Meeting Minutes for January, 2005

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COGGS BOARD MEETING MINUTES – JANUARY 2005

• MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY GERRY OLSON

• BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: GERRY OLSON, GREG MINERICH, MARGY FRABONI, JEFF NELSON, BOB MCVEAN, SCOTT KYLANDER-JOHNSON, AND GREG JOHNSON

• SECRETARY’S REPORT: MMSC TO APPROVE DECEMBER MINUTES

• TREASURER’S REPORT: $1,603.30 SAVINGS / $1,744.57 CHECKING

• MISC. REPORT (S):

PROMOTIONS: LOTS OF IDEAS WERE DISCUSSED FOR CLUB PROMOTION – UPDATING THE COGGS WEBSITE (INCLUDING LISTING COGGS MEMBERS ON THE WEBSITE), APPROACHING THE UMD BIKE CLUB, AND PLACING A COGGS ADVERTISEMENT IN THE WORS RACE BOOK.

TRAIL: N/A

RIDE: N/A

NEWSLETTER/MEMBERSHIP: BOB MCVEAN IS TAKING OVER THE NEWSLETTER MEMBERSHIP POSITION.

- MEMBERSHIP CARDS FOR 2005?

MNSCS 2005: INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 2005 - $5.00 DISCOUNT FOR BRINGING IN NEW RACERS; ANYONE UNDER 18 WILL RECEIVE A DISCOUNT. MNSCS WILL BE NORBA AFFILIATED.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

COGGS CLOTHING – COGGS CLOTHING HAS BEEN ORDERED AND SHOULD ARRIVE BY MARCH 11^TH.

NON PROFIT STATUS – GERRY AND MARGY ARE WORKING ON TURNING COGGS INTO A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

LESTER PARK TRAIL – MARGY IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. PROPOSED TRAIL WILL BE LOCATED FROM AROUND 52^ND AVE EAST UP TO AMITY.

FREERIDE AREA AT SPIRIT MOUNTAIN – SPIRIT MOUNTAIN WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH SEVERAL GROUPS TO DISCUSS THIS PROOJECT (ADAM BUCK, COGGS, MORC, IMBA).

MAPPING SPIRIT MOUNTAIN / POSTING SIGNS – THE KYLANDER-JOHNSON’S HAVE OFFERED TO MAP THE SPIRIT MOUNTAIN TRAILS USING A GPS. THEY WILL ALSO TRY TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF SIGNS NEEDED TO MARK THE TRAIL.

BIKE SWAP – BRYNN JACOBSON FROM BOREAL BICYCLE WORKS APPROACHED COGGS WITH A PROPOSAL TO BECOME INVOLVED IN PUTTING TOGETHER A BIKE SWAP THIS SPRING. THE BIKE SWAP WILL LIKELY BE HELD AT THE WOODLAND COMMUNITY CENTER IN MID TO LATE MARCH. FURTHER DETAILS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE FEBRURY MEETING.

THANK-YOU LETTER – COGGS SHOULD SEND A LETTER TO CAMPBELL’S LUMBER THANKING THEM FOR THE TRAIL BUILDING MATERIAL THEY HAVE DONATED.

BDF5 – TO BE HELD IN MARCH. WE NEED TO ADVERTISE THE EVENT, FIND SPONSORS, AND HAVE TSHIRTS PRINTED UP.

KID SAFE – KID SAFE IS GOING NATIONAL AND CHANGING IT’S FOCUS TO OLDER KIDS. COGGS WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH KID SAFE, BUT PREFERS TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON LAST YEAR’S PROGRAM (YOUNGER KIDS).

XC SKI RACE – COGGS TO HOST A SKI RACE IN THE FUTURE???

MEETING ADJOURNED

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