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 *   August club meeting was at Dink's at 6:00 on Monday, August 16, 2010 

 *   After all had an opportunity to order and begin eating, business meeting began at approx. 6:35. 

 *   Introductions were made, there were 4 board members, 8 club members and 1 guest attending. 

 *   Announcements - none. 

                    Kevin did take a moment to introduce our guest, Chuck Davis, owner of a bike shop at 1408 E 11th in Tulsa. 

 *   Treasury report was presented by Kevin.  July's beginning balance was $2345.33, expenses included  July pizza reimbursement of $45.50 and Fire Cracker century reimbursement of $50, leaving an ending balance of $2249.83. 

 *   Mountain bike report               none 

 *   Road bike report was instigated by Alan. Ride times are posted on website and there are several organized rides coming up for consideration such as: 

 *   Hotter 'n Hell                  Aug 28 

 *   Dam Jam - Pryor          Sept 11 

 *   TBC Fall Century - Tulsa, OK    Sept 25 

 *   1 Hill of a Ride                 tentative date: Oct 2 

 *   Safety - Possible topic: BAD DOGS - There was a great deal of lively conversation concerning how riders individually and collectively should react to being chased by dogs. 

 *   Old business - none. 

 *   New business - Kevin reminded members that Keith had sent out an email concering reservations at the lodge at Talimena if anyone is interested in riding (unsupported) October 16.  Some options are as short as 26 miles from the lodge to Mena and back. 

 *   Next meeting will be in October, skipping the September 20th date, most lilely to be at the library. 

 *   Motion to adjourn made by Cindy, and so it was. (Adjourned). 

The membership meeting began at ~6:45pm as most were finishing the pizza and watermelon at that time.  

1.     Introductions were made: There were 15-20 members present.

2.     Kevin gave the treasury report with ~$2300 in the Pedaler’s account. 

3.     Alan provided the road bike report:

a.     Hotter ‘n Hell            Aug 28

b.     Dam Jam     Sept 11

c.     1 Hill of a ride          Sept 4, 18 or 25?  Dan asked for input concerning which hills to climb and suggested dates.  Interest expressed but no input obtained. 

d.     Kevin brought up possibly riding through Tall Grass Prairie on Sept 25.  Want to avoid rutting and calving seasons and need vehicle to safe guard riders

4.     Dale gave web update.  Agreed that it would be good to make it accurate, e.g. it still advertises a 2pm Sunday ride.

5.     Old business:

a.     Firecracker recap: Mike and Alan gave a FireCracker century re-cap from July 3.  15 started off, met up with Jim Black in Ochelata; Jack, Dale, Shirley, Sean returned home from Vera.  Others met at Mohawk Park where Barbara and Karolena prepared a great spread/rest-stop.  It rained on some before Mohawk and rained on everyone the entire way back, sometimes very heavy.  Barbara and Karolena also setup by Oglesby for another break.  Those completing a century included Eric Morrison, Jim Black, Dan Schultes, Paul Richardson, Joel Martin, Donna Hess, Mike Mahoney, Rod Harwood, Alan Freeman, Marsha Greenland and Donna's friends Ronnie and Nannette.

6.     New business: Dog ~4 miles east of Oglesby:

a.     2 separate recent incidents (Terry and Mike) where dog cut them off and caused them to get off bike and shield themselves from dog with bike to defend themselves aggressive attacks.  Others who have been strongly harassed by dog but fortunately got by dog without dismounting include Joel, Jack, Kevin & Dan. 

b.    Mike:

                                  i.    Determined owner of dog

                                 ii.    Contacted Rick Esser, also the DA for Nowata County, who will speak to the Nowata sheriff about the situation

                                iii.    Contacted Nowata sheriff

                                iv.    Created a letter to send to owner, coping Nowata sheriff and DA. 

c.     Motion made, seconded and approved to send letter to dog owner

d.    15 Pedalers signed the letter

7.     Safety: Kevin shared a humorous recent event advising us to listen to locals’ advice when they might have said “a million mile per hour wind is approaching” to prevent having to dodge trees falling down in a forest. 

8.     Next meeting is August 16, location is Dink’s.  Dan made reservations on July 20^th.  

9.     Motion made, seconded and approved to adjourn

Prior to signing up for the Dirty Kanza 200 this year, my friend Keith Clark convinced me we should do our previously planned Blast to Nebraska - B2N.  The idea for this came after a double century on road bikes 6 of us had done in March 2009.  Back then we rode 206 miles from my house in Bartlesville, OK to Lawrence, KS; this was the first double century any of us had ridden.  During the Lawrence Double we had several east-west cross sections that were necessary to keep the ride on paved roads.  Soon after Keith suggested next time we ride “straight up the gut”, using whatever road takes us north while minimizing east-west traffic (hence “blast”), whether that road be paved, gravel, dirt, or cow path. 

