Meeting Summary: January 3, 2013: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:42, 12 January 2013

Attendance & Agenda

Attendance: Antje, Peter, Bill, Nelson, Fiona, Mojdeh, Joanne, Heather, Mark, Lisa Slakov and Donna Chen (HUB Bike Friendly Business) and Mauree Matsusaka (HUB Communications)

Education & Outreach

Communications & outreach (Mauree)
- focus on increasing engagement with members
- building relationships & connecting committees
- updating and restructure website, and standardizing committees' wikis
- rebranding & redeveloping Bike to Work Week website
- engaging politicians
- business cards are under preparation - get template from HUB office?
- we propose to concentrate on community events with prizes (from businesses)
  - advise HUB office when we are planning a community event
  - get Translink bike rack model, walking bike (Bill) for events
- Heather, Antje: Pedal Pushers articles in NS News, not by HUB (last was published 21 December)

HUB Bike Friendly Business program (Donna, Lisa)
- call-out to NS group to connect Donna and Lisa with businesses and contacts who could use services within the BFB program on the NS, or would be interested in becoming a Bike Friendly Business
- BFB program components:

1. workplace workshops
2. bikeability assessments: $350 for workplace, $550 for building or $800 for overall business operations
3. bike friendly business memberships - get testimonials
4. bike friendly recognition awards to be developed

- planning for bike friendly accreditation
- Marketing to Cyclists Guide on HUB website - rename document
- Nelson will check on Melbourne experience with businesses
- bike friendly business district - Long Beach, California
- Spirit Trail marketing a possibility - NS Tourism
- need to get some money to get started with Donna - Ambleside, City of North Van/Lower Lonsdale are possibilities
- work with BCAA
- Districts of West Van and North Van, West Van community centre and Chamber of Commerce for workplace workshops
  - Peter and Antje to give Donna contacts

WinterBike event 7 Feb 19:00 - 01:00
- Fiona to send out note

HUB delegation at DNV council meeting on 18 Feb (Antje)
- Antje to prepare presentation and circulate

TravelSmart school and Exploring Ambleside maps (Helen, Fiona, Heather, Antje, Peter)
- Peter noted that on the Exploring Ambleside TravelSmart map, the bike route on 21st Street between Bellevue and Marine Drive is missing
- Helen, Fiona, Heather and Antje to meet another time to finalize the school maps for TravelSmart

Infrastructure

DNV Town and Village Centre implementation plans (Antje)
- Lynn Valley under way, also Lower Lynn and Lower Capilano
- need to ensure that cycling infrastructure for all ages and abilities is included

Ambleside Streetscape plan (Heather, Peter)
- Peter showed a map with a separated bike lane encircling the 1300 block and he proposed in his submission to the District to include this configuration along with the STP
- proposal for bike lanes on both sides of Marine Drive as two possibilities for improved cycling infrastructure on Marine Drive.
- Heather drafted HUB input letter

West Van bike route signage (Peter)
- It has been noted that bike route signage has been placed along the Bellevue Avenue bike route with only bike route symbols and no bike route names as seems to be standard in other municipalities including North Vancouver.

