MINUTES of CRBC Meeting
Written by Joan Potter
March 5, 2013
Meeting held at the State College Borough building.
Present:
· Jim Serene, President
· Brian Dempsey, Vice President
· Lynda Crow, Treasurer
· Joan Potter, Secretary
· Paul Rito, ex officio
· Roy Greenfield
· Jean Bemis
· Nathan Geiger
· Laura Brown
The meeting was called to order by Jim Serene at 6:00 pm. A quorum of directors was present, and the meeting was ready to proceed with business.
National Bike Month
Reviewed the proclamation of May as National Bike Month and May 17th as Bike-to-Work Day drafted by Brian Dempsey for the Borough, COG, PSU and surrounding Townships. Each entity will be contacted to request the resolution be added to their April meeting agenda. Brian will attend the Borough meeting, COG, PSU, Patton Twp and Harris Twp, Jim Serene will attend College and Ferguson Twp, and Joan Potter will attend the Halfmoon Twp. meeting.
Bike Path Commemoration
Jim Serene proposed CRBC commemorate the new bike path to the Mt. Nittany Middle school with a sign designating it as “Remick Way” in honor of Forrest Remick. Mr. Remick is on the College Township Counsel and initiated the effort to change the path from gravel to paved asphalt. Usage of the path now exceeds expectations. Discussion followed and the general consensus was positive, there were no objections to our supporting recognition of Mr. Remick in this way. Motion by Paul Rito: Move to approve up to $200 for a sign; seconded and unanimously adopted. (The township manager, Adam Brumbaugh will provide us with further details.)
CRBC Membership Campaign
The current CRBC membership form was reviewed, and there was discussion of when to send out the dues notice. Motion by Roy Greenfield: Move to approve the annual dues remain as is and the notice be emailed in May; seconded and unanimously adopted.
Laura Brown suggested asking PSU/Borough to send a CRBC membership notice to their bike permit list along with information on the benefits of bike registration.
Friday, April 26th, the last day of PSU classes, was selected as the date to have a membership drive and distribute Bike Month awareness information at the main gate of PSU on College Ave. Jackie Sheader at CATA will be contacted to request a $150 grant for promoting Bike Month. Lydia Vandenbergh at PSU will be contacted to arrange for the table set-up.
Brief discussion of Bike Month activities followed. Community rides are planned for Saturday, May 11th in conjunction with the SCASD.
Treasurer’s Report
Approval requested to pay the following:
· $ 75 – League of American Bicyclists advocacy coalition dues
· $100 – Alliance for Biking and Walking advocacy coalition dues
· $ 88 – Liability insurance
· $ 86 – Post office box rental
Motion by Brian Dempsey: Move to approve payment of the above listed expenses; seconded and unanimously adopted.
Bicycle Advisory Committee
Jim Serene reviewed the concept of a Bicycle Advisory Committee and shared information about a similar organization in south central Pennsylvania that could be used as a model. Website: http://www.spcregion.org/about.shtml.
CRBC Website
Members present were asked to review the CRBC website and make suggestions on what should be updated. Discussion on the best use of CRBC funds resulted in the following list being drafted:
· League Certified Instructor Training ($300 fee)
· Street Skills for Cyclists ($5 subsidy towards $33 cost for up to 20 attendees per year)
· National Bike Summit fee for one attendee per year
· Bicycle education
· Community biking activities
· Promotion of Bike Month awareness
· CRBC marketing
· Advocacy group memberships (League of American Bicyclists, Alliance for Biking & Walking)
· Basic expenses (insurance, post office box, etc.)
CVIM Cycling for Care
The 5th annual CVIM fundraising ride is scheduled for Saturday, June 29th. They asked CRBC to include an announcement on our website. Discussion followed. It was suggested that CVIM be asked to do a presentation in May during Bike Month on the health benefits of cycling.
The next general membership meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2nd at 6:00 pm in the Borough Building.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Potter, Secretary
