Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting -- November 7, 2007

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (SDCBC), a meeting with a limited agenda, was originally scheduled to be held on October 24, 2007, but it was canceled because of the local fire emergency and rescheduled. Notice of the rescheduled meeting was given to all directors by E-mail [3] and regular mail [4]. The rescheduled meeting was called to order at 7:09 PM on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at the principal office of SDCBC in Downtown San Diego by Vice Chair Serge Issakov.

The following persons attended the meeting (* arrived after the call to order).   Name Board Position Office 1 Roman Beck At Large 2 Philip Erdelsky Rainbow Cyclists Secretary 3 Everett Hauser GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club (alternate) 4 Serge Issakov San Diego Bicycle Club Vice Chair 5 Kathy Keehan Executive Director 6 Robert Leone Visitor 7 *Tom Lettington At Large Webmaster 8 *Bill Matella At Large 9 *Judith Talner At Large 10 Stephan Vance At Large 11 Dave White At Large 12 Tom Yager Sierra Club Bicycle Section 13 Greg Zackowski Triathlon Club of San Diego

The following directors did not attend the meeting:   Name Board Position Office 1 Jim Baross At Large 2 Suzanne Behrendt San Diego Wheelmen 3 Mike Berry San Diego Century Riders 4 Carol Carr North County Cycle Club Newsletter Editor 5 Julie Hocking At Large Treasurer 6 Ken King Knickerbikers 7 Kerry Kunsman At Large 8 Andrew Lee GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club 9 Brian Parent At Large Chair 10 Tony Pietsch San Diego Tandem Club Membership Chair 11 Michael Satterlee San Diego Cyclo-Vets

Printed copies of the minutes of the previous meeting [7] were passed out at the meeting. The reading was waived and the minutes were approved by voice vote.

The Executive Director passed out copies of the survey results [8], which had also been provided previously in electronic form, and the board discussed them.

The Executive Director passed out printed copies of a proposal entitled "What the Coalition might look like in the future - three models" [9] and explained it. The board discussed the proposal, and the Executive Director asked each director which of the three models he or she preferred.

After discussion, the Executive Director summarized the following conclusions:

1. Of the three models proposed, the Bike School model is preferred by a majority of the board members.
2. A significant portion of members of the Coalition join to support the advocacy efforts of the organization. This advocacy work will continue.
3. SDCBC should participate in events, especially those that support either the financial or advocacy goals (and preferably both) of the Coalition.

The Executive Director will present a more extensive report on these conclusions later.

The meeting was adjourned by general consent at 8:49 PM.

-- Philip J. Erdelsky, Secretary