February 2002 General Meeting Minutes

 

Open Meeting:                       8.27pm, Thursday 7th

 

Present:                                  16 members and friends in attendance; visitors Louise and Teagan        

 

Apologies:                              Kirsten Anderson, Bruce Saville and Wayne Grant

 

Secretary Report:                  Contents of PO Box sorted and relevant items read by BenWarden: -

Boggy Creek flyer, Phillip Island promos for Island Classics, Aust. Superbikes, World Superbikes,  Bank Statement.

 

Treasurer’s Report:              As at end of January there was $1987 in the bank.

 

Captains’ Report:                  Past and forthcoming rides previewed by Ray Walker.

 

General Business:                 Ian explained to the group the whys and wherefors of Wayne’s crash, his condition and when he is expected to go home. Thanks were also extended to Tim Walker and Geoff Jones who looked after Wayne’s bike etc, etc.

                                               

The new itinerary for February to May is now available.

 

The location for the Yarra Glen pickup has been amended to the “Original Café”. This shop owner will hand out itineraries and promote the Club in response to the inclusion of his business name on our itinerary card.

 

Due to low attendances on some previous long weekend trips, the Club will only have a day ride for this year’s long Labour Day weekend. For Easter we will conduct rides on the Good Friday and Easter Sunday.   

As ANZAC day falls on a Thursday we will hold a 4-day ride to Orbost and Walwa.

 

Progressive Dinner  mid March.

 

Although our Name Change has proceeded quite well there is still some fine-tuning to be done. Just Bikes and Motorcycle Trader have incorrectly advertised the Club.

 

At the last committee meeting the “points system” was discussed and a proposal put forward that participants on long weekends etc receive “one point per day” instead of the one point in total.

Much discussion followed with the consensus either to leave as is or allocate 2 points for a weekend away. Committee to discuss.

 

Rob Langer made a point regarding the Club’s website and the need to include “crash statistics” on previous rides. This could be off-putting for prospective members - Committee to discuss. Also some members are having difficulty accessing the site. Login and password spelling clarified.

 

Door Prize:                             1st – Rob Langer                     

                                   

Close Meeting:                      9.25pm