Austin Bike Month 1999 planning notes Minutes Bicycle! Austin Month 1999 July 29, 1998 Present: Doug Ballew, Chris Kluth, Tom Delaney, Heather Sumners, Preston Tyree, Gale Cummins, Rob Borowski, Keith Snodgrass, Allison Shultz, Annick Beaudet, Shelley Wallace. Planning for Bicycle Austin! Week 1999 has officially begun! We all agreed that this was good time to start as we are thinking about private sponsors and budgets are made in August/September. Here is a running list of events and who will be primarily in charge of organizing the event: Doug Ballew- SuperCyclist Program children's safety event Chris Kluth- City Bicycle Program general staff support; map service for Bike to Work Day; find a new liaison for us at UT Tom Delaney- Austin Ridge Riders swap meet; breakfast station volunteer; beginner mountain bike ride Heather Sumners- American Lung Association Clean Air Challenge; breakfast station volunteer Preston Tyree- ECI instructor bike commuter clinic; breakfast station volunteer; ACA family ride event Gale Cummins- TX Bicycle Coalition politician ride to Happy Hour Rob Borowski- TNRCC Commuter Cycle Challenge; general organization and fund raising Keith Snodgrass- City Bicycle Program general staff support Allison Shultz- Austin Transportation Study funding Annick Beaudet- City Bicycle Program Bike To Work Day breakfast stations; Commuter Cycle Challenge; poster & brochure production and distribution Shelley Wallace- breakfast station volunteer; general support Julie Wade- AMTGC Trails component of transportation system We all decided on the following; · Bicycle Austin! Week will become Bicycle Austin! Month. · The politician bike ride and Happy Hour will be on a different Friday than Bike to Work Day. · Instead of only having one Bike to Work Day we will have participants keep a tally for the entire month. · If we decide to solicit prizes they will be given away as incentive for Bike to Work participants. · We will encourage Breakfast Station restaurants to promote themselves and get the word out to customers. · We will work with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to try to have their weekend tied into Bicycle Austin! Month. · We will offer a map service throughout the month to assist those who would like a suggested route form home to work or play. · We will seek sponsorship to cover the cost of hanging large banners around town. · We will contact PODER in order to get more involvement on the east side of Austin. · Involve UT faculty/Staff in joining Bike To Work Day/Month. · We agreed to have the poster printed in three sizes and to have most posters/brochures professionally distributed · We agreed to continue with radio advertising. We will create different ads for the different radio audiences. Other Ideas: Bike to School day for kids. The Yellow Bike Project will sponsor an event. What to do now: Annick & Rob agreed to draft a "wish list" describing what it would take to accomplish Bicycle Austin! Month 1999. Annick will draft a summary of the number of participants of Bike to Work Day from previous years and provide information on how the event is beneficial to all involved. She will use this to attempt to persuade restaurants to have a vested interest in promoting Bicycle Austin! Month. Shelley will find out how to reserve space at the various banner locations around town. Rob will create a proposal to send out to companies and government agencies to encourage their participation in the Commuter Cycle Challenge. Annick, Keith, and Rob will work on a proposal for sponsorship of Bicycle Austin! Month and/or individual events. Chris will look into involving the University of Texas. Annick will call PODER to see how much they care to be involved. Next Meeting: We agreed to meet two months from now. The City Bicycle Program will contact everyone next month to coordinate a time and place -- Keith Snodgrass Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Coordinator