PRESENT: Karyn Hutton, Thomas Schwarz, Pete McFarlane, Pete Masters, Shorty Hughes, and Cath Oldfield

APOLOGIES: Keith Crate, Mike Langley, Richard Hine, and Aniek Lenoir

 

Minutes of meeting from 12 October 2010 were confirmed as being true and correct. Thomas/Shorty

 

Correspondence accepted Karyn/Thomas

 

Rotation Selection for Committee will be worked out at first committee meeting after AGM. Draw straws to start it off.

 

Nominations need to be brought to AGM. Please check that people are happy with nomination first, especially if they aren’t at meeting. Aniek is not standing. It was discussed that Keith might have a conflict of interest if he is a councillor and on Bike Taupo committee, but that it is very useful to have him on Council. [1]

 

Cath will do sign on sheet for members coming. Name, signature and email with room for writing!

Thomas will bring laptop with member database for cross-referencing if necessary.

Thomas will have copy of Constitution and will have End of Year Report and Constitution changes on PowerPoint. Pete Masters to explain changes. Thomas to print agenda.

 

Copies of Financial Report needed. Karyn to prepare and Shorty will copy.

 

 

 

 

 

BIKE FEST REPORT. Keith was absent from meeting

 

 

Sunday 21 8am. Open 35km or 70km Bunch Road Ride for all abilities. Meet at Top Gear Shop, Tuwharetoa St. Graham Usher & Richard Balm to lead

 

Tuesday 23 1. Ride Motorsport Park Racetrack 5 grades, beginners

 

Wednesday 24 2pm Start of Extreme Enduro (8 laps of the Lake) GLC.

 

Thursday 25 5.30 pm Velodrome Competition, all grades from 6 15pm.

 

Friday 26 8.30am Start of Static Enduro World Record Attempt, Horomatangi St.

4.00pm Tiddlerathon Horomatangi St.

3.30 pm Unicyling Demonstration and Have a Go. Horomatangi St

4pm Cycle Active activity for schools. Horomatangi St.

 

Saturday 27 8.30am Finish of Static Enduro

3.30pm MEGA FREESTYLE INTERNATIONAL EXTRAVAGANZA, ACTION

 

Sunday 28 10am Pump Track Nationals Spa Park

 

Lake Track.

Slow progress with Iwi, but Hui went well. Trustees appointed and they seem amiable. A lot of conversations taking place in the background, which is how these things work. No problems.

 

 

Present: Pete, Len, Brendon, Brett, Carwyn, Shorty,

 

 

Retro – Corners fixed and will go up fence line – old track

 

Riverside Track Spa – Trees removed and scrub bar.

 

Top of corkscrew – Mark track or rack

 

Fast Eddies - Hill is great, keep it.

 

New grading sign located on Q line road.

 

Spraying has started.

 

 

LINZ to take over - contact is still Steve Ferguson

 

Next Race 21 November – 9.8km loop track North Island Nationals.

 

Jump track – need to check that there is no way bikers can enter apart from the top gate pass the signs.

 

New down hill top of Retro – Carwyn in the process of building

 

Scooters seen in Pump track

 

 

Bike Taupo – rep

Track manger - rep

Two from Taupo MTB club

Invites from Bike Taupo – eg: Len

 

Report on Bikewise Month - Mayoral Challenge

Planning is well underway for the Bikewise month of February. Meetings have been held to determine how the event will be run

Mayoral Challenge 23rd Feb - Mayor confirmed & also trying to get Louise Upston involved, Considering asking the kids who cruise around the stilts to be the entertainment. New Gold prize award of $500 worth of sporting equipment (sponsored by Smiths Sports Shoes) to the school who has the most children registered at the Go by bike day.

Richard to look after Spot the Cyclist campaign (same as last year)

Advertising will start Mid January.

As well as the Family Fun night Tues 15 February, there will be Family Rides from the Taupo Events Centre on Tuesday at 5.30pm 14 December, 18 January, 15 February and 15 March. These will be easy one-hour mostly off-road jaunts around our tracks. Any Bike Taupo helpers are very welcome. See Cath.

There was some discussion on our disappointment with the implementation of the Walking & Cycling Strategy. The bridge on the ETA, Spa Road and general safety and ease for cyclists around town was still not great.

 

 

W2K;

Finished rebenching Whakaipo Bay side from start up to toilet; Haven’t started spraying out there yet ; Cut down the poisoned trees with DOC the other day , they are paying for that ; Replaced about half the eggs in the traps with ping pong balls and they are still catching.

 

Wairakei MTB;

About 2/3 of the way through the spraying of the tracks; Still getting the odd tree coming down when we get wind, mainly Retro, Bumble Bee, and Tank Stand; Carwyn’s marking out a downhill coming back down near Retro; LINZ have taken over now and Forest Managers look after forest side for the next 4 months but we still deal with Steve Ferguson at present ; Been getting some help from a chap doing community service ; Land prep started in Paint ball area today so Mays Maze track can be replaced soon .

 

Have talked to TDC about fixing the problem on the Day Nighter extension will talk at the meeting about this

 

Talked to TDC about building track out to Centennial Drive to link up with the Rotary Ride talk about at meeting

 

Complaints about people running on down hill tracks will send a letter to harriers and may be talk to Richard H about the problem to see if he can help.

 

Van was backed into tree. Tree, Pete and dog fine, van needs some attention.

 

Pumice on car park.

 

Pete Masters disabled so Pete McFarlane and Bruce doing the work.

 

 

Volcanic Caf� going to be added to maps.

Cycling Safety Forum suggestion from Chris Todd. Mike Langley to discuss with him.

Meeting Closed: 9:40pm

 

 

AGM Wednesday 30 November 7.30 at Scenic Cellars.

Wed 8 December 2010, 7.30pm at Plateau - next meeting – New Committee to sort out roles

Tues 14 December 5.30pm Events Centre Family Bike Ride

 

Signed as a true and correct record

 

 

_________________________________ Date: ___________

Thomas Schwarz (Bike Taupo Chairman)

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