Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting -- March 28, 2007

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (SDCBC) was called to order at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at the Standley Recreation Center by Board Chair Brian Parent, pursuant to a notice [1,2] mailed to all directors.

The following persons attended the meeting (persons marked with an asterisk arrived after the call to order).   Name Board Position Office 1 Jim Baross At Large Membership Chair 2 Roman Beck At Large 3 Carol Carr North County Cycle Club Newsletter Editor 4 Eric Converse Visitor 5 Philip Erdelsky Rainbow Cyclists Secretary 6 Silke Fleischer Visitor 7 John Holloway Visitor 8 Kathy Keehan Executive Director 9 Kerry Kunsman At Large Treasurer 10 Hank Levien Visitor 11 Bill Matella At Large 12 Brian Parent At Large Chair 13 Tony Pietsch San Diego Tandem Club 14 Joe Punsalan Visitor 15 Judith Talner At Large 16 Stephan Vance * At Large 17 Dave White Visitor 18 Tom Yager Sierra Club Bicycle Section 19 Greg Zackowski * Triathlon Club of San Diego

The following directors did not attend the meeting: Name Board Position Office Mike Berry San Diego Century Riders Serge Issakov San Diego Bicycle Club Vice Chair Ken King Knickerbikers Andrew Lee GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club Tom Lettington At Large Webmaster Michael Satterlee San Diego Cyclo-Vets

Printed copies of the minutes of the previous meeting [4] were passed out at the meeting. The reading was waived and the minutes were approved by voice vote with a single correction: "sdcbc.org" was replaced by "sdbc.org" [5].

The treasurer presented a February 2007 Treasurer's Report [6], which was received and submitted for audit by voice vote.

The Membership Chair reported that we now have 1025 members.

Carol Carr gave an oral report on Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 18. There will be a pit stop party on Wednesday, May 16 at the Karl Strauss Brewery, with hot dogs and beverages. There will be more than 30 pit stops, and SDCBC will help with the Caltrans Old Town and KNBC Downtown pit stops.

Carol Carr reported that the North County Cycle Club had donated $500 to SDCBC.

Stephan Vance reported on the League of American Bicyclists National Bicycle Summit in Washington, D.C. March 14-16. There were about 400 people there, of whom about 50 were Californians. He visited with Congresswoman Susan Davis [D-San Diego], there was a luncheon speech by the Mayor of Knoxville, and a surprise visit by Floyd Landis. A big issue for mountain bikers is access to Federal lands, and support was given to a bicycle commuter act, which will grant tax benefits for encouraging employees to bike to work.

John Holloway and Joe Punsalan of KTU+A presented the proposed Imperial Beach Bike Plan, which will address on-street bikeways and bike paths in the City of Imperial Beach. A "Eco-Route" bike route south and west of the Bayshore Bikeway is part of the plan.

The Executive Director passed out printed copies of SDCBC Legislative Items of Interest 2007 which had been previously distributed in electronic form [7]. The Board discussed the bills listed on page 2. A motion was made and seconded to support all bills and do what we can as a 501(c)(3) organization to get them passed. The motion passed by voice vote.

The Executive Director passed out printed copies of two documents on Lobbying by Nonprofit Organizations which had been previously distributed in electronic form [8,10], and displayed one copy of a lobbying election form [9]. A motion to file the form was made and passed by voice vote.

Jim Baross asked that consideration of the proposed bylaw changes be postponed.

Jim Baross then explained the controversy regarding raised pavement markings in bike lanes and expressed his opposition to them. The Board discussed the matter and generally agreed, although there was no motion.

The Executive Director distributed printed copies of the Executive Director's Report, which had previously been distributed in electronic form [11]. She called attention to two items: (1) the Lake Hodges Bike/Ped Bridge has been funded, and (2) Oceanside had decided to pursue Bicycle Friendly Community status.

It was announced that the Re-Bike Project discussed at the February meeting is the project called the Bike Kitchen Program at earlier meetings.

Carol Carr presented a oral newsletter report.

• Volunteers will be needed on April 11 to assemble and prepare the newsletter for mailing.
• More photographs of bicycle activities are needed.
• There will be an Earth Fair article in the next newsletter.
• There will be a Bike to Work Day article in the next newsletter.
• The deadline for items for the next newsletter is April 2.
• An article is needed on the current status of the Prokop case.
• There should be an article on bicycle education an safety in every issue.
• There will be something on the San Diego River ride.

The following club reports were presented:

• The Tandem Club will have a Bicycle Day ride in April with tie-dyed shirts and 60's music. The club is looking for tandem cyclists for some kind of movie work.
• The North County Cycle Club has lost two long-time volunteers.
• The Tri Club has more than 1000 members, has publicized the Road I classes, and has held races on Fiesta Island, which they reserved for two hours at a time.

It was announced that the San Diego Velodrome had moved their spring swap meet to April 1.

The meeting was adjourned by general consent at 8:38 PM.

-- Philip J. Erdelsky, Secretary