• Bike to work day is Friday, May 21. Sean has agreed to promote bike to work day at Conoco Phillips.
• The Tour de Cure ride is Saturday, May 15.  There are currently 3 club members forming a team to ride in the Tour de Cure.  They are Dan Schultes, Sean Orta and Marsha Greenland, with Dan as the team captain.  It is not too late to join the team if anyone is interested.
•  Donations accepted until May 30th. 
• web address is tinyurl.com/DanTDC2010
• If COP employee or COP/PPCo retiree, can complete on-line form for COP to match donation if over $50.
• The treasury report was presented by Kevin. There was a deposit of $84 from dues collected and expenses were $308.50.  The expenses included $263 for the Cycling Smarts books ordered and $45 for pizza expenses for the March meeting.  Our balance is $2658.68.  
• The mountain bike report was presented by Malcolm Joyce.  There is an upcoming race on May 2nd at Turkey Mountain.
• The road bike report was scheduled to be presented by Alan who was not available.  In lieu of that report we learned that Rhonda is in good spirits after her injuries and we wish her speedy recovery. 
 
• Freewheel training rides are going well, however there is a need for more members to  volunteer to be ride leaders.  The Tuesday and Thursday night rides are up to about 22 miles each evening and the Saturday morning rides are longer.  We were reminded to be considerate of drivers when we begin our rides.  There have been complaints that we scatter all over the road.  This would most likely occur during "mass" take offs.  Also be courteous at stop signs and take turns, two riders at a time.   It is a good idea to always have lights in place on your bike too, as you never know when you may have something detain your arrival home and you may need to have the lights available.  It is better to be safe than sorry. 
• Flower Power  is this Saturday, April 24th, and there are several Pedalers who intend to ride. 
• The web/newsletter update was not presented as Dale was not available.
• Old business
• Keith updated us on freewheel information. New jerseys are being designed. The deadline to save on registration for freewheel is April 30th.   Speed wheel is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16th at Tahlequah.  Many club members indicate intentions to ride in the OK Freewheel this year. 
• Rudy presented a bicycle rodeo update.  The rodeo is scheduled for May 1st.  He passed a sign up sheet around for volunteers to help set up on Friday night, April 30th or Saturday morning if rain and for help with the rodeo itself.  He explained it is not a competition but an instructional event.  The intent is to instill safe riding practices among the participants. There will be loaner helmets available along with bicycle inspections before the ride.  The police department will have a presentation.  There is a picture inviting the participants to identify 12 hazards to the cyclists.  The course will include a rock dodge, who's there, crazy cross roads and rail road crossings. Cory and Mike Maloney have donated the funds for a Trek bike to be presented to the winner of a drawing for the bike.  There is hopes to come up with the funds to present two bikes, one for a girl and one for a boy. 
• Kevin shared the Spring Fling update.  It is scheduled for May 7th-9th at Birch Lake. He passed around the sign up sheet for any corrections or additions to be made. There are approximately 15 members who intend to participate. Camping will be Friday night and Saturday night, with rides beginning each morning at 8.  On Saturday the ride will be 60 miles, traveling through Ramona, Vera, Skiatook and Avant.  On Sunday there will be 30 and 60 mile options available. The proposal was presented to the members that the club pay for the expenses of the camp site and the groceries. Dan stated that the administrative efforts for collection of individual fees was lengthy and the club could easily absorb the expenses.  The motion was made by Norman to accept the proposal and seconded by Jimmy.  The vote was placed and unanimously approved.  Any Spring Fling questions should be emailed to Kevin.
• New business was presented by Malcolm Joyce.  He reminded us that the On the Rock ride is coming up.  They will ride the  Katy trail.  Conoco Phillips will match funds and even wages for time volunteered to help with worthy causes.  The cost for the ride is $350 per child.  If Pedalers choose to financially support the event they should post Pedaler in the memo of the check so that the club can match the donation.  Sean motioned that the club should agree to match the donations again this year as they have in the past.  The motion was seconded, voted and passed.  The club will match up to $350. 
• Rudy brought up three items.  First he took the opportunity to thank the volunteers who signed up to help with the rodeo.  Secondly he stated he is looking for helpful ideas of how to help the students to be able to lock up their bikes while they are in school.  He asked that suggestions be emailed to him. Lastly, he is trying to help a neighbor who has a 12 year old son who is training for a triathlon.  He needs someone to help him train for the cycling part of the event. Some of the members have suggested that Rudy contact Steve Corbitt or Laurie Smith for advice.  There was also discussion of the Little One Hundred that used to be headed up by Tom Rovenstine. 
• Lee's Bicycle shop has moved to down town Tulsa.
• Another new bike shop has opened close to Home Depot, downtown Tulsa.
• Meeting was officially adjourned at 19:42.  

Pizza arrived, Kevin motioned and board meeting adjourned at 6:28pm.

Member's meeting began at 6:35 pm, with introductions by all 17 members who were present.

Then next meeting is to be held on April 19th at Outlaws on Frank Phillips. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 7:23pm.