FLCC> Date for bike commuting meeting

[Wayne Gottlieb]

oooooh, it is?  I guess we should send some letters to
the editor.  What's the date?  What's the plan? Wayne



--- Andrejs Ozolins <andrejs at ozolins.com> wrote:

> I certainly agree that there should be a joint
> meeting since we have 
> common interests.
> 
> It sure would be nice, though, to whip up an event
> for Ride to Work Day, 
> which is only two weeks off.
> 
> Other than that, all the dates are ok.
> 
> Andrejs
> 
> Wayne Gottlieb wrote:
> > FLCC-ers, members of the curb your car coalition
> are
> > working on setting up a date for a first meeting
> to
> > discuss some of the bike issues  we've been
> talking
> > about (no, not who's going to pick up the coffee
> for
> > Hollenbecks).  Many in the club have expressed an
> > interest in being involved in a push to increase
> > cycling in Ithaca and to make the area more bike
> > friendly (not for us of course, we'd ride on the
> > turnpike if there was a nice gas station with a
> > propane tank to sit next to at the end).  I know
> there
> > are a lot of different opinions in this group
> about
> > what we should do.   The question is, "Do you want
> to
> > join in with the CYCC meeting, or have a meeting
> of
> > our own?"  I sent the following message on to
> David
> > Kay of CYCC with my suggestions for the first
> meeting.
> > Please let me know what your preference is.  If
> you'd
> > like to attend a joint meeting, send a date
> preference
> > (see below for dates and times).  Thanks.  Wayne 
> >
> >
> >
> > Any of these dates work for me.  I'm going to send
> > this message to the FLCC.  There are quite a few
> there
> > who might be interested.  Can we set an agenda
> though?
> >  A lot of ideas have been tossed around, and it's
> > clear that people have different interests.  Maybe
> we
> > could ask people for agenda items by E-mail and
> come
> > up with a list of common interests.  I'll start by
> > putting down some of my own.  I don't think it
> would
> > we should expect to get through them all in one
> > meeting.  
> >
> > 1.  If we had unlimited money and political power
> what
> > would we want ("a chance to dream" or "why can't
> we be
> > like Copenhagen?").
> >
> > 2.  What kind of bicycle friendly infrastructure
> can
> > we reasonably expect over the long run.
> >
> > 3.  Breif synopsis of the successes and roadblocks
> of
> > the CYCC.
> >
> > 4.  What is (are) the best way(s) to approach our
> > goal?
> >   
> 
> 



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