a better kiosk at Walnut Creek Park. This $500 is earmarked to go to Albemarle County Parks & Recreation Department who will be handling the design and build of the kiosk). Net account total is ~$1356.00.

 

  • 65 current paid members

 

Status Updates

 

  1. Trail Work.
    1. Eagle Scout Project. Will reported that a Boy Scout and his parent organized an Eagle Scout project under Will’s supervision at Walnut Creek Park in March. The troop built a trail reroute near the chimney on Wilkens Way and donated a total of 40 hours of trailwork. Any other groups looking for community service hours, please contact CAMBC at info@cambc.org.

 

 

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  1. Walnut Creek Park. Ted reported that the trails have been looking very good. The last several trailwork days have had spectacular attendance (~20 people each time).

 

  1. Walnut Creek Park kiosk. CAMBC won a $500 CLIF Bar/IMBA grant last year for improving the kiosks at Walnut Creek Park. Albemarle County Parks and Recreation is handling the planning and contracting of the work for the kiosk and is providing additional funds to support the new kiosk. Will reported the current status:
    1. An elaborate kiosk design has been developed (estimated cost $2000)
    2. Contractor bids were taken and a contractor was selected
    3. There were some delays with the project due to serious health problems for CAMBC’s contact person at the County
    4. There are additional delays due to the unexpected passing away of the selected contractor. It is expected that the contractor’s crew will complete all outstanding projects.

 

  1. Delfosse Trail at Deer Rock

 

  1. Ted reported that in March, Nelson County and IMBA Trail Solutions started work on a new trail system near the Delfosse Vineyards in Nelson County. Several CAMBC members were in attendance to help (thank you!!!!).
  2. The trail system will be geared towards off-road cyclists and ATV use (ATV use will be allowed only on scheduled days, once per month). Goal is to have the trail open in early June 2006.
  3. Volunteers still needed from mid-April through June. Weekday and weekend opportunities available. Working alongside the IMBA Trail Solutions Crew is a great way to learn about trail design and trail maintenance. If interested, please contact Ted Gayle (tedgayle@yahoo.com).

 

  1. Lake Sherando Trails. Matthew reported that regular trailwork has been performed here. Some needed work has been suggested in the Slacks Trail area.
  2. Byrom Park (Rte 810/Whitehall area). Sue reported on behalf of Al Inigo who reported via email that Bob Crickenberger from Albemarle County reports that there has been some progress towards identifying a possible access entrance that may pass VDOT approval. This entrance would be on land not currently owned by the County, but is owned by the Byrom family. The next steps are to propose the new entrance location to VDOT for approval. Then, if VDOT approves of the entrance, an agreement with the Byrom family regarding the land in question will be negotiated. This is great progress as the Byrom Park project has been delayed for some time due to the lack of a VDOT-acceptable entrance.
  3. Whetstone Ridge. Marty Quinn, Andy Kinley, and Matt Day have gone out and done a lot of trail clearing on Whetstone Ridge to make it more rideable. Potential group ride with Central VA Mountain Bike Club (Lynchburg) in the planning.

 

  1. Group Rides

 

  1. Beginners. Jason reported that the first beginners ride had 5 attendees who all had a great time. Come out and join us!
  2. Women’s. Carey reported that the first ride is on Thursday, April 13, 2006. Come out and join the women for a fun ride!

 

 

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  1. Sunday Social Ride. Craig reported that the first Sunday Social Ride is on Sunday, April 16, 2006, 3 p.m., Walnut Creek Park. Ride start times will vary, as will location. General ride start time is 6 p.m.

 

  1. Blue Ridge School (private venue). Craig reported that CAMBC has negotiated 2 group ride dates at the Blue Ridge School and expects to coordinate some more dates soon. These rides are for paid CAMBC members, we will have membership applications available at these rides if you are not currently a paid member.

Currently planned rides are:

  1. April 30, 2006, 2 p.m.
  2. May 28, 2006, 2 p.m.

 

  1. Advertising. Matthew reported that CAMBC has now sold advertising spots on the club website to 3 local bike shops, C’ville Bike & Tri, Bike Factory, and Blue Wheel Bicycles. Ad spots have also been sold to Blue Ridge Mountain Sports and to Carey. If anyone wants to advertise, there are a few more spots on the website, please contact info@cambc.org. Please thank these sponsors for their support of CAMBC when you go in to visit them.

 

  1. Events Planning

 

  1. Blue Ridge School Festival. Blue Ridge School has expressed a desire to co-host an event (Festival? Clinic? Other?) We need volunteers to form a committee to brainstorm ideas and coordinate with the Blue Ridge School on the resulting ideas. (We would like to avoid considering a race to avoid any possible conflict with the local cycling clubs that are racing-oriented.) If you have ideas or are interested in participating in such a committee, please contact either Sue George or Craig Spear.

 

  1. Asheville trip. Ted is organizing a camping/riding trip in the Asheville, NC area for Memorial Day weekend. Camping will be at Bent Creek Park. Please contact Ted if interested in participating.
  2. Fall Foliage Festival. Craig reported that CAMBC has been given full authority to decide the route for this year. This year, Craig would like to ask the festival organizers to compensate CAMBC in some form (perhaps donation or purchase of an advertising spot).
  3. Sherando Camping Trip. Mary Jane reported that she needs some volunteers to help her organize the trip and select some suitable times for the trip. Matthew offered to help with Sherando-related details, Craig volunteered to generally help.
  4. Annual May Cookout. Will reported that there will be a May cookout sometime before Memorial Day to get together to do some group rides and distribute the Walnut Creek Passes earned by those who have regularly attended trailwork.

 

  1. Fundraising for 2006 and Miscellaneous

 

  1. Club stickers. Clint reports that stickers should be available in the next two weeks.
  2. CAMBC Brochure. Michele reported that Jay Dicharry has completed brochure text revisions. Next step is to get camera-ready copy and have copies printed.
  3. Business cards. New business CAMBC cards will be printed soon for those who want them to distribute at events.
  4. CAMBC Banner. Keith has volunteered to get a price quote on a banner for CAMBC when he’s given the dimensions and other details.

 

 

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Attendees:

 

First Name Last Name Email
Clint Barnett cli_b2000@yahoo.com
Laura Beech lkb8g@msn.com
     
Amy Butler coachamy@earthlink.net
Mary Carson marycarson@earthlink.net
     
Michele Co michele.co@gmail.com
Tom Eagleson T.EAGLESON@ICPFilms.com
     
Tom Garber tgarber@rebelrecords.com
Ted Gayle tedgayle@yahoo.com
     
Sue George sgeorge@cstone.net (434-975-1910)
Carey Hill clhill@hotmail.com
     
Jason Hiser hiser@virginia.edu
Julie Jackson julie_jackson1130@yahoo.com
     
Keith Payne skp3g@virginia.edu
Will Sanford fattirewilly@yahoo.com
     
Craig Spear Spear_Craig@yahoo.com
Matthew Wikswo wikswo@cstone.net
     
Dave Wotton dw2p@virginia.edu
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Notes

February 2006

Notes from February 21, 2006 CAMBC Club Meeting

 

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 p.m.

 

Next Meeting:            Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 7:00 p.m. @ Anna’s Pizza

 

Attendee List: Board Members in attendance: Michele Co (Secretary), Ted Gayle (Treasurer), Will Sanford. See end of document for full list of attendees.

 

Announcements:

 

  • Thank you to everyone who is contributing to the growth of the club. We accomplished a lot in 2005 and look forward to making more progress in 2006.
  • A special thank you goes to those who purchased memberships at higher than the basic level and to those who have made anonymous donations for trail tools.

 

  • See something listed you want to help out with in some way? Have ideas you want to suggest?

 

Contact board@cambc.org

 

  • UVA Mountain Bike Club is planning the O-Hill Meltdown for Saturday, April 15, 2006. They need volunteers. If interested, please contact Page Hufty. Volunteered at the meeting: Chris Brena,

 

Michele Co, Mary Jane Strickland, Francis Schmit, Will Sanford.

 

2005 Highlights of Accomplishments:

 

  • Won a $500 Grant sponsored by IMBA and Clif Bar to build a new informational kiosk at the Walnut Creek Park trailhead.
  • Hosted 3rd Annual Wild Ride (lead organizers: Marty Quinn, Jace Fogle) and 2nd Annual Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day (lead organizers: Ted Gayle, Michele Co, Sue George)
  • 2 members received chainsaw certification

 

  • Attended national and state advocacy events such as the 24 Hours of Washington, DC lobbying day, meetings about Virginia’s Outdoor Recreation Plan, and Virginia Greenways Conference in Richmond, VA.
  • For full list of accomplishments see https://cambc.org/accomplishments.php

 

Financial State of the Union:

 

  • Club account currently has $1300 ($500 for IMBA/Clif Bar supported kiosk at Walnut Creek Park)

 

Membership:

 

  • 45 current members, 61 non-current members (memberships expired). Renewal notices going out this month.

