Meeting Summary: May 5, 2011

Attendance & Agenda

Welcome new members and guests

• In attendance: John Dove, Heather Drugge, Antje Wahl, Jay MacDonald, Bill Roddie, Dianne Murray, Lorraine Smith, David Park, Ann Yew

Review April minutes

• Tabled until June

Education & Outreach

Lorraine Presentation from VACC

• Lorraine is back on board with advocacy liaison (10 hours a week)
• Invite Tess to a meeting (Jay)

Display table at the MEC North Vancouver store May 16-29 (Antje, John, Heather)

• Table at the store for two weeks to leave materials
• Advertise BTWW, VACC Membership, NS-VACC
• Questions for a poll
  • Optional collect email
  • Volunteer for BTWW
  • Types of riding (Commute to work, shopping/purposeful, Mtn Biker, Recreational, Road)
  • Routes used (IWMB, LLR, LGB)
  • Community
  • Family members that ride
  • Take this to list to discuss further content for poll (Jay)

VACC Re-branding update

• Dare is the agency, doing it pro bono
• Meeting on the 16th to start branding discussions
• Heather is on the committee
• Expect around September to be done
• Will create a banner with "our" branding to use until official branding is redone

Accessibility of municipal cycling statistics

• Idea from Antje based upon meeting with council
• Can we get governments of North Shore to post statistics (Antje)
• NS-VACC to arrange dates to do polling
  • Start with LLR
  • 6 hours, 3 2-hour shifts
  • First count will be at BTWW station on June 1st

Request from DNV - Annie Kim for input

• Annie is Transportation Engineer at DNV
• Wants us to post an email to the list
• Heather will follow up

Recap April Group Ride - Village Bike Loop

• Peter not here

North Shore Streetwise courses - Posters and notices

• Can we get a poster with dates for all events through the summer

BTWW is end of May

• June 1st, evening station at LLR/3rd/Cotton
• Count users of LLR vs E 3rd

Email from North Shore Green Markets (http://northshoregreenmarkets.com/)

• Discussed

Thank-you Email from VACC to CNV for Bike Lanes on Chesterfield

• Yes
• Heather will draft letter

Hot Spots & Issues

Low Level Road progress update (Heather)

• Tabled

IWMB joint committee update - VACC strategy dicussion

• Need to get full CH2MHILL report
• Riders go ride it!

Other Business

Urbane Cyclist

• Lots of interest
• We'll get Summer issue out
• Available for BTWW?