My notes from the meeting:
- Good showing: Me, Sanders, Logan, Dr. Geiger, Mills, Kou, Michael, Karin, Joe, Jordan, and Aaron were all there!
- Congratulations to Logan Evans for becoming the new UND Cycling Club President!
- We decided not to hold elections for the other officer positions until the fall, to allow new people the opportunity to run and/or maneuver for opportunity. So think about what position you want and start campaigning!
- Nationals (according to Sanders and Logan) was awesome and we should definitely try to get more people there next year to have a strong team showing and let the rest of the country know we exist. You can ask them for specific race details.
- We voted to start requiring dues to become an official member of the club.
- Dues were set at $20 per year, August-August.
- You get an official UND Cycling cap
- You get the club price on jerseys/bibs
- You get a 10% discount at The Ski and Bike Shop
- You get 25% off race/event entry for our events
- You get at least one meal paid for by the club sometime during the year
- What a deal!
- Dr. Geiger suggested that we talk to Craig Tweten of Community Contractors about sponsorship since he's big into stuff like this (he is also involved in the
ski trails by the wellness center).
- Dr. Geiger also suggested we take the photos of the team that we have from Jordan's uncle, send them to Andy Hampsten to sign, and then give them to our sponsors as an even better "thank you" for supporting us this year. The photos are going to happen regardless, although I'm not sure who is in charge of that.
- Dr. Geiger also knows a guy who will be consulting with the med school this coming year who has close ties to the Jelly Belly pro cycling team, so if we talk to him we could hopefully get some sponsorship.
- (Beek talking here) Something to think about is that it's not really Dr. Geiger's job to do the nitty gritty sponsorship "schmoozing," so we'll need to be proactive about meeting the people he knows.
- Aaron went to the Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting last week about South Washington Street changes to make it more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly. A bunch of us signed a paper and he is going to write up something about how we all would like to see better cycling infrastructure through there.
- Some thought is going into how to schedule the CX series this fall, but nothing is set in stone. Dates to remember already (and work around) are END-AR on Labor Day weekend and END-TOMBED on the last Saturday in October.
- A bunch of us will be around town for the summer, so we should all have someone to ride with!
Anyone have stuff that I missed? There were a lot of great ideas shooting around at the end that I may not have caught.
