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CORP December 2014 Board Meeting Notes
December 14 2014
SR Suntour Office
New Elected Positions
President - William Lorman
VP of Events - Tim Barber
VP of Membership - Jon Augspurger
Secretary - Richard Schick
New Committees
Membership
Chair - Jon Augspurger
2 Open positions need to be filled
Finance
Chair - ?
Alex Applegate
Jeremiah Logemann
Discussion Topics
Workday Schedules
Workday scheduling and announcements are inconsistent.
Decision: The secretary will take on coordination of workdays and put them on the calendar, he will be responsible for identifying scheduling conflicts and notifying the conflicting parties. Other duties will include making sure that upcoming work days and events are consistently scheduled and announced.
Action: Trail Stewards will propose a tentative work day schedule at the January meeting
Meeting Schedule
Member/board meetings will once again be scheduled monthly the tentative date is every 4th Thursday of the month at the Fitchburg Community Center.
Action: William Lorman will coordinate with Dave Hill for date and location scheduling.
IT
There is a desire to standardize on software platforms for scheduling, coordinating, and announcements. It is generally agreed upon that Basecamp has been unwieldy. Possible solutions include Webex, GoTo Meeting, Google hangouts/drive, Evernote, etc...
Action: No immediate action was scheduled for this goal yet.
Social Events
There is a desire to return to hosting monthly social events. These can be hosted by a variety of people at various locations.
Action: Hosts and a schedule will be worked on during the January member meeting.
Finance
The club carries no Debt and has a balance of $5700 in cash. Income was up $2400 over 2013.
Action: Brian Donley will simplify the report to be published publicly
Sponsorship Document
The document of how we work with sponsors needs to be finished up and finalized.
Action: Tim Barber will produce the existing document, Alex Applegate and Jeremiah Logemann will be tasked with developing it to present at the January meeting.
Jersey Status
Version 6B will be the final look.
Action: Once the aforementioned sponsorship is agreed upon at the January meeting, sponsors will be solicited so that printing can begin at the end of February
There seemed to be a lot of open discussion and questions around the jerseys and it should probably be an item for discussion for the January meeting.
CORPFest will live on
Action: Begin discussions in the January meeting
Fund Raising
Luke from Machinery Row tentatively confirms that they will host another fundraiser. The proceeds are to be used to “finish” Pleasant View because the city will match these funds.
Get grant deadlines on the calendar for 2015.
Action: Finance committee will engage Patricia Jane to pin these down.
Membership
Report from IMBA shows 136 contributors, 985 Contacts (names collected at events), 508 expired, 10 lapsed.
Action: Build a list of contacts at local bike companies - finance committee
We need more female members
Action: the men are stumped, perhaps Patricia can help
Brochures/flyers/cards
We need updated handouts. They should be unspecific enough that they can be reused for years to come (no work dates!).
Action: Aaron Frink will propose several designs to be considered at the January meeting. Will possibly collaborate with Mike Schraeder.
Trail Updates
Pleasant View:
The subdivision plans are in a holding pattern, the threat is idle but we need to stay vigilant
Power line corridor erased some of the trails
About half of the new XC trail is flagged and rough cut
The city will provide a new shed that is larger and more sturdy
The jumps are not ideal and reworking them will be a priority in 2015
Applying for the Madison Area Sports Commission Grant to advance the skills area
Blue Mounds
Moratorium on building new trail is lifted!
The Phase 2 reroute in Holy Schist, which is in the sensitive area, passed review by DNR ecologists. We have the official OK to begin work any time.
The amendment process started to deal with the snowmobile trail question, will include a review of all recreational trails in Blue Mound. According to Peter Biermeyer, who stated to the Natural Resources Board that some of the bike trails "may" have been built outside the authority of the 2000 amendment to the master plan.
Emergency reroutes because of property line issues are done.
The beginner section has been rerouted around previous muddy spots which should allow trails to be open longer
Walt Hougas is appointed (soon to be elected) to the board of the Friends of Blue Mounds
CamRock
Emergency reroute around Outback property issues is complete.
Youth cycling is big in Cambridge and we should continue to participate.
Dane County is looking to expand the properties of the park which has the potential to add significant mileage to the trails.
The Cambridge bike park plan is advancing.
Action: Chuck will make sure that the village officially approves of the bike park project.
Quarry Park
Meetings with the city have been quite positive but we need to satisfy their liability concerns which will require signage, maps, and publishing the IMBA rules (much like the sign at Seminole).
In February Quarry Park will be come an official bike park rather than a park where bikes are not not allowed.
Sun Prairie
The Sun Prairie park project is advancing
TTF
Some work at QR needs to be finished up
Area 51 at CamRock is the current priority
Request: New tools requested including a miter saw and drill(s).
