Important MBF Meeting Sunday, Nov. 3rd, 2002

Greetings Bike Advocates!

It is time for bicyclists to unite!!!

Please join us on Sunday, November 3, 2002, and encourage all other bicycle

enthusiasts to also join us (bike shop personnel, racers, bike club

members, bike facility planners, mountain bike riders, legislators, etc.)

Where: Viewpoint Conference Room (by cafeteria) at Capital Region Medical

Center, Southwest Boulevard, Jefferson City, MO.

Directions: From Jefferson City, take Hwy 54 west (towards Eldon) to the

Ellis/Southwest Blvd exit. Go north (right) on Southwest Blvd for ten

blocks. Turn left into the hospital parking lot and keep going the same

direction to the last lot. Go in the double doors by the circle drive.

Fun first!!!

10 am - Bicycle ride sponsored by Caryn Giarratano. Meet in the hospital

parking lot to ride the 20-mile loop called the JC Loop. Drawn to scale

route maps will be available. Lunch will be on your own, but carpooling to

restaurants will be available.

Business later...

Missouri Bicycle Federation Annual Meeting Agenda

Sunday, November 3, 2002, 1-4 pm

• Introductions and Welcome - Caryn Giarratano
  
• Request for a substitute secretary due to the absence of Art Gough
  
• Correspondence report -Caryn Giarratano
  
• Approval of the last year's annual minutes as printed
  
• Treasurer's Report - Caryn Giarratano
  
• Old Business - Caryn Giarratano
  
  
  
  
• New Business:

  
  
  
  Mike Brady Bill - Elaine Brady

  
  
  Elaine's husband, Mike Brady, was killed in 2000 while racing in Bicycle
  
  Across Missouri (BAM) by a motorist who ran off the road and hit Mike from
  
  behind. Elaine is seeking assistance in changing our current law to allow a
  
  person's past driving history to be entered as evidence during any current
  
  violation proceedings.

  
  
  
  Share the Road - Larry Welty

  
  
  Larry is a licensed professional engineer who has been employed by MoDOT
  
  for 18 years as a construction inspector, a highway designer and a planner.
  
  An avid bicyclist, he has pushed for consideration of pedestrians and
  
  bicyclists in MoDOT projects and operations. He is an original member of
  
  East-West Gateway Coordinating Council's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory
  
  Committee and served as MoDOT's Interim Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator
  
  from August 2001 to June 2002. As part of his current responsibilities, he
  
  reviews federally funded, local bicycle projects in District 6.

  
  
  
  Storm Grates and Rumble Strips - Caryn Giarratano

  
  
  Caryn is an avid cyclist and bicycle advocate. She was a co-founder of the
  
  Missouri Bicycle Federation in 1993, was its first Chair and helped to lead
  
  the push to repeal the state mandatory sidepath law in 1995. She was hired
  
  by MoDOT on July 1 as the State Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator.

  
  
  
  Bicycle Facilities - Paul Wojciechowski

  
  
  
  TEA-3 - Hope Visconti

  
  
  Hope is a professional urban planner who is new to the world of bicycling
  
  advocacy. Her current position as an intermediate transportation planner
  
  with MoDOT allows her ongoing contact with several policy makers in the
  
  Kansas City, Missouri Region. She currently serves on the Mid-America
  
  Regional Council's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and several
  
  steering committees for individual on-street and off-street bicycle
  
  projects. Her current responsibilities include reviewing plans and
  
  programs for several federally funded local projects; including, aesthetic
  
  enhancements, historic restoration, air quality improvement and bicycle and
  
  pedestrian projects.

  
  
  
  America Bikes - Bob Foster

  
  
  Bob has been commuting to work by bike for nine years. He is an avid long
  
  distance cyclist-including a 26-hour crossing of Missouri in the 1999 BAM
  
  and a 23-hour triple century in 2000. He is the founder and current Chair
  
  of the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation.

  
  
  
  Bicycle Level of Service and National Bike Routes across MO

  
  
  
  Election of Officers to assume duties on January 1, 2003: Chair,
  
  Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer with the appointment by the new board of
  
  three more who usually serve as Legislative Liason, MoDOT Liason and
  
  Editor. Caryn is not allowed to assume a leadership role with MBF due to a
  
  conflict with her new job.

  
  
  
  Area Reports from attendees

  
  
  

Contact Information: Missouri Bicycle Federation, Inc., POB 104871,

Jefferson City, MO 65110-4871

Background: MBF is a statewide, not-for-profit, membership organization

that advocates advancement of bicycling access, safety and education in

Missouri. It was founded by Caryn Giarratano (the first Chair) and Mike

Hoeferkamp (the first Treasurer) in 1993, and incorporated in the state of

Missouri on

November 17, 1994. The annual business meeting and election of officers is

the first Sunday in November.

Mission: The mission of the Missouri Bicycle Federation is to provide an

advocacy platform to protect the rights and interests of bicyclists and to

make Missouri a better place to ride a bicycle through the advancement of

bicycle access, safety and education.

Goals: Obtain funding to meet goals; Coordinate efforts among constituents;

Communicate with other state groups; Educate the public on benefits of our

sport in the areas of health, social and environment; Lobby for legislative

issues on behalf of bicyclists; Promote safety regarding sharing the road,

wearing helmets and following the rules of the road; Establish bicycling as

a recognized form of transportation, as well as recreation; Facilitate the

use of state and federal funds to meet our goals; and Disseminate

information about constituents' major events in the state.

Accomplishments: Wrote and passed legislation that repealed the mandatory

sidepath law and defeated its reinstatement in 1998; Defeated a bill that

would have required all bicyclists to ride on the left side of the road,

facing traffic; Defeated legislation that would have required bicyclists to

ride single file; Worked with the MoDOT to change its policy on shoulder

rumble strips to allow bicyclists some smooth shoulder; and Worked with

Amtrak in 1997 to allow unboxed bicycles to be rolled aboard.

Membership Application (send the following information to MBF): Name,

Address, City, State, Zip, Home #, Work #, Email address, Name of

organization, Organization website, email and address.

Minimum donations for dues: $15 for individual membership; $30 for club

affiliation; $50 for business membership.

Membership Benefits: Framework to provide a united voice on issues of

interest to bicyclists in the state; Quarterly newsletter, email newsletter

and/or legislative updates; Liason with MoDOT and the Legislature; Motorist

Contact Program (upon contacting MBF to report the license tag number of a

unsafe motorist, a letter including the law regarding bikes will be sent

to the motorist); and Provision of names of contact people on various

issues.