HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I led the 1st three Sunday Social Rides of the year. The 1st one had 9 riders and we checked the new North Nevada connector road that turns into Dublin - it has promise as a new "connector path" for our north trips. The temperature during the ride reached 40'F. The 2nd one had 26 riders and we rode the Greenway Trail, looped by the World Arena, up the Shook's Run Trail, and down Tejon back to the park. The temperature reached 50'F. The 3rd one had 8 riders and we rode from the park out to 31st Street, along Garden of the Gods on 30th Street, turned up the Mesa Rd hill, and back to the park. The temp barely hit 40'F and it was windy. The weather forecast for this Sunday is better. I'll lead again; hope to see you there.
Bob Smith launched our new Web banner. How do you like the new picture presentation?
The Club's 1st Board of Director's (BoD) meeting will be Monday Jan 30th at our house. We'll serve chili at 6:30 and start the meeting at 7. Anyone can attend the meeting in addition to the BoD members, just let me know (266-0776) so we'll have enough food. The Agenda is: finalize the Social Chairman selection (committee vs VP and Mark Mann as the chairman), validate the 2012 At Large Member appointments (Lee Murphy, Rich Hostak, Chris Conboy), review the 1st CSCC Budget, go over the SLIP METHOD results, plan the major activities for the year on a calendar, and review the things that we want to do at the March Annual Business Meeting.
CSCC has a great offer to use some of Carmichael Training Systems equipment on Fri, Feb 10th. Read about it on the news article on the left panel of this page.
The Club's 1st meeting this year was Jan 3rd at the Clarion Hotel's, over 30 people attended. For the 3rd year we asked 20 questions concerning possible Club activities (the slip method). That information will be shared with the Club's Board of Directors as we prepare plans and activities for 2012. We contiued the meeting sharing a lot of club information and pictures. Bob Smith used his computer and shared some new features for the Club website that we are about to launch. Finally we received a presentation by our guest Daid Pico who talked about his local magazine called Peak Region Cyclist.
The Club's 2nd meeting will be Tuesday Feb 7th at the Clarion Hotel's 2nd floor conference room (I-25 & Bijou). Snacks start at 6:30p and meeting at 7. We'll have a panel of club members discuss participating in RAGBRAI.
BVBF 14 registration opened Dec15th. I signed up for my annual century ride. We only allow 800 to ride, so register early.
Harry Harris made huge progress in his recovery. He and Rhoda are home for the first time in 18 months. They have some visiting medical help, but he is well enough to live at home now. They were going to be our surprise guests at the Holiday Party, but Harry had a fever since he returned home on Dec 5th - so they sent their best wishes to us at the party. People can leave voice mails on his cell phone. The number is 719-510-5259. You can leave him a message, maybe call ahead and drop by.
Remember, a Stop sign means STOP – let’s make sure we each take our foot from the pedal and put it on the ground!!!
