Bike Board members,

Please find attached, a zip folder that contains the agenda for this Thursday's 7-June, Bike Board meeting and documents to read-ahead to get prepared.  (To open any of the files in the zip folder, just double click on the folder and then double click on any file in the folder.  If you've never used WinZip before, a window will probably open asking if you want to download a free application to enable you to open the folder and the files.  Downloading and installing that is probably safe since WinZip is pretty ubiquitous.  If you can't open the folder or read the files, please reply just to me and I'll send the files to you in separate e-mail messages.)

Much has been happening since our last (April) indoor meeting.  Several of us had a fun May meeting riding around most of the city's 7 wards to pioneer a route for "Bicycle Morgantown". 

For this Thursday, Topic 5 on the agenda involves Sam Stone's request of Dan Boroff to install Share-the-Road signs on the rail-trail and certain local roadways.  After the last Traffic Commission (TC) meeting, Terry Hough, City Engineer and TC member asked me to arrange for the BB to provide a response to his request.  His request, and a comparison to our Infrastructure Goal #1 Pilot Project #1 are included in the read-aheads.  I've asked Sam to join us for Thursday's meeting but haven't received his response yet.  I put this on the top of the agenda because I think it presents a great opportunity to get more commitment by the TC and the community to our recommendations.

Topic 6 on the agenda is the status of our Education committee recommendations.  As you know, I've twice offered to the TC to teach them the LAB Road I course but failed to get commitment both times.  A couple TC members also objected to my collecting money for the course.  After the last TC meeting, Terry Hough told me to arrange with Ralph Larue at BOPARC to have BOPARC arrange the course and collect the money.  I'll fill you in more on the details at our meeting but the outcome is that I'm planning to deliver Road I once/month through BOPARC starting this month.  Tentative dates are: June 9-10, July 23-24, Aug 11-12, Sep 8-9 and Oct 13-14.  (If I get more than 4 participants in any delivery, I'll need some help from you Road I graduates and our other LCI;)  Also, I'm developing a 1-hour lecture for public officials.  Hough said the TC will probably attend either before or after their regular monthly meeting.  I attached a preliminary draft, called Intro to Safe Cycling and welcome your critique.

We also have to replace our dearly departed members and I'd like to discuss changing our meeting day as well as discuss where we are on completing the LAB Bicycle Friendly Community award application. 

It's going to be a busy meeting!  I hope you'll all be there.

Frank