Monthly Minutes of the Circus City Cyclists

Place: First Christian Church, Peru, Indiana

Time: 7:30 p.m., November 10^th, 2003

Leader: Bill Click, President

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

Members Present: (4) John Miller, Miles Straly, Dick Schaffhausen, and Mike Kuepper

Absent:

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

Treasury Report: Report from October were submitted and approved.

Communications: Break-Away Bike Club Newsletter, IBC Information Request, IBC Newsletter, and BicyleSavannah, LLC.

Discussion:

Officer Nominations and Elections: Chris will be handling the nominations for the 2004 officers. December is set for elections.

2004 Metric Century: Discussed that the Metric will be on the same Saturday as this year. Miles Straly motioned and John Miller second to have the date set for June the 25^th.

Nickel Plate Trail Donation: It was presented that is would cost the Nickel Plate Trail $500.00 to register for its 501C3. Mike Donaldson motioned and Rich Holler second to have the club pay this amount.

Nickel Plate Trail, Inc. Report: (Mike Kuepper) Of course, there are many editorials being sent in the local papers about the trail. All club members are encouraged to send in a letter to the Editor. It was asked that letters not attack any individuals and keep on the positive of the trail.

Work has been progressing in a stretch between Lover's Lane and 400. This area is close.

Mike Kuepper will be speaking with the Kokomo Rotary. They are very interested in raising money for the trail. They would be a very good sponsor for the trailhead near Kokomo.

Membership Renewals & New Member Report: (0) - NEW MEMBERS; (0) – RENEWALS. There are no new members or renewals to report. Letters with a 2004 membership renewal form will be sent out soon.

End Of The Year Dinner: There was a discussion of having a dinner at the Peru Civic Center after the 1^st of the year, however we may move that back farther and make this more of an event for “kicking off” the riding season in the spring. It was discussed that maybe a cookout or some kind of meal at the depot in Peru in March or April.

Other Business:

Relay For Life: The club is being asked to consider riding a stationary bike for the Relay For Life, which will be in the spring of 2004. We would need to setup riders to ride for certain time intervals during the event. We would get people to sponsor us for an amount of money for each hour we ride. This Item will be placed on next month’s agenda.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:25PM, motion by Mike Kuepper, and second by Chris Betzner.

Submitted by:

Mike Donaldson

Secretary