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The Greensboro Fat Tire Society
2013 Annual General Meeting

Monday, 2/11/2013
Kickback Jacks
1600 Battleground Ave. Greensboro, NC. 27408

  1. Call to Order and Welcome 7:00Introduction of the 2013 board members and thank you to the exiting 2012 board members 2013 Board Members
    • Jimmy "Wu" Hackenberg: President
    • John Bovine: Vice President and Race Director
    • Scott Schneider: Secretary
    • Mark Gatehouse: Treasurer and Trail Advocate
    • Bri Simpson
    • Chris Pieck
    • Dale Brown
    • David Caton
    • Matt Schweitzer
    • Tony McGee
    • Watts Dixon
    • Will Holt
    Exiting 2012 Board Members
    • Kara Montgomery
    • Susan Thomas
    • Curtis Adkins
    • Daniel Trull
  2. Presidents Report: A taste of 2013:
    1. 2013 National Trails day at Country Park
    2. The Zone gets a redo
    3. New Belgian Brewing company increases sponsorship for 2013
      1. Possible Beer garden at teh Sizzler race
    4. There will be an update to the way we schedule and plan trail work days
      1. Workday calendar
      2. The board has approve all trail bosses ability to schedule and perform maintenance on their trail without further approval.
      3. 2013 Banff Mountain Film festival
    2012 in review:
    1. The trail committee meeting in May 2012 has achieved results and made an impact.
    2. The GFTS supported or sponsored 25 events last year.
  3. Vice President's Report
    1. 2013 Sizzler Race
    2. 2013 PYMBL series
    3. Minion rides
    4. Kids camp and ride
  4. Secretary Report
    1. 2013 Membership Drive
    2. 2013 Run From the Cops
  5. Treasurer's Report
    1. 2012 was a full year as an IMBA club.
    2. This time last year funds were $7,700.00.
    3. This year we have $17,995.00
    4. VF Corporation donated $2,000
    5. REI donated $5,000
    6. The GFTS applied for a government RFP grant in the amount of $200,000 and we have passed the first tier of the process.
    7. Trail work status
      1. Owl's Roost
      2. Parking connection to Reedy Fork trail
      3. King Fisher
      4. Bryan Park
  6. New Business
    1. 2013 committees; Race, Sponsorship, Trails, Membership, MOU, Nominations
    2. Opportunities in the Piedmont
      1. Trails start up or renovation in; Kernersville, Winston Salem, and surrounding counties
      2. Cooperative efforts between groups in other areas as well as other trail user groups
      3. Cycling club trips
  7. Questions
    1. Hagan Stone park beginner trail and other trail work for beginner trails
    2. There will be a calendar for trail work days.
    3. Trail Captains now have the authority to plan trail maintenance days. Please inform members and get the dates on the calendar whenever possible.
  8. Adjourn
  9. 2013 Awarding of the Golden Gnome award for trail excellence to David Merideth
  1. Call to OrderChairman James Hackenberg opened the meeting at 7:00pm
  2. President ReportJames Hackenberg reported on current/lapsed/and expired club members, and IMBA/SORBA's BOD meeting. A joint venture with the Piedmont Hicking and Outing Club was discussed. National Bike Month events discussed.
  3. VP/Race Director report:
    Susan Thomas briefed the board on current race sponsorship. A motion was made and passed to add club funds to the purse.
  4. Treasurer Report:
    Mark Gatehouse reported club funds and the possibility for a VF Corporation Grant to buy a Ditch Witch.
  5. Old Business
    Discussions on IMBA TCC, Club General Meeting, Trail Committee Meeting, Guilford Co. Open Space Meeting and a club trail workday calendar.
  6. New Business
    A motion made/passed to aid travel expense for current club president/proxy to mandatory IMBA/SORBA BOD meeting (twice yearly). Announced that Dale Holder regretfully resigned for the GFTS BOD. PYMBL reported to be successful at this point
  7. Ajourn:
    Motion made to adjourn and passed at 8:45pm.

In attendance:
James Hackenberg, Susan Thomas, Mark Gatehouse, Kara Montgomery, Dale Brown, Watts Dixon, Matthew Schweitzer, Chris Peck.

Regrets:
Dan Trull, Curtis Adkins, Will Holt

Read all about the IMBA Trail Care Crew work day HERE

Also be sure to check out the pictures from the work day HERE

Love your local trails? Want to be more involved? Are you already serving as a chapter officer? Join us for the IMBA-SORBA Advocacy Leadership Training weekend and spring meeting of the SORBA Board of Directors. We’re meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee for a weekend of socializing, advocacy training, and bike riding. The event kicks off Friday evening March 30th and runs til Sunday April 1st.

