Louisville Bicycle Club News

Registration for the 35th Annual Old Kentucky Home Tour Registration is Now Open

Charlie Drexler — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:43:46 GMT

The 35th Annual Old Kentucky Home Tour will be September 8th & 9th, 2012. Registration is open. Here's a sneak peek of this years jersey... Register under the Events Tab on the LBC Home Page.

The LBC Store is now open!

Andy & Laurie Murphy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:11:10 GMT

The Louisville Bicycle Club Store is now open! You can now purchase an LBC jersey, coffee mug, towel or socks from the convenience of your home. Click on the STORE tab on the menu bar on the LBC homepage.

35th Annual OKHT, September 8th & 9th.

Andy & Laurie Murphy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:46:17 GMT

SAVE THE DATES! The 35th Annual Old Kentucky Home Tour will be September 8th & 9th, 2012. Registration will open May 1st. Here's a sneak peek of this years jersey...

Awards for 2011

Andy & Laurie Murphy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:15:19 GMT

At the annual meeting and awards banquet at Big Spring Country Club in January, the following club members were recognized for their contributions;

Touring - The Touring Program recognized David King and Bernice McGill as Touring Champions for 2011. Perry Finley "The Internet Sensation" and Renita Bernat were awarded the Masters Champion jerseys. The Most Improved Rider Awards went to Kelly McGill and Timothy Stephen. The Tour de Mad Dog Champions were Larry Preble and Renita Bernat. Steve Rice was recognized as Top Ride Captain.

Racing - Duane Walker and Joan Hanscom were recognized as the Top Racers for Team Louisville and Travis Kerns received the Top Racing Volunteer Award.

Advocacy - The Top Advocacy Volunteer Award went to Gil Crenshaw.

Communications - The Top Communications Volunteer Award went to Barry Luckett.

Education - The Top Education Volunteer Award went to John Samways.

Old Kentucky Home Tour - The Top OKHT Volunteer awards went to Bob Schindler and Bobbie Leslie.

The Volunteer Of The Year Award went to Joe Thomas.

2012 Executive Committee

Andy & Laurie Murphy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:58:00 GMT

As elected at the LBC Banquet in January,the Executive Committee for 2012 is;

President - Andy Murphy

Secretary - Dianna (Decker) Palmer

Treasurer - Mark Rougeux

VP Advocacy - John Cummings

VP Communications - David "PaCkMaN" Ryan

VP Education - David Wittrey

VP Racing - Travis Kerns

VP Touring - Charlie Drexler

Sunday March 18-General Membership Meeting at approximately 4:00PM with Ride Captain Training after meeting.

Charlie Drexler — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:30:58 GMT

Sunday, March 18

4:00 pm – General Membership Meeting, Baptist East/Milestone Wellness Center, 750 Cypress Station Drive, 40207 After the 2 PM ride. Ride Captain Training for new ride captains will immediately follow the General Membership Meeting.

Banquet Registration Now Open

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:53:49 GMT

Please join your cycling friends at the LBC Annual Awards Banquet to reminisce on the year's activities, acknowledge our volunteers, celebrate our achievements, and elect club officers for the upcoming year.

The banquet will be held again at:

Big Spring Country Club

5901 Dutchmans Lane

Saturday, January 14, 2012.

Cost is $10 per person for the buffet dinner.

6:00 p.m.	Reception and Cash Bar
7:15 p.m.	Buffet Dinner
8:00 p.m.	General Meeting, Awards, and Election of Officers for 2012
10:00 p.m.	Adjournment

To provide an accurate count of attendees we must receive your reservation(s) by Sunday, January 8th.

To register click here:

RSVP for Banquet

2011 OKHT Registration is open!

Andy & Laurie Murphy — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:54:49 GMT

2011 OKHT Registration is open!

Registration is now open for the 2011 Old Kentucky Home Tour. The dates for this years OKHT are Saturday September 10^th and Sunday September 11^th. You can register online through active.com, which can be accessed through the club webpage. If you want to volunteer for the OKHT, you’ll need to fill out the form and mail it to the address on the form. We’re exploring how we might be able to make the volunteer process paperless, but for now, we’re doing it by paper. ALL VOLUNTEERS NEED TO FILL OUT A REGISTRATION FORM! Here’s a picture of a Registration Form filled out.

Fill the form out carefully. Make sure to put VOLUNTEER on the form. For an 8 hour commitment, volunteers will receive their ride registration plus the Official 2011 OKHT T-Shirt, so we’ll need to get your shirt size. If you want to order the commemorative jersey designed by John Mahorney, you’ll need to order it on this form and include the payment when you send the form in. Same thing with ordering Saturday Evening Dinner. If you want a delicious Chris Cakes prepared Pulled Pork Bar-B-Que dinner or Vegetarian Burger dinner, you need to make your selection and send in payment with your registration form.

Also, keep in mind we’ll need fresh-baked cookies for the World Famous Cookie Stop, Sunday morning. Bring your cookies with you when you pick-up your registration packet and we’ll see that they get to the Cookie Stop safely!

We need lots of help, so we hope you’ll consider volunteering to help make the 2011 OKHT a success. I’ve spoken with a number of folks who have said they want to help. THANK YOU! Keep in mind, ALL VOLUNTEERS NEED TO FILL OUT A REGISTRATION FORM.

