January 2011 Meeting Minutes

Decorah Human Powered Trails

Monthly Meeting Minutes

January 11^th, 2011

******** Volga Snow Moblie Trail Ride: Sunday, January 16^th from Oneota River Cycles @ 10:30 a.m.**********

Yearly Election Results:

-         Motion made by Kirk to keep present officer in for additional term, as well as to combine the positions of Secretary and Treasurer.

President: Jesse Reyerson

Vice President: Doug Osborn

Secretary & Treasurer: Trevor Rockwell

2011 Events Schedule

-         Pugsley World Championships: February 26^th

-         21^st Annual Decorah Time Trials: May 1^st

o       Deke will pursue different giveaway options for Time Trials instead of t-shirt

§         Socks

§         Water Bottles

-         Dirtburger- June 10^th –June 12^th

o       Make more official with organized rides and events

o       Bucketball World Championships again?????

-         Decorah Night Shift Race: Oct. 22^nd

Communication of Schedule and DHPT Organization

-         Business Cards- Purchased with DHPT Funds

-         DHPT Blog and Bike Decorah Website

-         BikeIowa Website, Other Websites?????

-         Bandanas, Hats, Water Bottles

-         Water Bottles are being looked into and probably will be pursued

-         DHPT Logo changed to include Pugsley Wheel at beginning and pushing other logos down one.

Sponsors being pursued for 2011 Trail Sponsorship

-         Previous years sponsors

o       Bank of the West, Java Johns, T’Bocks, Toppling and Goliath, West Side Dental, Edward Jones and Associates, Oneota River Cycles, Decorah Bicycles

o       Possible Sponsors to Pursue: Hovden Oil, Kelly Regan Chiropractic, Color Graphics, Wicks Construction, Featherlite, Team Rehab, Oneota Physical Therapy,

o       Any other suggested sponsors to pursue, please email me (rocktr01@gmail.com) or Jesse.

Grant Opportunities

-         Iowa Bike Summit at end of January. Find out different grants out there to report at February meeting.

-         Need to create budget reports for 2011 months to help with obtaining grants

-         Tow $$ for possible trailer purchase?

-         Items Pursuing with possible grant money

o       Landing and Bridge @ East end of River Trail

o       Mobile Trailer for Trail Equipment

o       Trailhead????

o       Trail Maintenance Position Funding

o       High Dollar GPS  for mapping our trails and other trails that are visited

DHPT Google Maps Account

-         Deke has GPS units that he would like people to take when riding @ various other trails to help

-         Hope to make DHPT hub for Midwest mountain bike and off-road maps

-         Maps are being kept private and not in the public domain

-         Send Deke and GPS files if you have a GPS unit of your own

February 2011 Agenda

-         Trail Sponsors

-         Trail Maintenance Position- WHO???

-         Pugsley World Championships

-         Decorah Time Trials 2011

-         GPS Unit Info Session- How to???

-         DHPT Funds Report- What do we have?