Bicycle Tasmania
                                     
              Minutes for ordinary monthly meeting 2004/6/17
                                     
1    Time and Location
     1st floor Environment Centre, 102 Bathurst Street, on Thursday 17th
     June 2004, meeting commenced at 5.30pm.

2    Present
     Ambrose Canning, Kate Tamayo, David Edwards, Tim Stredwick,
     Wayne Kelly, Dianne van Harten, Patsy Jones, Andrew Heard.

3    Apologies
     Ruth Gooding, Geraldine Lum, Adrian Sulivan.

4    Minutes Of Last Meeting
     Tabled and accepted.

5    Correspondence Incoming

5.1  Jasmin Potter, Hobart City Council (email) – Oct 03 minutes and
    June 04 agenda.

5.2  Munda Biddi - newsletter WA.
     
5.3  Hobart City Council – thankyou and photo from volunteers
    presentation.
     
5.4  Hobart City Council – Hobart Bike Plan Advisory Committee minutes &
    agenda & options papers.
     
5.5  Bicycle Queensland - newsletter.
     
5.6  Cycling Australia – insurance details
     ACTION Andrew: scan & email to committee.

5.7  Ruth Lawless (email) – checklist in case of accident – see para 7.2.

6    Correspondence Outgoing

6.1  Tim to CA (email) – following-up on weekend meeting.

7    Business Arising

7.1  Treasurers Report –Kate
     Balance $1384.15 to date. Have to pay Wayne $72 for the latest Spoke
     mailout.

7.2  Ruth Lawless
     ACTION Tim: follow-up/ suggest that Ruth produces checklist in case
     of accident – maybe for back of membership form.

7.3  Paypal
     ACTION Kate or Andrew: setup Paypal account and test.
     PS. (from Andrew) – on an $80 membership we will loose $2.40 in
     fees. Suggest that direct deposit bank details be provided to
     existing members on request – have since seen this on other
     websites.

7.4  Insurance Update
     ACTION Kate: arrange through broker for refund from cancellation of
     Tolstrup policy on 1st January 2005.
     ACTION Tim: immediate letter to all members regarding fee changes.
     Motion by Kate, seconded by Tim that fees be:
     single membership $80
     family membership $115
     concession $15 for single or family
     Members to renew membership based on existing fee structure between
     now & 1st January.
     Pay balance on 1st January.
     Need to tighten up on proof of concession.
     BT will not refund/credit any personal accident insurance, but will
     refund/credit basic membership against new fees on 1st January.
     Single fee breakdown: CA:$35 + BT:$25 + BFA:$10? + spare:$10.

7.5  Fostering Sustainable Behaviour Workshop
     Tim attended and discussed.

8    Committee and Other Reports

8.1  Brighton BUG
     No report.

8.2  Kingborough BUG
     Tim reported Greg Clausen was working on bike plan.
     ACTION Tim: contact Greg Clausen – Rowan Burns has already produced
     a plan.

8.3  Clarence BUG
     No report.

8.4  Glenorchy BUG
     No report.

8.5  Hobart BUG
     Ambrose reported 1) Boral Site - Gravel on road. Ensure regular
     cleaning 2) Hydrants on Bridge - DIER officers considering painting
     /reflective materials 3) Bicycle Act - MB had a discussion with DIER
     officer 4) Dogs on Cycleway - Advice from Enforcement Section is
     that ranger/officers regularly patrol the cycleway 5) Future work -
     Sandy Bay Road Bike Lanes 6) South Hobart Rivulet Track started
     signage/ maintenance/ possible extension.

8.6  CyclingSouth
     Tim reported Rowan Burns office moving to Glenorchy.

8.7  Web Site – Andrew
     Total hits for month 4775 compared to 3519 last month.
     ACTION Kate: provide details of “commando ride”.

8.8  Membership – David
     David reported 50 paid members (around half of membership has
     recently elapsed).
     David away until 28th August. Wayne offered to help out.

8.9  Bicycle Lights Working At Evans Street
     Ken White reported (email) that the bicycle crossing lights at Evans
     Street are now turned on and working.

8.10 Spoke postage
     Tim reported that PrintPost scheme looks like it will work – adopt
     for next Spoke.
     ACTION Tim & Wayne: as required.

9    New business

9.1  Spoke Editorship
     Tim wants someone else to take over by net AGM.
     ACTION Tim: contact John Dawson again (SCTC newsletter is very
     similar & seems like a large duplication of effort on the two
     newsletters).

9.2  Triabunna Bridge Bikelanes
     ACTION Tim: send thankyou letter to Glanmorgan/ Spring Bay council.

9.3  Bicycle Transportation Alliance
     ACTION Andrew: confirm they have correct postal address.

10   Meeting finished
     At 7.35pm.

11   Next meeting
     Will be held at the Environment Centre at 5.30pm on Thursday 15th
     July.

12   Items Not Discussed