July 2009 CGC Meeting

The July CGC meeting will be at 6pm at the Mellow Mushroom on Tuesday, July 7. We'll have it on the patio if weather permits. If we end up inside, bring a sweater as it can get pretty cool. Don't forget to bring money to pay for your jerseys!

See you there!

CGC Food Drive

Thanks to everyone, who contributed to our participation in the WMAZ Hero Central Food Drive. We made a healthy contribution to this worthy cause. See the scoop at WMAZ CGC Video. We're making progress.

Jerseys - We're Ready to Roll

CGC Members,

It's time to order the newly-designed jersey. We want to have the minimum order ready to place on July 13. We need to order a minimum of ten club cut short sleeve jerseys. As long as we have ten of one type of jersey, anyone can order any number of the other types of jersey at the same time. The price list is:

Short sleeve club cut jersey: $50.00
Long sleeve jersey: $57.00
Short sleeve summer jersey: $60
Sleeveless jersey: $59

Visit Champion Systems for further product descriptions. The Bike Store jerseys are made by the same company.

Make your checks payable to Central Georgia Cyclists and give to Carrie. Hopefully, we'll have them in time to show off at the Nut Roll in September.

Non-members can pay an extra $25 for their first jersey. After that they can purchase other jerseys at the prices listed above because they will become members with the $25 payment.

I can't wait because I know we'll be the coolest looking cyclists around!

-Jean

CGC Food Drive

We are participating in WMAZ's Hero Central Food Drive. Please feel free to drop off canned and boxed goods at the Bike Store in Macon and Warner Robins. The good news: on Thursday, June 25, I will do an interview to talk about the CGC. This is a great opportunity for us to get our group recognized.

CentralGeorgiaCyclist : Message: Ladies Road Ride

Ladies Road Ride:
We're going to have a Ladies Road Ride on Monday, June 15 at 6 pm, starting at the Perry Visitors' Center. This will be geared toward ladies of all levels.
You can do a little as the five-mile loop around the AG Center up to the Monday
Night Ride, which ranges from 23-28 miles. If you know someone who has been
putting off breaking out her bike, this ride is for her. No pressure! Just
post if you're interested. The CGC plans to have cold water and fruit for
recovery after the ride.

Georgia Cup Volunteers Needed

A Georgia Cup Race is being held in Macon this Saturday and Sunday, June 13 - 14, and volunteers are needed. Contact Todd Wilson at todd.wilson@martinmarietta.com for additional information on shifts and locations. They will provide food and drink although you may want to bring a small cooler with cold drinks, along with a chair, hat and sunscreen (maybe an umbrella?). If you can't make it and know someone who may be interested, please pass this on.

Jean

CGC June Meeting

Time for a change of venue! Come out and join us at 9am at Jittery Joe's at 1635 Montpelier Ave (nr Mercer U) on Saturday, June 6th. Anyone is welcome to attend. Mallie Dein will lead us in an urban ride around 10am. If you can't make the meeting, come out for the ride. Dust off the old mountain bike and commuter??? for an interesting tour of downtown Macon.

CGC May Minutes

1. Type of Meeting: Monthly Membership Meeting
2. Meeting Facilitator: Jean McDonald
3. Invitees: Open to public; membership-only voting on action items
4. Call to order
5. Roll call:
a. Attendees sign in
6. Solicitation for comments on April 2009 Meeting Minutes
7. Open issues
a. Relay for Life – Reminder Relay starts on May 15th. Setup around noon at the south entrance.
i. We do five-mile loops around the Perry Ag Center from Friday evening through Saturday morning. There is always someone to ride with. Need headlights and taillights on your bikes.
ii. Current status
1. Seven people have signed up
2. We have raised $1025 so far. Our goal was $1,000. Special thanks to Todd Willis who has raised $775.
3. Will post map on CGC website
b. Monthly Meeting Reminder – Next meeting 6/6/09 @ 9:00 am. Proposed to have it at Jittery Joe’s in Macon in conjunction with an urban ride. No complaints were made.
c. Weekly Rides
i. Ride Start Time Change –
1. Ride starts change to 6pm on 4 May. Leave weekend ride starts at 9am for now.
2. Agreed to continue the Rolling to Roberta ride.
d. Monday Night Ladies Ride – The Bike Store WR agreed to hold a beginner’s maintenance clinic for ladies on May 18, with a short ride to follow. The clinic will start at 6 pm.
e. Business Cards – Finalized business card design and ordered 1000 cards.
f. Jerseys -
i. Voted on design, Dave has to finalize some details about the stripes before ordering.
ii. Established how to pay. It was decided that all orders will be made payable to the Club, and the Club will in turn purchase the Jerseys. Order deadline is TBD.
g. Adopt-a-Road – Adopted Russell Parkway between Lake Joy and Hwy 41. Picked up 13 bags of litter on Apr. 26. Seven participants earned 2 hours. Next pick up will be in Aug. Start recording our volunteer hours based on the honor system to an excel spreadsheet to be posted online.
8. New business
a. Upcoming Events
i. May 9 – Storck Event at The Bike Store
ii. May 11 -15 – Bike to Work Week – Weekly Challenge for National Fitness Month Fit-opoly game at Robins
iii. May 17 – The Bike Store Century
iv. May 18 – Ladies Maintenance Clinic and Ride-Coincide with beginners ride @6:00PM.
v. Jun. 6 - 13 – BRAG, Hiawassee
vi. Jun. 27 –Cartersville Century, Cartersville
b. Bake Sale – Proposed to have one at The Bike Store from 10:00 am to 1:00pm during the Storck event on May 9.
c. Ice Cream Social – Tentatively scheduled for July

