BikeAbout - Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club

CLUB OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Skip Holmes
466-1182
9 Westphal Drive | Delmar, NY 12054
[email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT
Jennifer Clunie
[email protected]
SECRETARY
Janet Reilly
[email protected]
446-1766
TREASURER
Janice Verrastro
[email protected]
674-4473
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dave Beals
[email protected]
456-3728
Bob Cohen
[email protected]
877-5552
Frank Kelly
[email protected]
461-9863
Becky Lazorchak
[email protected]
899-2845
CENTURY COMMITTEE
Skip Holmes
David Cooper
Susan Matthews
Jude Sagor
Andy Swartz
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
TOUR COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON
Jennifer Clunie
[email protected]
CASUAL
Dave Render
[email protected]
433-8316
QUICK
Bruce Curtiss
[email protected]
587-4408
TOUR
Henry Wilkie
[email protected]
482-3902
OTHER COMMITTEES
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Becky Puritz
[email protected]
MAPS & REPORTS, CLUB HISTORIAN
John Berninger
439-6473
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR & RENEWALS,
DATABASE MANAGER
Joanne Petrozzi-Jones
831-1707
815 Herrick Road | Delanson, NY 12053
[email protected]
WEBMASTER
John Petiet
[email protected]
438-9102
BIKEABOUT
EDITOR & DESIGNER
John Ceceri
[email protected]
583-3708
ADVERTISING
Skip Holmes
[email protected]
466-1182
PHOTOGRAPHER
Bob Cohen
[email protected]
877-5552
PUBLISHER
Ron Gordon
372-4172
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T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E M O H AW K - H U D S O N C Y C L I N G C L U B
President’s Letter — by Skip Holmes
The elections are over, well almost. It is now
time to consider the MHCC candidates who
are running for election as your club officers
for 2014. A ballot is included in this issue of the
Bike About and it can be found online if you do
not receive a newsletter by mail.
On the ballot you will see a selection to approve changes to the
club by laws. The board has reviewed the bylaws and made some
minor changes. We have not made any substantive changes in
many years. A short article by Bob Cohen outlining the bylaw
changes is included in the newsletter. The club elections will be at
the January 9th meeting at Beff’s Restaurant on Everett Road in
Albany. Social hour starts at 5:30 PM with the meeting starting
at 6 PM. The club will provide food, and beverages are available
at the cash bar. There will be a presentation on making ride maps
and cue sheets with mapping software.
This has been a great cycling season and for some of us it continues
to happen. With the appropriate clothing one can ride through
most of the winter. And I find that my winter cycling gear can
be utilized for my other favorite activity, Nordic skiing. Just
yesterday I received an email that there was sufficient snow on the
Whiteface Mountain toll road to XC ski on it.
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In this transitional season there are many activities to consider participating in that will keep you outside. Mountain biking
on the numerous trails in the area will allow you to keep your activity level going. Some of you switch to running, hiking or
even roller skiing until the snow finally arrives. Then many of you will be looking for that fresh powder to go downhill skiing
or snowshoeing. I am looking forward to trying to learn how to skate ski this winter, a radical departure from my long term
classic XC skiing. I will likely still enter the Lake Placid Loppet XC ski marathon as a classic style event since my technique
will not be that advanced by the end of January. There are some members who have already departed for warmer climates and
brought their bikes along with them.
Another recent change to the ride calendar this season has been the addition of daytime rides by the expanding number of
members who have gotten to that age where they have made lifestyle changes and now have more time to ride during the day.
On days when I am able to ride I have seen increasing numbers of cyclists out riding, either alone or in small groups. Others
have also seen this, and have decided to offer formal MHCC daytime rides to provide an organized ride for members and the
number of cyclists showing up is increasing.
Our club membership numbers have been decreasing in the last year and we do not seem to understand why this has happened.
The MHCC board has agreed to set a goal of each board member signing up at least six new members. I encourage each of
you to consider finding a cycling friend and asking them to join if they are not a member or have let their membership lapse.
By increasing the membership of our club we can insure continued financial support and it allows MHCC to have a voice in
the continued concerns about safety on the roads in our area. We use some of our funds to support the advocacy efforts of the
League of Bicyclists (LAB) at the national level, and the New York Bicycle Coalition (NYBC) at the state level.
