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Frank,
Sorry for the late reply, I have been swamped in the office lately
grading papers and tests in time for mid-terms this week. You may
however, accept this email as my formal resignation from the
bicycle board effective this Tuesday, 03/03/09. With this,
please also remove my email address from any further board email
communique. I am sorry that I was not able to contribute more to the
board, however in my current situation I do not have the time to be an
effective member. I would suggest that whomever you find to fill my
spot, you spend some time getting them acquainted with the board and
its current topics/ agenda so that they can become familiar with the
way that the board works and what they are trying to achieve. As a new
member I was quite perplexed at how the bicycle board was run and all
the 'bureaucratic' issues that had to be dealt with. It would be easy
for a new member to get lost in all of this, become uninterested and
lose the overall objective of the bicycle board. I remember being
asked to help with several issues which I gladly accepted, however when
it came time to act on the issue out side of the meeting, nobody did
anything (bicycle racks in the parking garage) or got a hold of me. I
would not consider this lack of involvement, but rather lack of
communication. I was also not aware that there was an attendance
policy, however I would suggest adding a formal attendance policy to
the agenda if we are going to be asking people to resign for inadequate
meeting attendance.
Morgantown has a good start to becoming a bicycle friendly city, and I
hope that the board can further this objective.
Best Regards,
Christopher Phillips
03/03/09
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