Meet Dave Wiens at the Friday social and hear him give the keynote address at lunch on Saturday.  Mike Van Able, IMBA Executive Director, will also be there to meet you and talk about the IMBA and SORBA relationship.

Sig Hutchinson will hold a session on Saturday. Sig is a dedicated advocate and a dynamic speaker that you won’t want to miss.

The Volunteer Rewards Dinner will be held Saturday evening at the Ijams Nature Center.

Group rides are held on Sunday at the local trails. Come out and enjoy the work of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club (AMBC).

The cost is $30 for the whole weekend. Or if you are only attending the dinner on Saturday the cost is $20.

Registration is now open! Sign up today!

Robin Allen
Communication and Development Director
IMBA-SORBA
2125 Elachee Drive
Gainesville, GA 30504
404.819.4655
www.sorba.org

Race Results for
July Sizzler
Greensboro, NC

(Event Information)

  1. The meeting was called to order by GFTS President Jimmy "Wu" Hackenberg at 19:00. The GFTS Board Of Directors were then introduced. It was announced that Dale Holder would be resigning from the board. Over the years he has stayed active in club affairs like the bod, racing, and public relations, we look forward to the day he can once again return.
  2. Presidents Report: 2011 accomplishments talked about in detail with shout-outs to the Chairpersons... The Minions Group Ride, IMBA Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day, Scout Pack #409 Skills Ride,
    Club Camp Trip/ Wlkesboro, GFTS Fat Tire Patrol, National Trails Day, IMBA/ SORBA Integration.


    It was explained why the IMBA/SORBA merger was healthy for the club going forward; Insurance, IMBA Database access, and the Trail Care Crew tops on the list.
  3. Vice President Report : Susan Thomas talked about goals for the 15th Annual Sizzler, one of which included obtaining a cash sponsor for the Pro Class. The Zone and some of the ongoing work was also pointed out.
  4. Race Discussions : Greensboro race teams made a call-out for new members and John Bovine talked about the GFTS Piedmont Youth Mountain Bike League PYMBL) in great detail.
  5. Treasurer Report : Mark Gatehouse reported on 2011 financials and how we stand for 2012. Also, informed us that the Bark Park (at CP) for the moment would remain in the same area, and we would explore our original plans of a pumptrack at Lake Higgins. Mark also explained some difficulties experienced with the new Kingfisher Trail. A brief outline was discussed on our IMBA Trail Crew Visit and what that visit would bring to the Triad.
  6. 2012 GFTS Committees : 8 Committees were announced in total.  
    1. Youth Mountain Biking (Take A Kid Mountain Biking, PYMBL, The Minions Ride)
    2. Communications (newsletter)
    3. Trails
    4. Nominations
    5. National Trails Day
    6. Camp Trips
    7. Socials (Cookouts, Group Rides)
    8. Land Manager and Memorandum of Understanding
      At this time the meeting was running 15min. over and a vote was taken to finish the agenda. A majority vote could
    not be reached. It was then determined by to get contact information for the committee breakout session,
    for an email user group to hold subsequent brainstorming sessions. 15 minutes was added to the night to discuss
    Trails. The importance of the Trail Care Crew visit was discussed in further detail. The goals of the TCC visit are to:  
    1. Learn about the latest in sustainable trail design and how it can be incorporated into designing both new trail and upgrading our existing trails.
    2. Train current and new Trail Captains so we can have more people leading a wider variety of both maintenance, renovation, and new trail projects. This would potentially enable us to schedule more workdays over the course of the 7 months that are best for trail work.
      Having more trained captains and more members who understand the fundamentals of trail building will improve the clubs ability to have a larger, higher quality trail system. A member of the club stated that they would be unable to attend the TCC workshop and ask if that would preclude their involvement in building and development. It was reiterated that they could still contact Jimmy or Mark Gatehouse to be added to the trail flagging committee led by Mark. Questions were also ask about the Zone and some of the bordering land behind the ball park for expansion of features. Susan Thomas explained that the area immediately near the fence could not be used. However, the large gully could be expanded into but would require a lot of work due to amount of dead fall trees etc.. Members interested in being involved with the Zone should contact Susan or her son Mike. The meeting adjourned at 21:00.  

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