 

  • 3 new members signed up at club meeting. Welcome to Jeff Elmore, Kristin Link-Ullrich, and Bill Ullrich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Planning and Subcommittees for 2006 Events

 

Subcommittees were formed for the following at the meeting:

 

Event Committee Leader Additional Volunteers
Women’s Rides Carey Hill Sue George, Kathleen
Herndon , Michele Co
Sunday Social Rides Craig Spear Jason Hiser, Clint Barnett
Beginner Rides Jason Hiser Clint Barnett, Keith Payne,
Bill Ullrich
WNR Sue George Jason Hiser
Overnight club camping trip at Mary Jane Strickland,
Sherando Matthew Wikswo
TAKMBD Clint Barnett, Bill Ullrich
Wild Ride TBD TBD
Memorial Day at Pisgah Ted Gayle
Annual May CAMBC cook-out Will Sanford
Fall Foliage Festival Craig Spear, Ted Gayle Mary Jane Strickland

 

Summary of ideas from members suggested at the meeting:

 

  • Donation box. Suggested that a donation box be constructed and brought to group rides, possibly longer group rides if it doesn’t make sense for some rides.
  • Club Gear. There is an interest in getting more visibility for CAMBC especially at trailwork days. Ideas suggested were t-shirts or banner. Clint Barnett has been looking into stickers for the club. See table below for summary of information (given by Clint via email after the meeting). Clint has volunteered to lay out the initial cash if necessary to purchase the stickers as long as CAMBC can reimburse him the cost. (Profit would go to CAMBC). He recommends SOS, because:

o  Their stickers are bigger, and people will have a better chance of seeing what the sticker says.

o SOS can use the format of the CAMBC logo the way it is (JPEG). Blue Ridge wanted a different format from JPEG.

 

o  Most of the people at SOS are mountain bikers, members of the SMBC.

o  CAMBC can make an additional $35 by purchasing from SOS, due to the cheaper price.

 

Sticker Min. Unit Total Potential
Organization Location Specs. for Breakeven
Dimensions Order Price Min. Profit
Order
Blue Ridge White 125 $1.63 41 stickers
stock,
Charlottesville 3” x 4.5” $203.75 sold @ $421.25
Graphics one pieces each $5.00 each
color
White 125 $1.35 34 stickers
SOS stock,
Harrisonburg 3” x 6” $168.75 sold @ $456.25
one pieces each $5.00 each
color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Publicizing Regular Rides and TAKMBD. Several people suggested publishing notices of our regular rides and Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day in various free publications/websites including (not limited to) Computers4Kids, local schools, C’ville and online community calendars.

 

  • Douthat group ride. Idea for a Douthat group ride/weekend suggested. St. Patrick’s Day? April Fools’ weekend?
  • Take a Parent Mountain Biking. Family-oriented ride idea.

 

  • Take a Dog Mountain Biking. Dog-friendly ride idea.

 

Status Updates

 

  1. IMBA/Clif Bar Grant. Will Sanford reported that money has been received. CAMBC plans on giving money to Albemarle County who will perform the building of the kiosk with matching funds. Albemarle County is currently in the process of soliciting bids for the work.

 

  1. CAMBC Brochure. Jay Dicharry designed brochure passed around for members to review. Some comments/suggestions for changes have been gathered. Those in attendance liked the design, had some text revisions.

 

  1. Bylaws & Incorporation. Julie Jackson updated the club. CAMBC now has established bylaws and articles of incorporation and will be filing for incorporation soon. Eventually, the club may try to file the official 501(C)(3) paperwork (Form 1023). Julie says that if the club has less than $5000 annual gross receipts, we do not need to file the paperwork and we are automatically exempt if we meet the 501(C)(3) requirements.

 

  1. Advertising. Will and Ted reported that CAMBC now has sold 2 advertising spots on the club website to C’ville Bike & Tri and Bike Factory. These ads are now posted on the cambc.org website. Please thank these shops for their support of CAMBC when you go in to visit them. Other local shops, Blue Wheel Bicycles, Performance, and Basic Cycles (now out of business) were also approached.

 

  1. Trail Work. Will reported that the club has purchased 2 sets of chainsaw safety gear and first aid kit with the revenue from advertising. An anonymous donation has also been given to purchase a McLeod tool. An Eagle Scout troop will be doing a reroute of Wilkens Way at Walnut Creek Park. More trailwork days will be announced soon. REMINDER: If you volunteer for 3 trailwork days, you receive a free pass to Walnut Creek Park

 

  1. 810 Byrom Park. Will and Al Inigo (via email) reported that the Byrom Park project is still held up by lack of an entrance area that complies with VDOT visibility requirements. Negotiations with Byrom family and adjacent landowners has begun.

 

  1. Freeride Area in Walnut Creek Park. Will mentioned that there is some interest in developing a freeride area in WCP. Jeff Elmore expressed interest in pursuing/getting involved with this.

 

  1. Fundraising for 2006

 

  • Work UVA Race as volunteers in exchange for donation. Will talked with Page about the possibility of a donation in exchange for CAMBC volunteers at the 2006 O-Hill Meltdown. Page agreed.
  • Leading ride for UVA Outdoor Social Club in exchange for donation was suggested, but no outcome decided.

 

  • Club stickers. Clint Barnett re-raised the stickers idea. See previous summary under Club Gear idea.

 

 

 

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Attendees:

 

Name Volunteered for Subcommittee
Clint Barnett Sunday Social Ride, Beginner Rides,
TAKMBD, club stickers
Lorianne Barnett
Chris Brena UVA race volunteer
Michele Co Women’s Rides, UVA race volunteer
Jeffrey Elmore Freeride (new member)
Ted Gayle NC Memorial Day trip
Kathleen Herndon Women’s Ride
Carey Hill Women’s Ride
Jason Hiser Sunday Social Ride, Beginner Rides, WNR
Page Hufty UVA Race Coordinator
Julie Jackson
Mary Jane Strickland Sherando Camp Out, TAKMBD, Fall Foliage
Ride, UVA race volunteer
Kristin Link-Ullrich (new member)
Jamie Payne
Keith Payne Beginner Rides
Lisa Romano
Will Sanford UVA race volunteer
Francis Schmit UVA Race volunteer
Bill Ullrich Beginner Rides, TAKMBD (new member)

 

Members not in attendance who volunteered or were volunteered for activities:

 

Name Subcommittee/Activity
Sue George Women’s Rides
Craig Spear Sunday Social, Fall Foliage Festival
Matthew Wikswo Sherando Camp Out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Notes

October 2005

Notes from October 18, 2005 CAMBC Club Meeting

 

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 PM

 

Next Meeting:

 

  • Tuesday, February 21, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Anna’s Pizza. Note: We will skip the December meeting due to the holidays. Enjoy the off-season!

 

Announcements:

 

  1. All CAMBC tools are now marked with neon yellow for easier tracking.
  1. CAMBC won the IMBA/Clif Bar Grant to build a new kiosk with Albemarle County at Walnut Creek Park.
  1. VA 2007 Outdoor Recreation Plan is up for review. We’re looking for volunteers to attend meetings at Thomas Jefferson Planning District Committee (TJPDC) offices on Water Street in C’ville on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 3 PM or 7 PM. Talk to Sue George to coordinate.

 

Subcommittee Work – Goals and Updates

 

  1. WCP Trail Maintenance – (Will Sanford, Ted Gayle, Craig Spears, and Jerry Matthews). Upcoming trail days will be announced by list-serve and by web. October 1st workday was a success. Expect next workday in December. The County has approved a new re-route on the damn loop, so we will soon be undertaking a big new project. If you know of any trees down or other areas in need of help at WCP, please contact Will Sanford.
  1. WCP Trail Closure for Poor Trail Conditions– Plan drafted in Spring 2005 to close WCP trails when too muddy and to educate users about sustainable trail use. No news. Ball is in the county’s court.
  1. 810 Byrom Park Liaison– (Al Inigo) No news.
  1. O’hill Liaison– (Jay Dicharry) Two workdays were held in September 2005. Page Huffy alerted the club as to a problem with unsafe free-ride structures being built unauthorized at O’hill (burning stump incident was also noted). He has been in contact with appropriate UVA folks and is looking to make sure mountain bikers as a user group stay out of trouble and continue to have access. CAMBC will write letter as discussed at the meeting to support points made. Matthew Wikswo and Page Huffy to coordinate the letter writing.
  1. Sherando Trail Maintenance–(Matthew Wikswo). A workday is coming in early November. Probably a ride to follow. Candidate dates are now Nov 5, 6, 12, or 13. Matthew Wikswo to select the date and coordinate with SMBC. Michele to notify Richmond MORE.
  1. IMBA/Clif Bar Grant – (Ted Gayle, Will Sanford, Kathleen Herndon, Carey Hill, Craig Spear). Ted to get this going now that we have the award. Plan is to meet with the County soon.
  1. Grants–(Sue George, Ted Gayle). CAMBC won $500 IMBA Grant. Check just arrived. No new opportunities identified.
  1. Advertising Planning – (Matthew Wikswo, Will Sanford, and Ted Gayle). The board drafted up plan which it is now finalizing. Local shops will be approached in the coming weeks for advertising opportunities in 2006.

