Meeting Agendas, Notes and Minutes

January 2025

Wednesday January 15, 2025*

*pushed back one week due to inclement weather

1. Introductions!
   1. Officers and our roles
   2. New members!
      1. Say hi!
      2. What was/is your first/favorite bike?
      3. What’s your preferred post ride fuel?
2. Feedback for 2025 and 2026
   1. What other perks are you looking for? What are you missing? What can we try to do for you?
   2. Slack idea- passing on/selling equipment
3. Enrollment

1. 39 current members 
2. If you are interested in joining the club again, please pay at the bar and fill out the QR code
3. Due April 1st 
4. Invite interested friends to our meeting for January/February so they can get an idea

4. Membership Benefits

1. Hard case 
2. Still have Velo 10% discount, use of diy station, organized rides, primal club jersey available to purchase

5. Monthly Club Planning – Feedback

1. Nomination of members to assist/lead organizing rides (i.e., find local place to ride, create/post route, lead).
   1. These can look like: BBBR, Lawrence Loop, Rail to Trails, Parkville, Fountain/Heart Tour, etc.
   2. Local trips: The Chug and the Loop in Lawrence, Weston (gravel), Pint Path, Ride 2 Royals,Taco Ride, Tour de Hope, Tour de Lakes, Lunar Ride, BBBR, Cranksgiving, Thanksgiving Progressive Ride, Santa Rampage, Christmas Lights Ride
2. Same rationale – to help the leadership team
3. January- more than likely a virtual ride that we will set up
4. February-  thoughts on a yoga session at Velo in lieu of a bike ride
5. March- club members start organizing each month

6. Summer Trip Planning – Feedback

1. Quick Weekend Trips ~3 hours: Emporia, NWA, Lincoln NE, Hermann Trail on Katy Trail, Des Moines, Switchgrass in Wilson KS, Des Moines IA, Ped Jam
   1. To determine what possible trips we do again
2. Longer trips: Wisconsin, New England Fall Foliage, Mickleson Trail in South Dakota
   1. Voting at February meeting so we can determine which 3 we subsidize
3. Repeat of fun rides/events: SAG for local ride and/or UnBound, Pride Ride, Velo Swap & Shop, Halloween ride

7. Jerseys and Store

1. Store will close on April 7
2. Jersey sample to try on!

February 2025

Club Agenda:

*Pushed back one week due to weather. 

1. Current enrollment: 53 Members
   1. Due April 1st, remind members to bring friends to meetings 
2. Website Experience
   1. Does anyone have experience with website design and/or would be interested in helping with it?
   2. Let us know if you have any topic ideas to add to the website
3. Voting for trips (vote for 2 short trips and 1 long trip)
   1. Longer trips: Wisconsin, New England Fall Foliage, Mickelson Trail in SD,
   2. ~3 hour trip: Emporia, Lincoln, Windsor to Hermann Trail, Des Moines, Switchgrass Wilson KS, Bentonville, Emporia
   3. $500 subsidize per trip
   4. Timing has several factors (lead organizer, calendar of events, time of year), schedule of trips TBD
4. Club Rides
   1. February 22nd- yoga and possible ride (12-15 miles depending on roads)
      1. 10:00am doors, 10:30am event
      2. Bring a yoga mat, but there will be some available 
   2. March 8- International Women’s Day ride to Servaes Brewery 
   3. April 19- Mile High Ride (HILL yes)
      1. Jared will provide SAG stops
   4. Normalizing club members to assist with planning routes
   5. Get members to “sign up” via Canvas to lead monthly rides
5. Thirsty Thursday Ride Management (feedback)
   1. Nomination of members to assist/lead organizing rides (i.e., creating/posting routes, ride leaders/sweeps management) – logistics 
   2. Can join the thirsty-Thursday-planning channel at any time when you feel ready to
   3. This will help the leadership team focus on other agenda items
   4. Remember- it’s not about speed, but more about leadership and route planning (we can assist if you are interested)
   5. Feedback: same people lead/sweep (everyone try 1-2 times for season), using routes from ride library for new riders, if you create your own route ride/drive it to confirm/vet it, giving feedback on thirsty-Thursday-planning if you notice a problem with a route, ride buddies for new riders, make club members known to help new riders identify us if they have questions, wear club jerseys on Thursdays, encourage members to be a good cycle advocate with vocal reminders (especially on big B ride), mid-sweep sign ups for big summer rides, compound first aid kit to bring on rides (bag with small items that we have used in the past) 
6. Club Primal Store- closing April 7th.
   1. Can still be tried on at club meetings/Thirsty Thursday Rides 
   2. Remember to try them on and order 🙂
7. Open topics
   1. Grand bridge will be closed possibly during summer
   2. Pride ride (Nicole and Anna Lisa want to champion this). June 12th or 26th.
   3. Ladies only workshop with Kiley for basic bike maintenance (March/April time frame). Asking in advanced what we want to learn
   4. Get your bike into the shop for annual maintenance