The MHCC board recently met, and approved a plan to allow up to ten members, with ride leaders getting first priority, to
take a Red Cross first aid and CPR training course in 2014. We would like to become more proactive in having ride leaders and
others versed in first aid training in the event an accident was to occur on a club ride. If you are interested you should contact
Jenn Clunie, who is the contact person.
I will be preparing an order for additional MHCC clothing including short sleeve and sleeveless jerseys, long sleeve jerseys,
wind vests and winter riding jackets. Pricing is shown on the club web site or you may contact Skip Holmes for further
information.
Ride smart, ride safe!
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Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club
PO Box 12575
Albany, NY 12212-0575
A bout the Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club
The Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club consists of over
700 members who live and cycle in the greater
Capital District area of eastern New York state.
MHCC sponsors road and mountain bike rides for
beginning through experienced riders within an 80mile radius of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area,
led by MHCC members.
The Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club is affiliated
with the League of American Bicyclists and the
Adventure Cycling Association. To subscribe to
the mailing list, send a blank e-mail to [email protected].
How to Join
To join t he M HCC, contact t he membership
cha ir, Joa n ne Pet rozzi-Jones at: 831-1707 |
[email protected] for an application.
Each person must use a separate application
form to join. Membership in MHCC is $20 per
year (includes subscription to BikeAbout), and
$5 per year for each additional member of the
same household (does not include additional
subscriptions).
R enewing Your Membership
Please check your BikeAbout mailing label for
your membership expiration date. Remember that
we mail the issue during the month prior to issue
publication date, so be sure to renew early. Mail
your renewal check, mailing label including any
address corrections, your phone number and e-mail
address to the membership chairperson. You may
renew for up to three years.
Proposed Changes to MHCC Bylaws
by Bob Cohen
The club’s bylaws were last amended in 2010. At its meeting on November 5, 2013, the MHCC Board
of Directors voted to recommend further changes to the bylaws, mostly to bring the bylaws up to date
with how the club actually functions and to permit conference call board meetings as permitted by New
York State law.
There are many changes. Because we have made suggestions for changes throughout the document, we
refer the members to the present and proposed new bylaws on the club’s web site. We will have copies
for reference at the January club meeting. Language being deleted is indicated by strikeout. New material
is indicated in bold.
We have updated some language such as inserting “or her” following “his” where that had not been done
previously. The former Article Six, dealing with dissolution of MHCC, has been moved to the end of the
document from the middle, and articles renumbered accordingly. There is authority for spending up to
$300 without Board vote instead of just $100. (However the Board reviews and approves a budget each
year and expenditures are expected to be consistent with that budget.) Much communication is now
handled by the president or other officers, everything need not be funneled through the secretary, and
the membership chair and database manager, not the treasurer, is in charge of the club member roster.
We are also recognizing that most people do not receive BikeAbout by mail any more and that the web
site is the chief means of circulating BikeAbout and is now an important means of communication with
the club.
Please vote on the proposed changes to the bylaws on the election ballot included in this issue of
BikeAbout.
If you have any questions or concerns, the club president or any member of the board will be glad to
answer them.
MHCC Meetings
Wi nter t h rough ea rly spr i ng, M HCC hold s
meetings on the first Thursday of each month.
Locations are announced in BikeAbout’s calendar
of upcoming dates (front page).
Guidelines for BikeAbout Article Submissions
Material for the BikeAbout may be sent directly to
the editor, John Ceceri at: john@adkultracycling.
com. The deadline for each issue is the 10th of
the month preceding the issue date. Articles are
accepted in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Open
Office or plain text format; photographs are
accepted in JPEG, TIFF and EPS format, converted
to grayscale. Contact the editor regarding other
for mats. A ll r ights to mater ial publ ished i n
BikeAbout revert to the contributor following
publication.
R iders e s c api ng f ro m Z o mbiela nd i n S a rat oga o n a n
“ u n of f ic ia l ” Ha l lowe e n club r ide . Ph o t o by Joh n C e c er i .