 

  1. Club Governing Structure – (Julie Jackson, Michele Co, and Sue George). Ongoing writing by Julie. Final bylaws and articles expected in late October/early November. Then the club will incorporate.

 

  1. Club Stickers & Business Cards – (Clint Barnett). Stickers on hold for the time being for financial reasons per decision by the board. Not enough money to spend on this yet. Business cards were distributed at the meeting and will be used to recruit more members.
  1. CAMBC Brochure – (Sue George and Jay DiCharry). Sue drafted content. Jay is now working on the presentation of it. Draft expected in mid November 2005.
  1. GWNF Protection – (Sue George). No news.
  1. Membership – (Ted Gayle) The board created a new, updated membership form with easy ways for folks to donate extra cash when the join or renew.
  1. Blue Ridge School –CAMBC will host a Sunday Social ride there coming up tentatively scheduled for Sunday, October 30, 2005 assuming liability issues are worked out.
  1. Scottsville Trails – (Dave Clark). No news since last meeting. Dave will contact Dan Mahon to follow up.
  1. Nelson County – We heard a rumor that IMBA Trail Solutions may be under contract to build some more trails at a local vineyard near Nellysford.
  1. Women’s Ride– (Michele Co, Carey Hill, and Sue George ). Done for the 2005 season although we may do a November women’s night ride. They were a success!
  1. Beginner Ride– (Michele Co, Brent VanDevender, and Ted Gayle). Done for the 2005 season. They were a success!
  1. Sunday Social Ride– (Craig Spear, Jason Hiser). Sunday Social rides are alive and well! Stay tuned to list-serve for upcoming rides. The ride is open to all. Beginners are welcome—no one will get dropped.

 

  1. Interclub Rides– (Michele Co). No new rides scheduled although many CAMBC members participated in the SMBC festival on Oct 15-16, 2005.
  1. WNR– (Sue George). Ongoing. No news.
  1. Wild Ride– (Marty Quinn and Jace Fogel). Held successfully on Saturday, September 17, 2005! Pictures coming to website soon. 50 people.
  1. TAKMB– (Michele Co, Ted Gayle, and Sue George). Held successfully on Saturday, October 1, 2005! Pictures coming to website soon. 25 kids. Lots of support from local bike shops.
  1. Fall Foliage Ride– (Craig Spears, Jason Hiser, and Ted Gayle). CAMBC successfully led this ride on Saturday, October 15, 2005. Ted gave a recap and lessons learned. Next year: strive for better organization on promoter end, no conflicts with SMBC festival, and more credit for CAMBC.

 

General (including Ongoing) Notes

 

  • Meetings will be conducted on a bi-monthly basis during the mountain bike season. Frequency is sometimes decreased over the winter.

 

  • Members re-affirmed interest in co-hosting or helping to host a racing type event locally, but due to current time of year and other obligations, not until 2006 season.
    • Club members who want to try night riding should email the list to ask to borrow lights. Some members have lights they will loan if they can’t make the ride themselves or if they have spares.

 

 

  • Club members who need to borrow a bike for a beginner or out of town visitor should email the list. Some folks said they have spare bikes they would loan.
  • There is a copy of the IMBA Trailbuilding Book in the Tool shed. It is available for CAMBC members to borrow. Several other members have a copy they are willing to loan. Contact: Will Sanford

 

  • Reminder: All club members are encouraged to use the CAMBC list-serve at any time to announce rides or related events.

 

  • We have club liability insurance due to our IMBA affiliation. This is in effect whenever we lead a publicized CAMBC club ride. The insurance protects ride leaders, club members, club leaders, etc. Publicized rides include those announced by list-serve and flyers. The insurance does not cover any rides or events for which participants must pay to enter (for example: a race put on by CAMBC or if we were to charge money to do the Wild Ride).

 

Financial State of the Union

 

  • Bank account: $525 on hand

 

  • 58 current paid members.

 

  • Ted to contact overdue members and remind them of dues status.

 

  • Usual expenses ongoing: monthly web hosting ($10/month)

 

  • Recent Income: Membership renewals and IMBA $500 grant

 

  • Upcoming income: ongoing Membership Renewals

 

  • Upcoming Expenses: $75 incorporation fee

 

Attendee List

 

Name Email Phone
Sue George sgeorge@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Page Huffy Jph3d@virginia.edu 540-748-4020
Carey Hill clhill@hotmail.com 434-984-7439
Jason Hiser hiser@virginia.edu 434-296-4599
Michele Co micheleco@virginia.edu 434-296-4599
Craig Spear spear_craig@yahoo.com 434-249-6450
Matthew Wikswo Wikswo@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Ted Gayle Tedgayle@yahoo.com 434-531-6475
Jerry Matthews Jmatthews13@adelphia.net 434-806-6568
Alia Anderson info@transportationchoice.org 434-284-2594 or 434-
295-6554 (work)
Will Sanford fattirewilly@yahoo.com 434-973-2071
Kathleen Herndon Kathleen_Herndon@yahoo.com 434-760-3840

 

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August 2005

Notes from August 30, 2005 CAMBC Club Meeting

 

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 PM

 

Next Meeting:

 

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Anna’s Pizza

 

Announcements:

 

  1. CAMBC is missing 2 sling blades. If you know their whereabouts, please contact Will Sanford.
  1. All CAMBC tools are now marked with neon yellow for easier tracking.
  1. Special Guest: Dan Mahon of Albemarle County to talk about Scottsville trail building future opportunities.

 

Subcommittee Work – Goals and Updates

 

  1. WCP Trail Maintenance – Led by Will Sanford with members Ted Gayle, Craig Spears, and Jerry Matthews. Upcoming trail days will be announced by list-serve and by web. 1st week in September trail day will not happen due to conflicts with Labor Day and SM100.

 

  1. WCP Trail Closure– Led by Will Sanford with input from club members. A plan was drafted to close WCP trails when too muddy and to educate users about sustainable trail use. No news. Ball is in the county’s court.
  1. 810 Byrom Park Liaison– Led by Al Inigo. Al reported no change in status. The county is still trying to get VDOT permission to create an entrance to the park and parking lot off State Route 810.
  1. O’hill Liaison– Led by Jay Dicharry. Upcoming workday TBD in mid-September.
  1. Sherando Trail Maintenance– Led by Matthew Wikswo. We’re aiming for a workday sometime in November 2005.
  1. Tools Acquisition – Led by Will Sanford, Mike Smoot, and Dave Wotton. No news
  1. Fall Foliage Ride– Led by Craig Spears and Ted Gayle. Communication is ongoing. CAMBC will support this ride and will soon need to recruit ride leaders on Saturday, October 15, 2005.
  1. Grants– Led by Sue George with member Ted Gayle. We submitted an IMBA/Clif Bar grant due July 1, 2005. Amount: $500. Status: unknown. [Note: since this meeting, we found out we won!]
  1. Women’s Ride– Led by Michele Co with help from Erin Johnston, Megan Ross, Carey Hill, and Sue George and others. Women’s rides are ongoing and thriving. Will wrap up at end of September.
  1. Beginner Ride– Led by Michele Co, Brent VanDevender, and Ted Gayle. Beginner rides are ongoing. Will wrap up at end of September.
  1. Sunday Social Ride– Led by Craig Spear with help from Jason Hiser. Sunday Social rides are alive and well!
  1. Interclub Rides– Led by Michele Co.. Two successfully held this summer with Richmond MORE. No new rides scheduled.

 

  1. WNR– Led by Sue George. Ongoing.

 

  1. Wild Ride– Led by Marty Quinn and Jace Fogel. Date: Saturday, September 17, 2005. Rain date: Saturday, September 24, 2005.
  1. TAKMB– Led by Michele Co, Ted Gayle, and Sue George. October 1, 2005.
  1. Advertising Planning – Led by Matthew Wikswo with members Will Sanford. No news.
  1. Club Governing Structure – Led by Julie Jackson with input from Michele Co and Sue George. Ongoing writing by Julie. Michele to find out latest status.
  1. Club Stickers & Business Cards – Led by Clint Barnett. Clint to resend pricing info. If board gives approval to do this, we will sell for small profit as fundraising for the club.
  1. CAMBC Brochure – Led by Sue George and Jay DiCharry. Sue working on content. Jay has offered to work some graphic arts magic.
  1. GWNF Protection – Led by Sue George. No news.
  1. Membership – Ted Gayle will send out membership reminders at least as often as once after each bimonthly club meeting.
  1. Blue Ridge School – Sue George met with Blue Ridge School outdoor program folks about possibility of relationship with CAMBC and riding trails there. Ride likely sometime this fall.
  1. Scottsville Trails – Led by Dave Clark. Dan Mahon attended this meeting as a guest and spoke about new trail opportunities in Scottsville (leading to and from and in Dorrier Park) and throughout Albemarle. He reminded us that he has a trailer with handtools available to us for any big workday if needed.
  1. Nelson County – County talked to Ted Gayle about upcoming ATV and possible CAMBC involvement in building it as well as using it. No news.

