March-10-2003

Monthly Minutes of the Circus City Cyclists

Place: First Christian Church, Peru, Indiana

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Leader: Bill Click, President

Officers Present: (4) Bill Click, Rich Holler, Chris Betzner, and Mike Donaldson

Members Present: (6) Bob Blong, John Miller, Miles Straly, Gary Thomas, and Dick Schaffhausen; (3) Guests

Absent: Not addressed

Meeting Minutes: Minutes from February meeting were submitted and approved.

Treasury Report: Treasurers report submitted by Chris Betzner and approved

Communications: 1. Thank you letter from First Christian Church, 2. Newsletter from Breakaway Bicycle Club, 3. Indiana Bicycle Coalition letter and January/February Newsletter, 4. Bicycle Tour of Colorado info letter.

Discussion:

Metric Century Report: (Chris Betzner) Chris brought the Metric Century brochure proof for everyone to look over. Modern Graphics will print the brochure. Last year it cost ~$260.00 to have (2,500) brochures printed. Pricing should be similar this year.

(Bill Click) Route design is yet to be determined. The weather has not cooperated with driving the route with all the snow. There is some concern about the areas around Mississinewa Dam being open for the Metric Century. Bill Click will contact Jeff Swift to get more details.

(Dick Schaffhausen) Printing of the shirts last year was done by A & A Screen Printing. Dick will be checking there or maybe with other printing shops for pricing. Dick said he wanted the shirts to incorporate the circus theme. He has had several ideas about how this can be done. The consensus of the group was to “go for it” and surprise us. Also the size and placing of sponsor’s logo’s was briefly discussed.

Nickel Plate Trail Report: (Bill Click) Friends of the Nickel Plate Trial will be organizing as a not-for-profit group. Along with this, they are working on selecting a board of directors. It was mentioned that Miles Straly was one who was being looked at as a director. There was a motion and second in favor of Miles representing the club as a director on the trail board.

It was discussed that special groups would construct some of the trail bridges. Northwestern University and the Eagle Scouts would be two of the groups that would be doing this kind of work

The trail will have a booth at this year’s Peru Chamber Expo. Mike Kuepper will be donating the use of his trade booth for this event.

2003 Ride Schedule: A schedule has been setup as follows:

Thursday Ride - meeting at Miami’s Fort at 6:00PM - first ride April the 3^rd

Ride Leader – Leader is undetermined

Saturday Ride - meeting at Breakaway at 8:00AM - first ride April the 5^th

Ride Leader - Chris Betzner or someone from the shop

Sunday Ride - meeting at Owen’s Marathon in Mexico at 2:00PM - first ride April the 6^th

Ride Leader - Rich Holler or Bill Click

There was a motion and second to allow any miles during the Wheel People’s Tuesday ride to be counted for club miles. Also, the Animal Ride from last year will be incorporated into our regular Saturday morning ride.

Membership Renewals & New Member Report: NEW MEMBERS: John & Michaelle Miller; RENEWALS: Jeffery Bowyer, Todd Leininger, Wayne & Jane Mannies, Dean & Peggy Owens, and Jeff Suire. Currently the club is about 65% renewed based on last year’s membership numbers. This represents all the renewals since the first of the year.

Web Site Report: (Mike Donaldson) A few new links have been added. We would like to add a page supporting the Nickel Plate Trail. The site is ready to record and display club miles.

Special Rides: (Miles Straley) Dates were set for some special rides this year. They are as follows:

May 10^th – Wabash County Trial – Meeting at Miami’s Fort at 8:00AM

May 31^st – Night Ride – Eagles Point – Grissom Aeroplex

July 19^th – Ride Across Indiana

Chris Betzner and Miles will be checking into low cost lights for anyone who would like to ride the Night Ride. Time to be determined for the Night Ride.

The route for the Ride Across Indiana is yet to be determined. The ride would be approximately 162 miles. Time and place to meet is to be determined.

Bike Rodeo: (Chris Betzner) The Bike Rodeo this year will be held May the 17^th. This year (250) helmets will given out to children for this event. As in years past the event will be held a the Peru YMCA. There will bike inspections and bike tires will be pumped up. The club will be responsible for (4) people to fit helmets, a person to oversee the riding course, as well as possibly helping with the inspections, and possibly (1) person give the bike safety lesson. A motion and second were given for the club to donate $300.00 this year toward helmets; this is up from the $250.00, which was given last year for the event.

Bike Shop Letter: It was mentioned that it would be a good idea for the club to have a letter along with a membership form for the Breakaway Bike Shop to enclose with each bike that they sell. Chris Betzner agreed this would be a good thing to do. Mike Donaldson will write and print out this information and get it to the Bike Shop to use. This was motioned and seconded.

Dog Problems: (Bill Click) Bill mentioned that if anyone has problems with dogs they should get information such owners name and address as well as detailing the incident that took place with the dog. This information will then be composed into a letter that will be sent to county officials. This is in hope that these problem dogs will be dealt with in the future, specially if the dog is a habitual problem for bike riders.

Club Jerseys: Club jerseys were brought up during this meeting. Currently there are about (6) people signed up for jerseys. We must have a least (12) people sign up to make a minimum order. If you would like to sign up the list is in the Breakaway Bike & Fitness Shop.

Meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by:

Mike Donaldson

Secretary