To advertise in BikeAbout
Contact club president, Skip Holmes at: 466-1182
| [email protected]. Ads are accepted
as PDFs, with all fonts and images embedded and
converted to grayscale. Commercial advertising
rates are as follows:
Full Page
Half Page
Half Page (Back Cover) Quarter Page
Eighth Page
Preprinted Inserts
$155
$95
$114
$52
$32
$160
$131.75*
$80.75*
$44.20*
$27.20*
* Repeated advertising receives 15% discount.
MHCC offers its address list on mailing labels; contact
the database manager, Joanne Petrozzi-Jones at: 8311707 | [email protected] to purchase.
Personal classified advertisements are free, and
may be sent directly to the editor at: john@
adkultracycling.com. Ads will run for one issue,
unless they are renewed. We reserve the right to
edit ads for space. If you have a lot of parts you
want to sell, please describe them as “various
miscellaneous parts” or fit as much description as
you can into three or four lines.
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Road Ride
Guidelines
2013 ELECTION BALLOT
Use this ballot to vote for club officers. When completed, either:
1. Mail it to the club in time to be counted at the January 9th, 2014 meeting:
Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club
PO Box 12575
Albany, NY 12212-0575
OR
2. Bring it to the club meeting on January 9th, 2014.
The meeting will be at Beff’s Restaurant on Everett Road in Albany. Social hour will begin at 5:30 PM, with the meeting at 6 PM.
MHCC ELECTION BALLOT 2013
Everyone is welcome on rides sponsored by the
Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club, however, our
insurance policy only allows non-members to join
us once a year.
Riders should arrive at least 15 minutes before the
ride starting time.
All riders must wear helmets. A rider will not be
allowed on a ride if he/she does not have a helmet.
Riders are expected and required to follow all
traffic rules and regulations. Examples are stopping
at stop signs and red traffic lights, as well as riding
single file when being overtaken by traffic.
POSITION
NOMINEE
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE
PRESIDENT:
❏
SKIP HOLMES
❏
VICE PRESIDENT:
❏
JENNIFER CLUNIE
❏
SECRETARY:
❏
JANET REILLY
❏
TREASURER:
❏
JANICE VERRASTRO
❏
AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER:
❏
BECKY LAZORCHAK
❏
BY-LAW CHANGES:
THE MOHAWK HUDSON CYCLING CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROPOSES CHANGES
TO THE BY-LAWS. APPROVE? ❏ YES ❏ NO (VISIT THE MHCC WEBSITE TO
REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES.)
See below for information about ride pace groups,
and ride coordinators to contact if you would like
to lead a ride.
Rides will be in the Following pace groups:
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8-11 MPH
10-12 MPH
11-13 MPH
13-14 MPH
14-15 MPH
15-16 MPH
16-17 MPH
17-18 MPH
18-20 MPH
20 + MPH
Ride Coordinators:
Welcome New Members
Bryan, Dave, Albany, NY
Insley, Jean, Albany, NY
Bryan, Mary, Albany, NY
Lewis, Thomas, Niskayuna, NY
Greco, Auggie, Nassau, NY
Morth, Karen, Hudson, NY
Houpt, Paul, Schenectady, NY
Swain, Mark, Burnt Hills, NY
Insley, Herb, Albany, NY
Waters, Jim, Slingerlands, NY
Chairperson:
Quick Rides:
Tour Rides:
Casual Rides:
Jennifer Clunie 583-0600
Bruce Curtiss 587-4408
Henry Wilkie 482-3902
Dave Render 433-8316
Safety
Club Member LCIs
Tami Flanders
[email protected]
Claire Nolan | [email protected]
Bert Schou | [email protected]
John Vendetti
[email protected]
3149 Route 7, Pittstown
(Just 15 minutes east of Troy)
LCIs are League Certified Instructors, certified
by the League of American Bicyclists, the national
organization for bicycle advocacy.
Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 10am-6pm
Thu 11am-7pm
Sat 10am-5pm • Sun 11am-4pm
LCIs are individuals interested in promoting safe
and effective cycling as a means of recreation and
transportation to all age levels.
518-663-0083
[email protected]
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All LCI candidates must pass courses covering
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