 

General (including Ongoing) Notes

 

  • Meetings will be conducted on a bi-monthly basis during the mountain bike season. Frequency may be decreased over the winter.

 

  • Members re-affirmed interest in co-hosting or helping to host a racing type event locally, but due to current time of year and other obligations, not until 2006 season.

 

  • Club members who want to try night riding should email the list to ask to borrow lights. Some members have lights they will loan if they can’t make the ride themselves or if they have spares.

 

  • Club members who need to borrow a bike for a beginner or out of town visitor should email the list. Some folks said they have spare bikes they would loan.
  • There is a copy of the IMBA Trailbuilding Book in the Tool shed. It is available for CAMBC members to borrow. Several other members have a copy they are willing to loan. Contact: Will Sanford

 

  • Reminder: All club members are encouraged to use the CAMBC list-serve at any time to announce rides or related events.

 

  • We have club liability insurance due to our IMBA affiliation. This is in effect whenever we lead a publicized CAMBC club ride. The insurance protects ride leaders, club members, club leaders, etc. Publicized rides include those announced by list-serve and flyers. The insurance does not cover any rides or

 

events for which participants must pay to enter (for example: a race put on by CAMBC or if we were to charge money to do the Wild Ride).

 

Financial State of the Union

 

  • Bank account: $385.07 on hand

 

  • 53 current members.

 

  • Have had 101 different members over time.

 

  • Ted to contact overdue members and remind them of dues status.

 

  • Usual expenses ongoing: monthly web hosting ($10/month)

 

  • Recent Expenses: IMBA membership and insurance (~$30 and ~$200).

 

  • Recent Income: Membership renewals.

 

  • Upcoming income: ongoing Membership Renewals, $500 grant application submitted (if we win).

 

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June 2005

Notes from June 21, 2005 CAMBC Club Meeting

At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 PM

Next Meeting:

• Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Anna’s Pizza

Announcements:

1.CAMBC is pleased to announce $330 anonymous donation to the club, ~ $250 of which has gone to purchase a BOB trailer for upcoming CAMBC work days. Other money will go toward additional tools. Club members may borrow the BOB trailer when not in use for maintenance. Contact: Will Sanford.

2.CAMBC has a new website! Thanks to Mike Smoot for his hard work to put it together!

3.CAMBC members participated in the RFT workday on National Trails Day in June. About 5-7 members attended and worked on various projects.

4.Craig Spears represented CAMBC at the St. Anne’s Belfield Earth day festival this spring. He spread the positive word about mountain biking.

Subcommittee Work – Goals and Updates

1.WCP Trail Maintenance – Led by Will Sanford with members Ted Gayle, Craig Spears, and Jerry Matthews. Next workday is Saturday, July 16th at 10:00 AM. No maintenance July 2nd-4th weekend due to holiday. Other upcoming trail days will be announced by list-serve and by web. The following ideas were suggested for the next workday:

•Clear briars on trail near gatehouse. Clint has a brusher. So does Ted. They will loan or bring.

•Clear trail near lake—it’s overgrown.

2.WCP Trail Closure– Led by Will Sanford. At county request, a plan was drafted and reviewed by several people and the County. No word back from the county on implementation.

3.810 Park Liaison– Led by Al Inigo. Al reported no change in status. The county is still trying to get VDOT permission to create an entrance to the park and parking lot off State Route 810. They are not yet on to formally deciding user group access.

4.O’hill Liaison– Led by Jay Dicharry. No news.

5.Sherando Trail Maintenance– Led by Matthew Wikswo. We identified potential candidates for maintenance: clearing brush off connector between Torry and Mill Creek trails and parts of Lower Torry could use re-benching. Clint Barnett will go scout it out and report back the need. Contact Matthew Wikswo if you see any other needs, and he can set something up with the Forest Service per our volunteer agreement. We’re aiming for a workday sometime in the second half of 2005.

6.Greenways Representation– Led by Clint and LoriAnne Barnett. No news.

7.Tools Acquisition – Led by Will Sanford, Mike Smoot, and Dave Wotton. The committee purchased the additional tools (3 pulaskis) as approved at previous meetings and also just acquired the BOB trail mentioned above.

8.Fall Foliage Ride– Led by Craig Spears and Ted Gayle. Communication is ongoing. CAMBC will support this ride and will soon need to recruit ride leaders. Tentative date: October 15, 2005.

9.Grants– Led by Sue George with members Ted Gayle and Clint Barnett. We identified by declined to submit a free-ride grant this spring due to slowness of response from the County. However, we identified an IMBA/Clif Bar grant due July 1, 2005 that we will propose to. Amount: $500. [Note: grant was submitted since the meeting thanks to Ted Gayle, Matthew Wikswo, and Sue George].

10.Women’s Ride– Led by Michele Co with help from Erin Johnston, Megan Ross, andSue George and others. Women’s rides are ongoing and thriving. Most recent one had 10 women. Stay tuned to website. Thanks to Carey for doing the flyers.

11.Beginner Ride– Led by Michele Co, Brent VanDevender, and Ted Gayle. Beginner rides are ongoing. 3 so far. Great turnout at last one. 15 people total including about 5 real beginners and some advanced beginners.

12.Sunday Social Ride– Led by Craig Spear with help from Jason Hiser. Sunday Social rides are alive and well!

13.Interclub Rides– Led by Michele Co.. First ride was at WCP in early June. 20 people came from Richmond MORE, 6 from CAMBC. Ride was a success. Next one scheduled for June 24, 2005 in Richmond. It will be a joint trail work and ride session. Stay tuned for more upcoming in July.

14.WNR– Led by Sue George. We’ve been doing some fun special event rides lately. 1 Rhododendron ride and 2 Berry Picking Rides!

15.Wild Ride– Led by interim leader, Matthew Wikswo. Jason offered to recruit coordinators. [Note: Since meeting, Jace Fogel and Marty Quinn have volunteered to do so]. Date selected: Saturday, September 17, 2005. Rain date: Saturday, September 24, 2005. Need to reserve shelter soon and get going on flyers.

16.TAKMB– To be established at future meetings. Not until first Saturday in October. We will host again.

17.Sponsorship Planning – Led by Matthew Wikswo with members Will Sanford. Sample web page with sponsor ads completed by Mike Smoot—all technical web issues have been resolved. Schedule of ad fees also drawn up. Matthew and Clint will talk off line about how to go about selling.

18.Club Governing Structure – Led by Sue with input from Michele Co, Julie Jackson. Julie’s been working hard on the draft articles and bylaws thanks to input from Ryan Ketchum of SMBC. Incorporation fee: $75. Then pay $25 annually to renew. We should go ahead and do this. Progress will continue. Consensus on governance reached at meeting: “We need to write very clear bylaws. We need to post them on website. Board should ask for club advisory input/nominees when filling empty position. Any member can be nominated by any member (including self). Board to elect replacement board from nominations. Still need to discuss how-to-removeboard members procedure. Brent offered to provide input based on experience at other area non-profit.”

19.Club Stickers & Business Cards – Led by Clint Barnett. Clint is working on getting us a design and stickers from Blue Ridge Graphics. We will sell for small profit as fundraising for the club.

20.CAMBC Brochure – Led by Sue George and Jay DiCharry Sue working on content. Jay has offered to work some graphic arts magic.

21.GWNF Protection – Led by Sue George. We had another in-person meeting May 24, 2005 to work on draft MOU language. Progress continues slow but steady. No significant news.

22.VA State MTB Association – No News.

23.Membership – Mike Smoot will send out membership reminders at least as often as once after each bimonthly club meeting.

24.Blue Ridge School – Sue George will meet with Blue Ridge School outdoor program folks about possibility of relationship with CAMBC and riding trails there.

25.Scottsville Trails – County invited CAMBC input on possible new beginner trails in/near Scottsville and/or at Totier Park. Dan Mahon contacted Sue George. We are looking for any members who might be interested in serving as a liaison for such a relationship. Club will do what it can but resources are limited. Members suggested we volunteer to help at trail days or give initial input on design, but recognized need to not get overextended. Having a CAMBC contact who lived in the area would be ideal (if one exists and is willing to volunteer). Sue will get back to Dan, but then turn over communication as appropriate to others.

26.Nelson County – County talked to Ted Gayle about upcoming ATV and possible CAMBC involvement in building it as well as using it. More news to follow.

General (including Ongoing) Notes

•Meetings will be conducted on a bi-monthly basis during the mountain bike season. Frequency may be decreased over the winter.

