PRESENT: Lisa Rowland; John Taylor; Richard Balm; Thomas Schwarz

APOLOGIES RECEIVED: Mike Langley; Pete Masters; Geoff Smith

CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES:  Committee agreed that minutes of 24 January 2007 were a true and correct record, Accepted by Thomas/John

MATTERS ARISING:

1.       Meeting with Council Roading Dept - meeting date is set.

2.       Thank you letter sponsors -  Lisa sent out letter to sponsors

3.       Draft Annual Plan - ongoing

4.       DoC paddock - Five Mile Bay - ongoing. 

5.       Power Point presentation for Council by CAN - Council representatives have already attended one of these

6.       Action Plan 2007 - ongoing

7.       Taupo Moana Rotary - application for funding has going out for Bungy Track

8.       TDC issues - covered some of these at the Roading dept meeting.  Jess keeping us regularly updated.

INCOMING/OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:

Incoming:

1.       12 February 2007 - Malcolm Flowers Insurances - renewal for liability insurances

2.       13 February 2007 - Hon. Christ Carter Minister of Conservation - congratulations re DoC award (send out copy to Moana Rotary Club)

3.       March 2007 - Opus

Outgoing:

1.       27 February 2007 - Transit - requesting update on crossing initiative

2.       27 February 2007 - all sponsors and friends - thank you for support last year and announcement of new committee.

Accepted by Thomas/John

TREASURERS REPORT: 

OO Cheque:  $16,265.84

O1 Account balance (W2K) is $1,285.00

Petty Cash:  $3.90

Receipts:   $1,778.88

Payments: $1,219.95

Payments Due: (Creditors $686.76; Debtors $560.00)

Accepted:  Richard/Lisa

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:

Urban/Rural Cycle Facilities:

1.       Safety Campaign:  Council and Bike Taupo looking at an urban road safety campaign targeting some key messages including parking in cycle lanes. 

2.       Rural road safety campaign is being slowly picked up by other districts.  Thomas said CAN would like the campaign package and Lisa will forward to Thomas.

3.       We need to try to meet with Alan Burkett re the safe crossing of state highway one.  Lisa to check with Jess if she�s heard anything.

Media Promotion and Website:

1.       Newsletter:  - Lisa to prepare.  Some points to include

•          Road Code rules for cyclists

•          Winter clothing (be safe be seen)

•          Spa Road

•          Mention CAN

•          New tracks at Craters (Richard to write blurb)

•          Spin Classes (good winter training)

•          Road cycling at track

Maintenance:

1.       Peter Mc continues his good work on the tracks, particularly spraying for autumn.

Wairakei Forest Mountain Bike System

1.       Some people have been building feral tracks.  These people will be encouraged to seek advice of the team re building of tracks as they must be graded and also fit in with the future plan for track building at Wairakei.

2.       Mountain Bike Club summer series was very successful with number per race up to 124.

3.       The article in the Spokes has given Wairakei huge exposure.  Apparently Hub Caf� was so full of bikers over Auckland Anniversary weekend there were bikes everywhere outside the caf�.

4.       Dean Watson (enduro mountain bike races) wants to do a couple of races at Wairakei this winter.  The numbers likely to be in these races exceeds our concession and therefore he will need to apply direct to the Crown.

Submissions:

Expecting the Annual Plan for submission.

Funding/Projects:

1.       Ongoing.

W2K Track

1.       Ongoing discussions.  Making progress at last

CAN Update

1.       Bike NZ is continuing to try to build its empire.   Its looks though they may approach CAN re the advocacy side of things.

2.       Simon Kennett is keen to come up to Taupo to do a presentation and ride.

3.       CAN is funding a part-timer to promote membership drive in Auckland.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

1.       Meeting with Roading - purpose/focus

•          Need to look at the ‘big picture’ of cycle infrastructure in Taupo town.   Suggest the company Traffix.

•          Review cycle strategy document

•          Make it solution orientated.

Meeting closed 9:03pm

NEXT MEETING:

•          25 April 2007 at 7pm (or such other date as committee chooses)