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 '''Attendance & Agenda'''
-* Welcome new members and guests: Antje, Peter, Bill, Nelson, Fiona, Mojdeh, Joanne, Heather, Dianne, Mark, Lisa Slakov and Donna Chen, HUB Bike Friendly Business, and Mauree Aki Matsusaka, HUB Communications
+* Attendance: Antje, Peter, Bill, Nelson, Fiona, Mojdeh, Joanne, Heather, Mark, Lisa Slakov and Donna Chen (HUB Bike Friendly Business) and Mauree Matsusaka (HUB Communications)
-* Additional agenda items
 '''Education & Outreach'''
-* HUB Bike Friendly Business program (Donna, Lisa)
-  - program development in 2013
-  - District of West Van and north Van and West van community Centre and Chamber of Commerce -
-    give Donna contacts
-  - plan for bike friendly certification
-  - suggest most bike friendly business on NS
-  - different components: 1.five workshops in work places
-  - 2. bikeability assessments; $350 for workplace, $500 for building
-  - marketing to cyclists guide on HUB website - rename document
-  - nelson will check on Melbourne experience
-  - 3. Bike friendly business memberships under development - get testimonials
-  - 4. Bike friendly recognition awards to be developed
-  - want to build relationships with NS businesses and organizations
-  - bike frienly business district - Long Beach California
-  - Spirit Trail marketing a possibility - NS Tourism
-  - need to get some money to get started with Donna - Lower Lonsdale a possibility
-  - work with BCAA
-  - plan FOR CITY OF NORTH vAN
-  - Cycling in Cities (Vancouver)independent research
 * Communications & outreach (Mauree)
-  - focus on increasing engagment with members
+** focus on increasing engagement with members
-  - building relationahips, what are our priorities? re-connecting committees
+** building relationships & connecting committees
-  - updating and restructure website, and standardizing wiki
+** updating and restructure website, and standardizing committees' wikis
+** rebranding & redeveloping Bike to Work Week website
-  - rebranding BWW
-  - engaging politicians
+** engaging politicians
-  - business cards are under preparation - get template from HUB?
+** business cards are under preparation - get template from HUB office?
-  - we propose to concentrate on community events with prizes (from businesses)
+** we propose to concentrate on community events with prizes (from businesses)
-  - advise HUB when we are planning a community event
+*** advise HUB office when we are planning a community event
-  - Get Translink bike rack model without push button for events and walking bike (Bill)
+*** get Translink bike rack model, walking bike (Bill) for events
-  - pedal pushers articles in NS News ( last 21 December)
+** Heather, Antje: Pedal Pushers articles in NS News, not by HUB (last was published 21 December)
-  - winter bike (Fiona) 7 Feb 1900 - 0100 2mevents.com
+* HUB Bike Friendly Business program (Donna, Lisa)
+** call-out to NS group to connect Donna and Lisa with businesses and contacts who could use services within the BFB program on the NS, or would be interested in becoming a Bike Friendly Business
-* Follow-up needed regarding bus-cyclist interactions?
+** BFB program components:
-  -
+## [https://bikehub.ca/workplaceworkshops workplace workshops]
-** Chris and Ian, CAW 111 at November 2012 meeting
+## [https://bikehub.ca/bfb bikeability assessments]: $350 for workplace, $550 for building or $800 for overall business operations
-  -
+## bike friendly business memberships - get testimonials
+## bike friendly recognition awards to be developed
+** planning for bike friendly accreditation
+** Marketing to Cyclists Guide on HUB website - rename document
+** Nelson will check on Melbourne experience with businesses
+** bike friendly business district - Long Beach, California
+** Spirit Trail marketing a possibility - NS Tourism
+** need to get some money to get started with Donna - Ambleside, City of North Van/Lower Lonsdale are possibilities
+** work with BCAA
+** Districts of West Van and North Van, West Van community centre and Chamber of Commerce for workplace workshops
+*** Peter and Antje to give Donna contacts
+* [http://www.2mevents.com WinterBike] event 7 Feb 19:00 - 01:00
+** Fiona to send out note
 * HUB delegation at DNV council meeting on 18 Feb (Antje)
+** Antje to prepare presentation and circulate
-  -
 * TravelSmart school and Exploring Ambleside maps (Helen, Fiona, Heather, Antje, Peter)
-  - Peter noted that on the Exploring Ambleside TravelSmart map, the bike route on 21st Street between Bellevue and Marine Drive is missing.
+** Peter noted that on the Exploring Ambleside TravelSmart map, the bike route on 21st Street between Bellevue and Marine Drive is missing
+** Helen, Fiona, Heather and Antje to meet another time to finalize the school maps for TravelSmart
 '''Infrastructure'''
 * DNV Town and Village Centre implementation plans (Antje)
-  - Lynn Valley under way and Lower Lynn and Lower Capilano
+** Lynn Valley under way, also Lower Lynn and Lower Capilano
+** need to ensure that cycling infrastructure for all ages and abilities is included
 * Ambleside Streetscape plan (Heather, Peter)
-  - Peter showed a map with a separated bike lane encircling the 1300 block and he proposed in his submission to the District to include this configuration along with the STP
+** Peter showed a map with a separated bike lane encircling the 1300 block and he proposed in his submission to the District to include this configuration along with the STP
-    proposal for bike lanes on both sides of Marine Drive as two possibilities for improved cycling infrastructure on Marine Drive.
+** proposal for bike lanes on both sides of Marine Drive as two possibilities for improved cycling infrastructure on Marine Drive.
+** Heather drafted HUB input letter
-  -
-* West Van bike route signage (Peter)
-  - It has been noted that bike route signage has been placed along the Bellevue Avenue bike route with only bike route symbols and no bike route names
-    as seems to be standard in other districts including North Vancouver.
-* Ironworkers Memorial Bridge update (Fiona, Helen)
-  -
+* West Van bike route signage (Peter)
-'''Other Business'''
+** It has been noted that bike route signage has been placed along the Bellevue Avenue bike route with only bike route symbols and no bike route names as seems to be standard in other municipalities including North Vancouver.

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