•Members re-affirmed interest in co-hosting or helping to host a racing type event locally, but due to current time of year and other obligations, not until 2006 season.

•Charlottesville Youth Triathlon is happening August 28th and will be promoted by local Tri club. Volunteers are sought.

•Club members who want to try night riding should email the list to ask to borrow lights. Some members have lights they will loan if they can’t make the ride themselves or if they have spares.

•Club members who need to borrow a bike for a beginner or out of town visitor should email the list. Some folks said they have spare bikes they would loan.

•There is a copy of the IMBA Trailbuilding Book in the Tool shed. It is available for CAMBC members to borrow. Several other members have a copy they are willing to loan. Contact: Will Sanford

•Reminder: All club members are encouraged to use the CAMBC list-serve at any time to announce rides or related events.

•We have club liability insurance due to our IMBA affiliation. This is in effect whenever we lead a publicized CAMBC club ride. The insurance protects ride leaders, club members, club leaders, etc. Publicized rides include those

announced by list-serve and flyers. The insurance does not cover any rides or events for which participants must pay to enter (for example: a race put on by CAMBC or if we were to charge money to do the Wild Ride).

Financial State of the Union

•Bank account: $265.75 on hand, but will be ~ $600 when anonymous donation check is deposited. This balance reflects BOB trailer already purchased.

•69 current members.

•19 overdue members, all have been contacted about renewal (as 6/10). Most have moved away.

•Usual expenses ongoing: monthly web hosting.

•Recent Expenses: Rest of $150 allocated for tool money from Feb. meeting. Domain renewal: ~$19 for year. $250 BOB trailer.

•Upcoming expenses known: IMBA club renewal (June), Club Insurance (August)

•Recent Income: Anonymous $330 donation, membership renewals.

•Upcoming income: ongoing Membership Renewals, $500 grant application submitted (odds of winning unknown).

Attendee List

Name Email Phone
Sue George sgeorge@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Julie Jackson Julie_jackson1130@yahoo.com 434-409-8470
Carey Hill clhill@hotmail.com 434-984-7439
Jason Hiser hiser@virginia.edu 434-220-6974
Michele Co micheleco@virginia.edu 434-296-4599
Craig Spear spear_craig@yahoo.com 434-249-6450
Matthew Wikswo Wikswo@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Brent VanDevender Bav9s@virginia.edu 434-296-8759
Ted Gayle Tedgayle@yahoo.com 434-531-6475
Jerry Matthews Jmatthews13@adelphia.com 434-973-9408
Clint Barnett Cli_b2000@yahoo.com 434-249-6018
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April 2005

Notes from April 19, 2005 CAMBC Club Meeting
At Anna’s Pizza, 7:00 PM
Next Meeting:
• Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Anna’s Pizza
Subcommittee Work – Goals and Updates
1. WCP Trail Maintenance – Led by Will Sanford with members Ted Gayle, Craig
Spears, and Jerry Matthews. Will is looking for crew leaders to help at trail days
or to work on their own, especially on weeknights. Upcoming trail days will be
announced by list-serve and by web. Stay tuned for some summer weeknight trail
work sessions on occasional Monday evenings. CAMBC members who worked
more than 3 trail sessions over the past year (June to May) will get free season
passes to Walnut Creek Park. This year’s passes will be awarded in the next
month. Next trail day: Saturday, May 7 at 10:00 AM. Next one after that:
Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 10:00 AM.
2. WCP Trail Closure– Led by Mike Hurley. Other members: Will Sanford. At
county request, a plan was drafted and reviewed by several people and the
County. Some tweaks still ongoing. Status: Per County request, group is
keeping it simple, emphasizing education, putting hotline and single sign in place
for notification of status, and getting plan into action by kick-off to summer
season on Memorial Day weekend. Need to draft informational flyers and
finalize plan details. Park will simply be “open” or “closed”. See Mike or Will
for more details on latest version.
3. 810 Park Liaison– Led by Al Inigo. Goals: Continue to develop CAMBC
relationship with the county and find out/stay on top of county (legal/public)
process for developing the new park and deciding uses for it so that mountain
bikers do not get left out. Status: The county is trying to get VDOT permission
to create an entrance to the park and parking lot off State Route 810. They are not
yet on to formally deciding user group access.
4. O’hill Liaison– Led by Jay Dicharry. Goals: establish formal POC with UVA
and UVA mountain bike club; look into issue of new road that will connect to
Fontaine and take away O’hill trails; look into issue of new Discovery center
parking area to happen up top. Trail maintenance was done at O’hill just prior to
the O’hill Meltdown. 80% of attendees were CAMBC members. Logs and
obstructions were cleared from the race course. No other updates available at this
meeting.
5. Sherando Trail Maintenance– Led by Matthew Wikswo. Goal: No trail
maintenance is currently scheduled as recent trail reports have all been favorable.
Contact Matthew Wikswo if you see a need, and he can set something up with the
Forest Service per our volunteer agreement.
6. Greenways Representation– Led by Clint and LoriAnne Barnett. Goals:
Establish CAMBC as a legitimate member of the Albemarle Greenways group.
Attend meetings and offer input to further the interests of mountain bikers.
Report back to club members on new developments, issues, etc. Use this
connection to try to develop our relationship with the RTF group. Status: No
updates as of this meeting.
7. Tools Acquisition – Led by Will Sanford, Mike Smoot, and Dave Wotton. The
committee drew up a $150 budget for new tools as well as a wish list for others
beyond this level. Status: Some of the tools have been purchased. We are
awaiting a pending donation from the UVA Mountain Bike Club to purchase the
rest. Eric Anderson is contacting UVA Mountain Bike Club.
8. Pisgah Weekends – Led by Ted Gayle. Memorial Day trip spots are filled up.
Stay tuned for another trip this fall.
9. Fall Foliage Ride– Led by Craig Spears and Ted Gayle. Goals: Communicate
with Festival organizer about ride leaders needs. Communication is ongoing.
CAMBC will support this ride. Tentative date: October 15, 2005.
10. Grants– Led by Sue George with members Ted Gayle and Clint Barnett. Goals:
look into grant options such as Kona Free ride grant, REI Toolkit, RTF grants
with County or other non-profits. Find out those for which we are eligible and
when to apply. Recruit help to write them as needed once identified. Status:
Some grants identified. We decided not to pursue the Free-ride grant due to time
constraints, but are working with County and club member Matt Day to get
permission for such activities anyway. Our radar is always on…
11. Women’s Ride– Led by Michele Co with help from Erin Johnston, Megan Ross,
and Sue George and others. Goals: establish women’s ride schedule and leaders
and publicize. Status: A schedule of women’s rides on 1st and 3rd Thursdays was
established and is on the web. First one was a success with 7 women. Erin and
Michele are working to coordinate with Richmond and Harrisonburg women for
some joint rides. Cary Hill is working on a flyer which will get distributed locally
soon.
12. Beginner Ride– Led by Michele Co, Brent VanDevender, and Ted Gayle. Goals:
establish beginner ride schedule with ride leaders for each and publicize. Note:
Beginner rides may be as short as 2-3 miles depending on who shows up. Status:
A schedule of beginner rides on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays was established and is on the
web. First one on April 26, 2005. Need to publicize.
13. Sunday Social Ride– Led by Craig Spear with help from Jason Hiser. Goals:
Establish Sunday social ride schedule and leaders and publicize. Status: Sunday
social rides are alive and well—happening weekly at WCP, Panorama, and in
urban environs as the weather permits.
14. WNR– Led by Sue George. Goals: continue leading regular night rides. Status:
Ongoing. Stay tuned for upcoming Rhododendron Rides in late May/early June.
15. Wild Ride– Led by interim leader, Matthew Wikswo. Goals: Identify candidate
dates and look into pavilion availability. See if Marty Quinn would like to lead or
co-lead this again. Status: At meeting, we decided to keep Wild Ride a 1 day
event at Sherando. Sue, Marty, Jace, Will, Matthew to advise on dates—need to
pick one very soon!
16. TAKMB– To be established at future meetings. Not until first Saturday in
October. We will host again.
17. Sponsorship Planning – Led by Matthew Wikswo with members Will Sanford.
Goals: Develop sponsorship plan and materials for recruiting sponsors for
CAMBC and present to club for decision on when/if to implement and to sign up
volunteers to input. Status: Preliminary plan was draft since last meeting and
rates for web advertising were decided based on site hits. They are finalizing the
write-up. To do: create sample web page with advertising space and recruit
volunteers to approach local shops about buying ad space and email footer space.
If you have business advertising experience and want to input, talk to leaders.
18. Club Governing Structure – Led by Sue with input from Michele Co, Julie
Jackson. Goals: Look into what if any formal options we might want to pursue
for more formal club governing structure. What do other clubs do? Is IMBA still
pursuing options to help with this? Keep bureaucracy low so it does not detract
from all the good things we are doing. Status: First draft of bylaws and articles
produced by Julie based on SMBC bylaws. Ongoing is effort to clarify elections
and other details.
19. Club Stickers & Business Cards – Led by Erin Johnston (with input from Clint
Barnett). Goals: look into getting us some CAMBC club stickers (cost, etc.).
Status: Sue designed and printed out sample CAMBC business cards. Erin
looked into quotes for stickers and other printed materials. At this meeting, we
decided to have Erin get a few more quotes and stickers and go forward with the
best option. We will sell for small profit as fundraising for the club.
20. T-shirts – Led by Clint Barnett (with input from Erin Johnston). Goals: look into
getting us some CAMBC club t-shirts (costs, gauge club interest, other details,
etc.). Status: See above. T-shirts were put on hold for now since club members
said we had enough of them and expressed more interested in stickers, which
represented smaller investment. Quotes were obtained from Blue Ridge Graphics
and Crazyhorse. Note: Frontrunner signs might be source for WCP wooden signs
in the future. Still to look into SMBC’s source for stickers.
21. GWNF Protection – Led by Sue George. Goals: continue work with pro-
Wilderness advocates, SMBC, IMBA, and others toward land protection
agreement. Status: Draft MOU was written for mt bikers and wilderness
advocate agreement for GWNF area. Changes to be made over next two months.
We’ve done some talking about strategies for moving forward with preservation
plan. Last meeting by telecon on March 29, 2005.
22. VA State MTB Association –Sue George and Mike Smoot Attended in early
February 2005 in Harrisonburg. Clubs from around the state were interested, but
no further progress has been made.
23. Membership – Mike Smoot will send out membership reminders at least as often
as once after each bimonthly club meeting.
General Notes and Announcements
• Meetings will be conducted on a bi-monthly basis during the mountain bike
season. Frequency may be decreased over the winter.
• Members expressed interest in co-hosting or helping to host a racing type event
locally, but due to current time of year and other obligations, not until 2006
season.
• Michele Co replaced Rich Shelley as board member. Rich’s many years of
service, both before and after CAMBC came into existence, are greatly
appreciated. Thanks, Rich!
• Craig Spears will be representing CAMBC at the St. Anne’s Bellfield school Earth
Day event on Friday, April 22, 2005.
• An interest in long rides in the GWNF for non-experts (beginners and
intermediates) was expressed.
• Charlottesville Youth Triathlon is happening August 28th and will be promoted by
local Tri club. Volunteers are sought.
• Club members expressed idea to hold a spring mountain bike festival in 2006.
Possibly in conjunction with the Dogwood Festival. Scott Smith suggested some
money might be available to support such an effort as they are trying to encourage
regional events.
• Club members who want to try night riding should email the list to ask to borrow
lights. Some members have lights they will loan if they can’t make the ride
themselves or if they have spares.
• Club members who need to borrow a bike for a beginner or out of town visitor
should email the list. Some folks said they have spare bikes they would loan.
• Scott Smith volunteered to talk to ACAC about possible ways to get more kids
involved in mountain biking and revitalizing the Junior Rides previously led by
Rich Shelley and Scott, but put on hold indefinitely due to lack of attendance.
Scott had the idea also to advertise the TAKMBD in schools beginning with the
next school year in August.
• Someone suggested creating a web page covering weekly rides (like Sunday
Social and WNR). Craig Spears and Sue George to provide input to Mike Smoot
on each type of ride.
• We discussed sending CAMBC volunteers to the RTF work day the first Saturday
of June. Will to contact Diane Foster and “pave the way”.
Financial State of the Union
• Bank account $568.49.
• Usual expenses ongoing: monthly web hosting.
• Recent Expenses: Part of the $150 allocated to tools at February 2005 meeting
has been spent.
• Upcoming expenses known: IMBA club renewal (June), CAMBC domain
renewal (May), Club Insurance (August)
• Upcoming income: Membership Renewals. Possible donation from UVA
Mountain bike club for trail maintenance tools.
Things to change for next meeting
• Do introductions of all attendees prior to starting meeting.
• Make meeting shorter overall. This one was too long! But the patience of
everyone there was greatly appreciated.
• Circulate attendee list.
Miscellaneous (carry-overs from last meeting):
• There is a copy of the IMBA Trailbuilding Book in the Tool shed. It is available
for CAMBC members to borrow. Several other members have a copy they are
willing to loan. Contact: Will Sanford
• Reminder: All club members are encouraged to use the CAMBC list-serve at any
time to announce rides or related events.
• We have club liability insurance due to our IMBA affiliation. This is in effect
whenever we lead a publicized CAMBC club ride. The insurance protects ride
leaders, club members, club leaders, etc. Publicized rides include those
announced by list-serve and flyers. The insurance does not cover any rides or
events for which participants must pay to enter (for example: a race put on by
CAMBC or if we were to charge money to do the Wild Ride).
Attendee List
Attendee list was not circulated for this meeting (OOPS!). Approximate headcount: 15
members.
Name Email Phone