9. Additional Comments and Questions:
a. Need to come up with more incentives for membership.
b. Proposed to have a friendly competition to increase our volunteer hours. The top three will be entered into a raffle ticket drawing for a prize TBD.
c. Jean proposed to have a Bike Rodeo at the park off of Kimberly drive.
10. Adjournment

CGC April Minutes (Delayed)

1. Type of Meeting: Monthly Membership Meeting
2. Meeting Facilitator: Jean McDonald
3. Invitees: Open to public; membership-only voting on action items
4. Call to order
5. Roll call:
a. Attendees sign in
6. Solicitation for comments on March 2009 Meeting Minutes
7. Open issues
a. Relay for Life – Reminder Relay starts on May 15th.
i. We do five-mile loops around the Perry Ag Center from Friday evening through Saturday morning. There is always someone to ride with. Need headlights and taillights on your bikes.
ii. Current status
1. Five people have signed up
2. We have raised $125 so far. Our goal is $1,000.
3. Will post map on CGC website
iii. T-shirt
1. Have to raise $100 to get one – deadline is Apr. 13
2. Can raise money online
b. Monthly Meeting Reminder – Next meeting 5/1/09 at Prinnie Mack
c. Weekly Rides
i. Ride Start Time Change – Propose to move ride start to 6pm on 4 May. Leave weekend ride starts at 9am for now.
ii. New routes – We discussed changing the routes by riding in reverse or starting from a different spot. We decided to leave the starting locations and routes as they are for now. We will leave it up to riders on a ride night to decide if they want to change that night’s route.
d. Monday Night Ladies Ride – Proposed to do this once a month in order to increase women’s ridership. Proposed the first one on May 18 – in conjunction with a maintenance class. Jean McDonald will contact The Bike Store WR to see if they will hold the class.
e. Membership
i. Benefits –
1. Voting rights
2. May be elected to the CGC Board of Directors
3. Spring/summer picnic
4. Opportunity to purchase the exclusive CGC Jersey at cost
5. Free Ice Cream at Ice Cream Social Ride
6. Access to members-only club information
7. Free CGC T-shirt
f. Business Cards – Dave showed us a fantastic business card design. We will also use it as a membership card signed/dated and numbered by the Treasurer.
g. Jerseys - Dave showed us a couple of jersey designs. We asked him to make a lighter version. He will post to Yahoo groups before next meeting for feedback.
h. Adopt-a-Road – Voted to adopt Russell Parkway between Lake Joy and I-75. Requires litter pick up four times a year. First pick up is scheduled for Apr. 26. Time TBD
8. New business
a. Upcoming Events
i. Apr. 25 – Peach Blossom Bike Ride, Byron
ii. Apr. 18 –Jim Kruse Century, Statesboro
iii. May 2 – Sweet Onion Century, Vidalia
iv. May 3 – Wheels to Heal, Columbus
v. May 17 – The Bike Store Century
vi. May 11 -15 – Bike to Work Week – Submitted a proposal to Base Fitness for a kickoff activity.
b. Membership
i. Dues –
1. Proposed establishment of a CGC post office box with the keys held by the President and Treasurer. Decided to continue to use Brandon Taylor’s box.
2. Proposed we look into setting up a PayPal account to accept electronic payments. Decided we didn’t get enough business through the web to make it worth the additional cost.
ii. Internet Presence - Established a CGC Live group on Google. Agreed to will use it to post information for members only. Examples: draft by-laws, activity proposals, board of director meeting minutes, info on CGC only activities, etc.
c. Liability Insurance – Agreed to pursue Club liability insurance through the League of American Bicyclists

9. Adjournment