Bicycle Tasmania Minutes for Ordinary Monthly Meeting 2007/04/19 1 Action Summary ACTION Tim: contact Evan Evans to get Clarence BUG minutes sent to BT. ACTION Tim: to start organising Bike Breakfast. ACTION Andy: organise with CydcleCover to pay balance of Personal Accident Insurance premium. ACTION Andrew: add Ambrose as “PayPal default” email, add Andy. 2 Present Ambrose Canning, Andy Semmler, Tim Stredwick, Andrew Heard. 3 Apologies Patsy Jones, David Sinclair @ police, Richard Nichols, Helen Burnet. 4 Confirmation of Minutes of Last Meeting Tabled and accepted. 5 Correspondence Incoming 5.1 Letter from Hobart City Council regards Volunteer Recognition Program to be held on 16th May 6 to 7pm. 5.2 Letter from Sustainable Living Tasmania regards the Sustainable Living Expo to be held 20th to 21st October. 5.3 Newsletter volume 15 #2 April 2007 from Bicycle Transport Alliance. 6 Correspondence Outgoing 6.1 None. 7 Committee and Other Reports 7.1 Treasurers Report Andy reported balance to end of March at $9674, but with approx. $2500 for insurance to be paid and possibly $1500 from BikeWeek proceeds to be made. 7.2 Kingborough BUG Last meeting cancelled. 7.3 Hobart BUG Ambrose reported that Principal Bicycle Network was discussed at length and is ongoing. 7.4 CyclingSouth No meeting. 7.5 Clarence BUG ACTION Tim: contact Evan Evans to get Clarence BUG minutes sent to BT. 7.6 Tasmanian Bike Council No meeting. 7.7 Web Site Andrew reported total web site hits: Mar:5372 Feb:4706 Jan:4731 Dec:4979 Nov:5196 Oct:6019 Sep:4452 Aug:4135 Jul:6902 Jun:6026 May:3887 Apr:4859 Mar:5638 Feb:4359 Jan:4721. 7.8 Membership Ambrose reported total 163 members, 37 single, 17 single concession, 96 family, 10 family concession, 4 corporate members. Motion to increase corporate membership to $150 for new year. Tim suggested corporate membership at end of year. 7.9 Social Rides Andy reported Easter weekend ride at Longford was very successful – about 13 adults. Upcoming Kempton and Mt. Field social rides. 7.10 Statewide Representitive Body Tim reported 13th March at Launceston. Three peak body models proposed – TCF, BT, “rebirthed” TBC. General consensus on last option – retains body within DIER. Provides State Government with a recognised peak body to give grant money to. 8 Business Arising ACTION Andrew: add Ambrose as “PayPal default” email, add Andy. 8.1 BikeWeek Wrap Up Andrew – income? Still TBD. 8.2 Bicycle Tasmania’s Policy regarding Battery Point Cycle Route Proposal Andrew – should we have a public position on this matter? Andy noted that still waiting pn HCC t mae public the proposal and ask for submissions/ comments. 8.3 Insurance Andrew – we missed one payment; do we have sufficient funds to pay this year’s balance rather than getting treasurer having to send a cheque every month and waste his time? ACTION Andy: organise with CydcleCover to pay balance of Personal Accident Insurance premium. 9 New Business 9.1 Bike Breakfast ACTION Tim: to start organising Bike Breakfast. 10 Meeting Finished Approx. 7.00pm. 11 Next Meeting The next meeting will be held at the Environment Centre, 102 Bathurst Street at 5.30pm on Thursday 17th May. 12 Items Not Discussed None.