MOBikeFed Executive Director's Report, Feb 2008

February 2008

Volunteers/positions needed
- E-newsletter editor (Caryn)
- Newsletter editor - needed
- BikeMO fund raising chair - needed
- BikeMO overall coordinator - needed
- Tour of Missouri reporters (Wes Revels & Mark Breeding)
- Volunteer Coordinator (Cathy Gray Cunningham)
- Online calendar editor (Bob Omer)

Tour of Missouri Volunteer Coordinator
- Position offered again; I plan to accept
- Great synergy with MoBikeFed's mission

Katy Trail Connection committee
- foster communication/cooperation among DNR, agencies, cities, counties, organizations to get the Katy Connection to Kansas City done
- have talked to many key organizations, cities, agencies & they are all supportive
- recent developments/resistance in the state legislature make it clear this kind of cooperation & grassroots advocacy support is very much needed
- will now pursue this with DNR

Grants
- MBF has a "subcontractor" position in a grant in the KC region help to organize/promote bicycle month and related activities. The contract may be signed within a month or two if all goes well.
- We have an intern! Mike Goodman of UMKC (part of the Bike Month program/grant)
- Planning a CMAQ application in the upcoming round (due early March)
- Planning applications as part of the upcoming Safe Routes to Schools grant round

Lobbyist
- Suggest raising amount paid to $10,000. This is well justified and money well spent. Paying him more allows him to justify spending more time on our issues. (He is working on 2 major pieces of legislation for us this year PLUS 2 or 3 minor pieces. Usually it would be $25-$35,000 for one major pieces and $10,000 for the 'little things'. So he is giving is a really good "nonprofit rate".)

Membership/donation payment processing
- It's really working pretty decently now.

Bicycle Day at the Capitol - Feb 26th
- Please come!

National Bike Summit - Mar 4-7
- Work to get representation from MO & location accommodation
- Best group representing Missouri ever!
- Still looking for more reps (especially from Roy Blunt's district--Springfield)

Legislative work
- Bills ready to find co-sponsors/introduce next week
- Next need Bike Month resolution language ASAP

Web site
- Recent hacker attacks fended off now
- Overhauled/improved advocacy email campaign system
- Legislative district info for all members/supporters

Online Calendar
- Significant improvements

Advocacy Events Program
-$1/rider supports advocacy; MoBikeFed supports the event
- New promotional materials
- Most events ever in the program (& still adding new events . . . ):

Sat, May 3
Springbike's Annual Dogwood Ride

Sat, May 10
Missouri Bike Challenge

Sun, Jun 8
Cycle Across Missouri: The Heartland Tour
KC: Tour de Cure

Sat, Jun 21
Get Your Kicks on Route 66

Sat, Jun 28
SPFLD:The Queen City Century

Sat, Sep 6-7
MS Bike Ride

Sat, Sep 20-12
2008 Tour de Vine Bike Tour

Sat, Oct 18
BikeMO 2008, MoBikeFed's Fall Foliage Extravaganza