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Meeting Notes

Feb 2005

Notes from February 1, 2005 CAMBC Club Meeting
At C’ville Coffee, 7:00 PM
Summary of Accomplishments
In 2004, CAMBC
• Led 9 days of trail work at Walnut Creek Park
• Led 1 day of trail work at Sherando
• Participated in several days of trail work sponsored by SMBC.
• Led the Wednesday Night Ride 28 times
• Led 3 junior rides
• Promoted the 1st annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day
• Led 11 women’s rides (mostly mountain bike, 1 or 2 on the road)
• Held 2 club meetings
• Led 2 beginner rides
• Led 9 Sunday Social Rides (note: these were not started until August!)
• Promoted the 2nd Annual Wild Ride at Sherando
• Participated in ongoing discussion with wilderness advocates regarding land
protection in the George Washington National Forest (attended 3 meetings)
• Planned and Hosted 4 days of non-stop events for the IMBA Trail Care Crew
Visit
• Led more than 10 long rides in the George Washington National Forest
• Led several local hikes and road rides.
Financial State of the Union
• 61 current members.
• We’ve had 88 total members at one point or another.
• Incoming: $215 in donations, $167 family memberships, $0.35 interest, $423
individual memberships.
• Outgoing: $108 insurance, $158 web registration/hosting, $37 pre-IMBA visit,
$30 IMBA membership, $254 social events like Wild Ride and IMBA visit
• Net: +$212.
• In the bank: $606
List of Attendees:
• At the end of this document.
Next Meeting:
• Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Anna’s Pizza
What we want to do in 2005 (brainstormed by Attendees):
• Women’s rides
• TAKMBD
• Wild Ride
• Beginner rides
• Inter-club rides (CAMBC and SMBC, MORE, Lynchburg)
• Trail maintenance event in conjunction with Wild Ride
• Memorial Day Pisgah Mt Biking Trip
• Douthat Weekend Trip
• Trail Maintenance (WCP, GWNF, Joint with SMBC).
Subcommittee Work
To increase member participation in the coordination of club activities and diversify club
responsibilities, but to minimize meeting time involving everyone, we split up club
activities into various subcommittee tasks and those who volunteered will handle them.
Subcommittees will work “offline” (not at major club meetings) to make progress on
their respective tasks. They can work using email, phone, in-person meetings—whatever
they prefer. If they have any questions or need guidance at any time, they should feel
free to ask for help. Subcommittees should report back to the club at the next meeting or
they can report to the club at mtb@cambc.org any time until then. In the meantime,
please also keep acting, informal board members apprised of progress and major issues
(Sue George, Mike Smoot, Will Sanford, Richard Shelley, Matthew Wikswo). If any
dates are decided for events, rides, etc. please let Sue George know so those dates can get
put on the web calendar asap. If any general info needs to go on the website, let Mike
Smoot know so he can put it up. If you are communicating with the County, please keep
Will Sanford (if not the entire “board”) in the loop since he is our primary county liaison,
and our relationship with the County is very important. Now, in no particular order…
1. WCP Trail Maintenance – Led by Will Sanford with members Ted Gayle, Craig
Spears, and Jerry Matthews. Will is looking for crew leaders to help at trail days
or to work on their own. Goals: recruit/train new leaders, determine maintenance
schedule for 2005 for the calendar. Get on county-wide trail maintenance listserve
(Mike Smoot).
2. WCP Trail Closure– Led by Mike Hurley. Other members: Will Sanford. Goals:
Develop written guidelines for the County on when to close WCP trails due to
weather or trail conditions. This may include closing some sections or the entire
park. What, when, and how is up to the subcommittee. The county has asked us
to do this and will provide a phone hotline plus someone to update a sign at the
park during weekdays. (Note: Leader should also contact Eric, a colleague of
Jay’s who lives near the park and expressed interest in this subcommittee at the
TCC visit and ask Sue George to forward some related info that might help).
3. 810 Park Liaison– Led by Al Inigo. Goals: Continue to develop CAMBC
relationship with the county and find out/stay on top of county (legal/public)
process for developing the new park and deciding uses for it so that mountain
bikers do not get left out. (Talk to Will Sanford to get contact info).
4. O’hill Liaison– Led by Jay Dicharry. Goals: establish formal POC with UVA
and UVA mountain bike club; look into issue of new road that will connect to
Fontaine and take away O’hill trails; look into issue of new Discovery center
parking area to happen up top; try to get some trail maintenance going there,
ideally with the UVA mt bike club. UVA Mt bike club liaison is Drew
Sanderford.
5. Sherando Trail Maintenance– Led by Matthew Wikswo. Goal: Set up a spring
work day at Sherando to keep the CAMBC volunteer agreement alive.
6. Greenways Representation– Led by Clint and LoriAnne Barnett. Goals:
Establish CAMBC as a legitimate member of the Albemarle Greenways group.
Attend meetings and offer input to further the interests of mountain bikers.
Report back to club members on new developments, issues, etc. Use this
connection to try to develop our relationship with the RTF group. Note: Contact
Dan Mahon, Albemarle county person who invited CAMBC to join the
Greenways group.
7. Tools Acquisition – Led by Will Sanford, Mike Smoot, and Dave Wotton. At this
meeting, the club authorized an expenditure of $150 on new trail maintenance
tools. Goals: Draw up a budget for new tools (including making calls to find out
if we can get some “deals”), get permission to purchase, then acquire. Notes:
budget may be for amount greater than $150 because some members suggested
they might donate a tool to the club if they know what we need. If greater than
$150, prioritize order for acquisition. Club may allocate more money in the
future for tools acquisition.
8. Memorial Day Pisgah Weekend – Led by Ted Gayle. Goals: coordinate CAMBC
member involvement in a weekend of riding in Pisgah National Forest. Publicize
opportunity and coordinate interested parties.
9. Fall Foliage Ride– Led by Craig Spears and Ted Gayle. Goals: Communicate
with Festival organizer about ride leaders needs. Decide whether to commit
CAMBC and recruit ride leaders as appropriate. Get festival contact info from
Matthew Wikswo.
10. Grants– Led by Sue George with members Ted Gayle and Clint Barnett. Look
into grant options such as Kona Free ride grant, REI Toolkit, RTF grants with
County or other non-profits. MORE and SMBC might know more. Find out
those for which we are eligible and when to apply. Recruit help to write them as
needed once identified.
11. Women’s Ride– Led by Michele Co with help from Erin Johnston, Megan Ross,
and Sue George. Goals: establish women’s ride schedule and leaders and
publicize. Note: Erin will focus on inter-club women’s rides.
12. Beginner Ride– Led by Michele Co, Brent VanDevender, and Ted Gayle. Goals:
establish beginner ride schedule with ride leaders for each and publicize. Note:
Beginner rides may be as short as 2-3 miles depending on who shows up.
Recommended target: a minimum of 1x per month (with optional rain date?).
13. Sunday Social Ride– Led by Craig Spear with help from Jason Hiser. Goals:
Establish Sunday social ride schedule and leaders and publicize.
14. WNR– Led by Sue George. Goals: continue leading regular night rides.
15. Wild Ride– Led by interim leader, Matthew Wikswo. Not much to do yet
because the event isn’t until September. Goals: Identify candidate dates and look
into pavilion availability. See if Marty Quinn would like to lead or co-lead this
again. Look into tying in a work day as part of a Wild Ride weekend.
16. TAKMB– To be established at future meetings. Not until October.
17. Sponsorship Planning – Led by Matthew Wikswo with members Will Sanford.
Goals: Develop sponsorship plan and materials for recruiting sponsors for
CAMBC and present to club for decision on when/if to implement and to sign up
volunteers to input.
18. Club Governing Structure – Led by TBD with input from Michele Co, Julie
Jackson (if she’s available and interested), Sue George. Goals: Look into what if
any formal options we might want to pursue for more formal club governing
structure. What do other clubs do? Is IMBA still pursuing options to help with
this? Keep bureaucracy low so it does not detract from all the good things we are
doing. Look back at what Andrea Laue was doing a year and a half ago. Brent
VanDevender suggested maybe even just formalizing an overall club policy and
circulating.
19. Club Stickers – Led by Erin Johnston (with input from Clint Barnett). Goals:
look into getting us some CAMBC club stickers (cost, etc.). Note: Erin, please
also ask Sue George about club business cards (like Nittany Valley Mt Bike Club
example).
20. T-shirts – Led by Clint Barnett (with input from Erin Johnston). Goals: look into
getting us some CAMBC club t-shirts (costs, gauge club interest, other details,
etc.). Hold on actually getting t-shirts until sponsorship subcommittee is further
along.
21. GWNF Protection – Led by Sue George. Goals: continue work with pro-
Wilderness advocates, SMBC, IMBA, and others toward land protection
agreement. Write MOU for user groups involved so far.
22. VA State MTB Association – Forgot to mention this at meeting, but led by Sue
George and Mike Smoot. Goals: Attend upcoming meeting to talk about forming
a state-wide mountain bike association. Report back to club. Represent
CAMBC’s interests.
Other To Do
• Trail Maintenance
o Add safety info for trail maintenance crew leaders to CAMBC website.
Will Sanford to provide info to Mike Smoot.
o If anyone wants to volunteer to do work at WCP during non-official trail
days, please talk to Will Sanford. He is maintaining a list of projects that
need attention at WCP.
• Trail Usage
o Add info about the dam at WCP. Sue George to provide to Mike Smoot
Miscellaneous:
• There is a copy of the IMBA Trailbuilding Book in the Tool shed. It is available
for CAMBC members to borrow. Several other members have a copy they are
willing to loan. Contact: Will Sanford
• Reminder: All club members are encouraged to use the CAMBC list-serve at any
time to announce rides or related events.
• We have club liability insurance due to our IMBA affiliation. This is in effect
whenever we lead a publicized CAMBC club ride. The insurance protects ride
leaders, club members, club leaders, etc. Publicized rides include those
announced by list-serve and flyers. The insurance does not cover any rides or
events for which participants must pay to enter (for example: a race put on by
CAMBC or if we were to charge money to do the Wild Ride).
Attendee List
Name Email Phone
Matthew Wikswo wikswo@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Ted Gayle tedgayle@yahoo.com 540-456-7338
Linda Vargas lvargasva@adelphia.net 434-295-6588
Mike Hurley mfh3f@virginia.edu 434-249-3367
Erin Johnston eejohnston5@hotmail.com 434-962-8838
Jay Dicharry jayoutside@hotmail.com 434-977-3205
Eric Anderson ericfanderson@yahoo.com 434-466-1189
Brent VanDevender bav9s@virginia.edu 434-296-8759
Jason Hiser hiser@virginia.edu 434-220-6974
Michele Co micheleco@virginia.edu 434-296-4599
Craig Spear None 434-249-6450
Will Sanford fattirewilly@yahoo.com 434-923-2071
Mike Smoot mes5k@virginia.edu 434-296-7283
Dave Wotton dw2p@virginia.edu 434-295-8848
Clint Barnett cli_b2000@yahoo.com 434-249-6018
Sue George sgeorge@cstone.net 434-975-1910
Al Inigo* ainigo@cstone.net 434-296-7811
Megan Ross* mross@selcva.org 571-215-9031
Jerry Matthews* jmathews13@adelphia.net 434-973-9408
Matt Day* matthewlday@hotmail.com 434-242-4405
Rich Shelley* ras2m@virginia.edu 434-295-8315
* Unable to attend meeting but interested in helping. If your subcommittee needs more
personpower, consider asking these folks.

