Freewheelers Board Meeting

Meeting place: Spartanburg Technical College - October 11, 2004 at 7:00-9:00 PM

Board members in attendance: Marly Divver Mike Bonner Paul LeFrancois Andrew Danfy Betty Campbell Steve Yetman Ken Drescher Gloria Anderson John Bryan	Board members unable to attend: Greg Kyzer Richard Dillard Shawn Howland Jeff Cook
Members in attendance: Tom Divver Sarah Wolpe Michelle Gunning Dave Proctor Hannah Anderson

Item 1 Future meeting place

• The Freewheelers will continue meeting at Fuddruckers.

  Item 2 Christmas party

• The Christmas party will be held on Monday, December 6^th. Dave Proctor will contact Stan Staggs about meeting at the Walnut Grove Stillhouse again this year. The menu will be similar to last years. The price of admission will be a gift for a child at the children's shelter.

  Item 3 Newsletter

• Michelle Gunning from Greenville will be our new Seat Post editor. She needs all articles submitted by the 15^th of each month.
• The newsletter will be published monthly before our meeting. The first newsletter will be out in late November. Michelle will use her discretion to content and length of each article. Steve Yetman volunteered to help her.

  Item 4 Insurance

• The club needs to stipulate what rides we are going to insure each year.
• Marly suggested that we have one person in charge of insurance for the club.
• John Bryan recommended Jeff Cook because of his expertise in that area.
• John then made a motion to have Jeff Cook oversee the Freewheelers insurance and Mike Bonner 2^nd it.
• Anyone planning a ride for 2005 that requires an entry fee needs to submit a description of the ride to Greg Kyzer.
• The board will meet in January to review any submissions and compile a list for Jeff.
• Dave Proctor announced that he has insurance of his own and will no longer need the Club's insurance.
• Dave Proctor requested that the Club help sponsor Mark Kayser with an upcoming Mitchell training ride. No vote was taken.

  Item 5 Food

• The Club gave Gloria Anderson permission to be reimbursed for her upcoming night rides after a discussion about the number of people involved and the approximate cost.

  Item 6

  Christmas parade

• Richard Dillard sent an e-mail to Marly suggesting that the Freewheelers participate in the Christmas parade the day after Thanksgiving. The board decided that we could reconsider this again next year when we have more time to plan.

  Item 7 Identification cards for club members

• Jeff Howland offered to make identification cards for club members. He will have samples of these cards at the next meeting.

  Item 8 Mt. Mitchell

• John Bryan announced that he does not think it is necessary at this time to plan another route for Mitchell until he has the final word from the rangers. He would appreciate continued help for packing the packets and helping at the auditorium on Friday.
• John also mentioned that he has been approached to have chips for Marion as well as Mitchell.

  City Involvement

• Paul LeFrancois reported that his and John Bryan's conference with Spartanburg's mayor was encouraging.
• The Freewheelers would like to celebrate Mitchell's 30^th anniversary by making the week of Mitchell a
  week-long celebration.
• Discussion followed about the possibility of having USCF races. Andrew will contact Rich Hincapie for
  more information.

  Item 9 High mileage plaques

• Dave Proctor requested that the Freewheelers purchase the plaques for the high mileage group this year.
• The cost will be approximately $10 each for 30-32 people.
• Paul LeFrancois moved to accept Dave's request; Andrew Danfy 2^nd it.

  Item 10 Award Fund

• Paul LeFrancois reminded us of a Greenville cyclist recently killed by a hit and run driver.The Reward Fund is to help lead to the arrest and conviction of any motorist who hits a cyclist in a hit and run situation where there is no immediate arrest. The reward fund would be used when an individual provides information to the state police that leads to the arrest and conviction of a driver who hits a cyclist.
  The following amounts have been approved by the PCC and other clubs.
  
  PCC - $500
  Greenville Spinners - $200
  Coastal Cyclists - $200
  AIken Bicycle Club $200
  Greenwood Cycling Club - $200
  Rock Hill - $200
  The board Monday night approved the Freewheelers to offer $200 for the
  reward fund as well.
  
  Item 11 Sponsoring Rides
  
• Several options about the Club sponsoring rides from bike shops were discussed.
• One issue is if food would only be provided at rest stops.
• Discussion was raised about rides leaving from bike shops rather than a neutral place.
• There was no vote taken.

  Gloria Anderson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Andrew Danfy 2^nd it.

  Respectfully submitted,
  Gloria Anderson