Big Decisions

by Tom Ingledew
Current President

December 2001

Last year Daisy and Hugh suggested that I join them in attending the Bicycle Task Force meetings held at noon at the City Hall Annex in downtown Chattanooga on the third Wednesday of each month. The Task Force was the impetus behind the Bicycle Master Plan and is very involved in its progress.

A very enthusiastic professional group has been hired to create the master plan. A series of meetings has been set up to provide guidance and advise them as to our knowledge of current and desired conditions. The Chattanooga Metropolitan area has been divided into four sections, each having its own series of meetings. We have already had one set of public meetings and one set of Bicycle Advisory Meetings, with a second one scheduled in early December. There is no guarantee that everything on the plan will get done. But there is an almost certainty that anything not on the plan will not get done. This is our window for the future. Please show your support.

At our monthly CBC meeting (11-14-01) a question was asked re: the wearing of helmets. Every Tailwind issue, on page #2, at the bottom, second sentence, states that helmets are required. It is the policy of the CBC that a helmetless rider shall not participate in any club rides. If you are the ride leader, you are expected to enforce this.

Thanks to all of those who worked hard and all day on the Chilhowee workday (11-11-01).  We started on a really neat addition to the Slickrock Trail. And yes, according to an in depth, in house CBC investigation, S.S. never cleared or blazed a MTB trail!

Please come to the meeting on Monday, Dec 10 at 7:00pm. Several of us went to the SORBA board meeting in Gainsville, GA this past Saturday and gathered a lot of information to pass on to the club members. It seems as though it would be very good for our club to become a SORBA chapter.  

The Prez