Minutes from the Annual Membership Meeting

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WBWC 2011 Annual Membership Meeting

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7pm

Arbor Brewing Company, Ann Arbor

Board Members in Attendance: Pete Hines (Chair), Joel Batterman (Vice Chair), Erica Briggs, Larry Deck, Tim Athan (Secretary)

Tonight’s meeting featured guest speakers. The first ever Doris West Award was presented. Board election voting was conducted in the course of the meeting.

Doris West Award:

Board member Kris Talley worked to establish the WBWC Doris West Award. The 2011 recipient was announced tonight: longtime bicyclist and bicycling advocate Jeff Gaynor.

Speakers:

· Gus Gosselin, Director of Building Services at Michigan State University, and Tim Potter, Manager of MSU Bikes, described this bicycle repair service subsidized by the University, http://bikes.msu.edu. This is a fully staffed University facility that repairs and rents hundreds of bicycles every year.

· Tom Tilma, Interim Director of the Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coaltion (GGRBC), http://www.bikegrandrapids.org, described bicycle advocacy activities in Grand Rapids, including the GGRBC 2011 Bike Summit.

Election:

Fifteen ballots were cast. Board members with expiring terms, Larry Deck, Carolyn Grawi, Pete Hines and Karen Moorhead, were re-elected, and new board members Emma Wendt, Matt Grocoff and John Beranek were elected.

It was announced with great sadness that board member Kris Talley died in the previous week. Kris was a WBWC founding board member and has served as chair person.

Treasurer’s Report:

November 2011 Balance Withdraws Deposits

Past (10/7/11) $1,510.34

10/11/11 Check #199 $65.00

10/18/11 POS 11.91

10/31/11 Interest Deposit $0.77

11/10/11 Square Deposit $58.35

11/09/11 Square Deposit $0.97

11/07/11 Square Withdraw 0.49

11/07/11 Square Deposit 0.49

11/10/11 Check #200 $100.00

11/07/11 PayPal Deposit $121.05

Subtotals $177.40 $181.63

Current Balance $1,514.57

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Athan