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Meeting Notes

May 2004

CAMBC Club Meeting Notes and Action Items
Walnut Creek Park
May 25, 2004 at 6:30 PM
This document contains notes and action items from the CAMBC meeting. A list of
attendees is at the end of this document—feel free to contact each other. If you see a
TBD on an action item, feel free to volunteer. If you see your name on an action item, it
is assumed you will work on it unless club leaders are otherwise notified. Tentative next
meeting: August 2004. Exact date and time TBD.
Notes
Introductions

· Sue George led introductions and a recap of year #1 of the club. Thanks were
extended to Mike Smoot, Rich Shelley, Will Sanford, Matthew Wikswo, Scott
Smith for their considerable volunteer efforts with the club the first year.
Membership
· We had 31 individuals and 14 family members in our first year. Mike Smoot has
been tracking membership so far and estimates 50-55 total people as members.
· Club membership sign- up via Paypal on website was mentioned.
· Many renewals are coming due soon. Membership retention is very important.
Mike noted that other local clubs have trouble with this as he learned at recent VA
IMBA summit. Sue to revise membership form and renewal effort to be led by
Mike.
Trail Work – WCP
· Will Sanford taking over from Rich Shelley and Mike Smoot in leading WCP
monthly trail work days.
· Will awarded Albemarle County seasonal park passes to folks who attended 3 or
more trail work sessions at WCP.
· Bridge over far end of lake not likely to happen due to cost ($20K estimate).
Other option is right-of-way walk-around, but county would prefer not to do this
due to former issues with Graves family during building of dam and park.
· 114 hr of volunteer hours put in 2003.
· 194 hr of volunteer hours put in 2004 so far (only 6 mo done).
· IMBA TCC visit coming December 2-5, 2004. Sue coordinating for now and
looking for club members who want to help plan the visit.
· The county is looking at policies for closing WCP in response to wet conditions.
They are looking for suggested guidelines from CAMBC.
Trail Work – Sherando
· Matthew Wikswo has talked to new ranger at GWNF Pedlar district. He is very
interested in CAMBC involvement in maintenance (previous efforts to work with
old ranger were met mostly with indifference). Candidate dates for an upcoming
trail day were discussed and June 12 is best choice for now. Matthew to
coordinate further. They will provide projects and expertise—we provide labor.
· SMBC and Waynesboro clubs have been notified.
· It was suggested we also involve Tidewater and Richmond clubs.
Event Announcements
· Giro D’Ville – May 28-31, 2004. See Mike Hurley or Matt Day for flyers or
more info.
· Kid’s triathlon at WCP coming in August 2004. See Scott Smith for more info or
to volunteer.
Website
· Website constantly evolving. Redesign (artistic) in the works by Mike and Rusty
Speidel.
· New content (articles, write-ups, pictures) from members always welcome.
· 100K is target size for submitted pictures.
· New events for calendar always welcome.
· Mike and Sue maintaining for now.
· Club logo selected and ready for implementation.
Advocacy Update
· Wilderness/National Scenic Area – Sue George to attend next meeting of local mt
bike leaders on protecting GWNF on June 3rd. So far, progress is slow but steady.
Main overall goal of joint wilderness/mountain bike leaders is to protect areas in
GWNF. Sherando will likely get written in as National Scenic Area instead of
Wilderness. Goals: Maximize protection and preserve existing trail
mileage/access.
· VA IMBA Summit – Mike Smoot summarized briefly. He has notes to share
with anyone interested. He attended May 1, 2004.
· IMBA National Summit – to be attended by Sue George in early June 2004.
Financial Report
· Mike Smoot keeping financial records.
· Earned $708 in year #1. Two-thirds of that from dues. Rest from donations.
· Spent money on IMBA affiliation, club insurance, and web hosting. $420
remaining.
· Upcoming expenses: renew insurance and IMBA affiliation plus regular web
expenses.
· See Mike for detailed financial report.
Rides
· Women’s rides led bi-monthly by Sue George and Shannon Carlin
· Beginner rides led by Chris Smead – 1st one rained out. Next one coming next
week.
· WNR’s led weekly by Sue George and crew.
· Junior Rides led monthly by Scott Smith and Richard Shelley.
· All members of club encouraged to use list-serve to announce rides and recruit
folks to come along. State time, location, ride level, description, and other
pertinent info.
· Wild Ride- held in fall of 2003. Postponed due to Isabel but otherwise a success.
Direction for Year #2
· Newsletter – all agreed it would be nice to have a newsletter. Erin Johnston
shared her experience as editor of SMBC newsletter which is print format.
General consensus seemed to be electronic version would be better/easier/cheaper
for now. Volunteers: Matthew Wikswo, Mike Smoot, Erin Johnston, Chris
Smead, Will Sanford, Sue George.
· Free-riding – the need for local free-riding opportunities was recognized. Jeff
Elmore, Matt Day, and ? to brainstorm ideas and work with Will Sandford to talk
to Amy Smith at Albemarle about options.
· Wild Ride II – All agreed this should happen again this fall. Erin Johnston
nominated Marty Quinn to coordinate if he’ll accept. Chris Smead volunteered to
coordinate, too. Sue to help pick dates. Need to invite Richmond and Tidewater
clubs and invite EVMA.
· Develop more riding options locally
o Northpointe Development by Great Eastern Co would require large
amounts of green space (40%). Will Sanford mentioned as future trails
opp.
o Preddy Creek – owned by Albemarle. Trails already out there and in use.
No formal facilities. Need to check out.
o RWMA – Area half-way between here and Culpepper open to hunting,
riding, etc. Lots of fireroads/jeep trails for riding. Other options TBD.
o Forest Lakes Homeowner Assn – Will Sanford commented that local
association might be talked into doing some mt bike trails, but access to
non-home-owners might be an issue.
o Chris Greene – owned by Albemarle. Not likely any time soon.
o Rivanna Trail – mountain bikes not actively promoted users, but local
folks do ride as well as do trail work.
o Mint Springs – not much known. Will Sanford knows guy there involved
in Crozet trail work group who might be able to input.
· Fundraising – The club may want to focus on more fund-raising to expand
potential to do things.
o Need some club flyers first (Rich Shelley to work on).
o Tell potential sponsors their funds can go to following such things
(brainstormed): new tools (new BOB trailer, new Pulaskis, new
McClouds); signs advertising club in general or club maintenance of local
trails; website maintenance; newsletter development/printing; names on tshirts;
supporting maintenance of local trails; funding CAMBC’s effort to
incorporate and go non-profit; club volunteer rewards (such as pocket
chainsaws, incentives for volunteers); dingo purchase; contribution to
related national bodies such as IMBA; Events like Wild Ride. (Note: nonprofit
application alone costs $500 fee (approx).)
o Potential sponsors (brainstormed): BRMS, Lexis Nexis (grant
application), Jon Sheffield (dad might help with T’s), Zazus, Qdoba,
Atomic Burrito, Guadalajara, Guaranty, The Nook, Matt Murray’s law
firm, High Tee, The Bookseller, 91.9, Ivy Inn, Power and Hearth, local
vineyards, Starr Hill, TNN printing, Wintergreen.
o Matt Day pointed out that if we offer different levels of sponsorship, it
would be best to make sure we offer same level to all local shops so as to
avoid any formal shop bias by CAMBC. Each shop should get same
opportunity to support club on ongoing basis.
o Go after grants (may not be feasible until CAMBC is non-profit).
o May need to appoint volunteer fundraising committee.
· WNR access to WCP – some progress on this front. More info to be passed to
county. Might be able to do with special use permit and specific guidelines.
· T-shirts, socks, etc. – this would be fun to do and would help share club spirit.
Anyone welcome to take this on as project. We could incorporate new club logo
and/or sponsor logos.
· Other: Business cards, get publicity in local magazines
Action Items
· Sue George to revise membership form and get to Mike Smoot to get posted on
web.
· Mike Smoot to notify members to renew.
· Matthew Wikswo to talk to GWNF re: June 12 Sherando workday and then send
out notices ASAP to all regional clubs.
· Mike Smoot (with Rusty) to continue work on website redesign.
· Will Sanford to continue work on WCP trail maintenance.
· Will Sanford to discuss possibility of discounts for entrance to WCP for CAMBC
members. Costs have been noted to be expensive by local and regional mountain
bikers, and this could be incentive to join club.
· Matt Day to check with Drew Sanderford about any progress by UVA mt bike
club on getting trails built at Kluge property.
· Jeff Elmore and Matt Day to lead effort to brainstorm local free-riding
opportunities and figure out how to get implemented at WCP.
· TBD to lead exploratory ride at Preddy Creek.
· TBD to lead exploratory ride at RWMA.
· Sue George to advise on Wild Ride date candidates for Fall 2004.
· Marty Quinn and/or Chris Smead to plan Wild Ride 2004.
· Will Sanford to contact Jeff Klamen (lfcjac@aol.com) re: Crozet trail work group
and access to Mint Springs.
· Sue George and Will Sanford to work on night riding access to WCP for WNR.
· Sue George to contact RTF about joint opportunities of clubs.
· TBD – send out thanks to folks who have donated tools or $ to CAMBC.
· TBD – initiate newsletter committee from volunteers (mentioned in “notes”
section above).
· Richard Shelley to work on CAMBC flyers. (get latest logo from Mike Smoot)
Attendees
Name Email Phone Member
Sue George sgeorge@cstone.net 975-1910 Y
Matt Day matthewlday@hotmail.com 242-4405 Y
Matthew Wikswo wikswo@cstone.net 975-1910 Y
Jerry Matthews Jmatthews13@adelphia.net 973-9408 Y
Jeffrey Elmore jaekormtb@hotmail.com 409-0023 N
Mike Hurley Mfh3f@virginia.edu 249-3367 Y
Erin Johnston Eejohnston5@hotmail.com 962-8838 Y
Jon Thornburg Amos645@cs.com 989-1152 Y
Jace Fogle Jlf4b@virginia.edu 825-4967 Y
David Wotton Dw2p@virginia.edu 298-8848 Y
Mike Smoot Mes5k@virginia.edu 296-7783 Y
Will Sanford fattirewilly@yahoo.com 973-2071 Y