Memberships
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Welcome To The Baltimore Bicycling Club
Group Rides All Days, All Paces!
Reminder to members that the Baltimore Bicycling Club (BBC) has also been hosting a Facebook page at this link which currently has 4.8K members.
You are cordially encouraged to enroll, participate and enjoy its abundant useful information.
BBC President
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2021 Board of Directors:
Request for Nominations and Election
Baltimore Bicycling Club members
This is the time of year when members can consider supporting our club by serving on our Board of Directors.
There will be a couple of openings for the 2021 Board. If you have any interest in serving on the Board, please send me an email at: President@BaltoBikeClub.org and let me know your interest. I would appreciate hearing from you. Please respond by October 15, 2020 if you are interested in serving on the 2021 BBC Board of Directors.
Our club Bylaws state that the club hold an annual election for the Board of Directors. Normally we hold the election during our end of year meeting, held at Oregon Ridge for the last several years. This year we will not hold an in-person meeting, but we will still have our election.
The election for the 2021 Board of Directors will be held via email, using election runner (https://electionrunner.com) an online voter interface that will tabulate the results. All members will be sent a ballot via email. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Patrick Lapensee
-- President of the Baltimore Bicycling Club
BBC Extends Membership Expiration Dates Due To Cancelled Group Rides
In mid-July, all BBC members whose membership was active on March 28, 2020, the day the BBC cancelled group rides, have had their membership extended by one year.
If your membership expired after March 28, your membership was extended by one year from the date of expiration.
If your membership has not yet expired, it was also extended by one year from the date of expiration.
If your membership was active on March 28 and you do not see this extension when you log into your account, or if you expected that your membership should have been extended but can no longer log into your BBC account, contact the BBC Treasurer at treasurer@baltobikeclub.org.
Larry's Ride
Larry's Ride has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - sponsored by Bike Maryland - scheduled for October 17, 2020. For more information, read the announcement on the Bike Maryland web page: https://www.bikemaryland.org/larrys-ride-announcement/
This annual event is a key fundraiser which allows Bike Maryland to continue to work making bicycling safer for everyone who rides a bike in Maryland, whether for transportation or recreation. Information about contributing to Bike Maryland is on the announcement page.
President's Message June 2020 - Membership Extension and more..
Greeting fellow Baltimore Bicycling Club members,
Website:At the January 7, 2020 meeting regarding increasing rider participation, the topic that generated the most interest/feedback was improving the BBC Website. One recommendation was to have a Website Manager, whose duties include reviewing and editing submissions as needed, declining non-relevant or inappropriate material and forwarding submissions to the Web Designer for publication.
Our first Website Manager is Alice Smith, whom many of you know as a 13-15mph rider. All website submissions for the front page should now be submitted to: websitemanager@baltobikeclub.org.
Civil War Century 2020 is Cancelled
As your Civil War Century event coordinators, we sincerely regret to have to announce that our club’s signature event is cancelled for 2020. We hope to see everyone back for the next Civil War Century event on Saturday, September 11th, 2021! As a club member, consider making it a priority to volunteer to ensure our success.
President's Message May 2020
This BBC news was sent via email to all active BBC members:
Kent County Spring Fling, (KCSF): Regrettably, in late March, the 38th annual Kent County Spring Fling was cancelled due to the impact of covid-19. Bob Carson, our longtime coordinator, has stepped down as the KCSF event coordinator. Bob worked tirelessly on KCSF year-round and his leadership will be missed. Thank you for all your hard work Bob!
New leadership team: Board members Marg Draper-Harris and her husband Mike will team up with me, (Pat Lapensee), and my wife Denise Huson to coordinate KCSF starting in 2021 (Memorial Day Weekend). We'll be taking a page from Bob’s book, “Let’s make next year’s Spring Fling the best ever!”
Annual Tandem Planning Meeting at TGIF
CRABS, Couples Riding a Bike Simultaneously, and WABITS, Washington Area Bikes in Tandem Society had their 2ND ANNUAL JOINT PLANNING MEETING, in Columbia, MD at TGIF restaurant. This all happened on March 1, 2020, when restaurants were open and social groups were still gathering. Pictured are Evie and Mike Reinsel (BBC CRABS coordinators) and Laurie and Ed Barr (PPTC WABITS coordinators). Since the tandem groups were shrinking in the area, joining forces to create a fuller ride schedule was a win win!