Life is good

Murphy

Club Officer Announcements

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:14:46 GMT

After careful consideration and lengthy yet fruitful debate, the Executive Committee is very pleased and excited to announce the that following individuals have accepted appointments to the leadership of the club:

VP - Treasurer - Jody Patterson - Jody is a fairly new member of the club, and an active Mad Dog and Randonneur. She comes to the role with over a decade of experience in the bookkeeping and accounting world, along with a familiarity with the bookkeeping software the club uses.

VP of Touring - Charlie Drexler - An LBC member off and on since 1991, Charlie brings a fresh perspective to the role along with significant experience in the professional world where his experience will come in handy with the organization and forward progress of the club's Touring agenda.

President - Andy Murphy - Andy's enthusiasm and spirit for the club are well-known and recognized by anyone who has ridden with him. We also recognize that it is important to honor the recommendation we heard from the attendees at the last general meeting. There are many hefty challenges ahead for all of us, and Andy will no doubt have his share of fence mending to do. We trust that his many good qualities, for which he was first elected to this office, will see him and the club though the work ahead.

Touring Committee - The ExCom felt that it was unfair to the new VP of Touring to appoint the entire committee without involving the newly-appointed officer in the selection process. Therefore, we are going to wait a couple weeks before finalizing those appointments. The plan to build a structured committee of riders to help build the touring vision for the future remains very important to the ExCom.

The restored ExCom will be meeting for the first time this weekend to continue the missions we set forth at the last general membership meeting. We will provide updates as the news warrants. The e-mail links and contact information on the club site will be redirected to the proper folks at that time as well.

Thanks to all of the club members who stepped forward and applied for the available roles! We were really pleased with the applicants, which made the process a little tougher, but very satisfying.

Also, we owe a great deal of thanks to the members of the club who have been so patient and supportive while the ExCom worked through these transitions.

Ride safely,
Your Executive Committee

Opening Statement from this Weekend's Meeting

Larry Pethick — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:57:51 GMT

Follow the attached link to the opening statement that I presented at the meeting this weekend. It outlines our various action plans, and also covers the items we need if you choose to submit your application for any one of the available roles with the LBC.

They include:

President

Treasurer

VP of Touring

OKHT Director

Nine additional members of the formalized Touring Committee

You have until the end of May to send us your information as described, which should include your vision for the role and what you bring to the role itself. The ExCom will review these in early June, and will announce our decisions at that time.

Opening Statement copy.pdf

LBC Financial Report for 2010 Posted

David 'PaCkMaN' Ryan — Sat, 14 May 2011 09:54:31 GMT

The Treasurer's annual report for 2010 may be accessed from the member's forum.

Note: The report was received for the May/June newsletter but inadvertently omitted. I apologize for the oversight.

Sunday's General Membership Meeting

Thu, 12 May 2011 09:27:18 GMT

The general membership meeting scheduled for Sunday, May 15th, has been moved. The meeting will now be held at the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St. The time of the meeting has been changed to 5 PM.

In the absence of a club president, Mark Luking will chair the meeting.

Additionally, the executive committee passed the following motion

concerning the meeting:

Resolved that, the general membership meeting on May 15th will be held

pursuant to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 10th edition in all

cases where it does not conflict with the club by-laws. In addition,

the following special rules of order will be observed.

1. In the event motions are offered, memberships shall be checked

against the current club roster. The meeting will be closed to

non-members. Photo identification will be required from anyone not

personally known to the Secretary.

2. Members shall have two minutes per speech in debate.

3. The chair will require all main motions to be presented in

writing, per his authority in Robert's.

4. In the event of a motion to remove a club officer, the officer

will have the right to speak last for ten minutes.

5. Individual members will have one vote. Family members will have

one vote per adult member of the household. Members must be present

to vote, except David Ryan who may vote by phone.

6. If order and decorum can not be maintained, the chairman will ask

offending members to leave the meeting. If the behavior continues,

the chairman may, at his discretion, adjourn the meeting.

New Rider Clinic

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:06:13 GMT

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please contact Tom Armstrong at the address within if you can be available at the listed dates and times.

Click here for more information.

COMMUTING LOG

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:53:54 GMT

As announced at the Louisville Bicycle Club Banquet Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, the club has begun tracking commuter activity of our members. As a club, we probably do more commuting by bicycle than you think. Any time you use your bicycle for a trip that you would otherwise use an automobile, you are a bicycle commuter. If you ride your bicycle to the bike shop for supplies, that's a commute. Ride to the grocery for a couple of boxes of Teddy Grahams^TM and a box of Cocoa Puffs^TM? That's a commute. If you ride your bicycle to and from a club ride, that is a commute. One thing to keep in mind -

DO NOT COUNT MILEAGE ACCRUED ON A CLUB RIDE! COUNT COMMUTING MILEAGE ONLY!

The webpage we're using for this activity is My Cycling Log:

http://www.mycyclinglog.com/home.php

The name of our group is Louisville Bicycle Club. To join, you have to register and click the join button. There is no charge to use My Cycling Log and there will be no club awards for this program. All commuting activity will be reported by the riders themselves. When you enter a ride, click the Tags "commute" and "CO2". By clicking on these tags, your ride will be added to the LBC total. The website calculates how much money has been saved in gasoline by commuting by bicycle and how much C02 we haven't put into the atmosphere. There is a box to the right side of the page that you can use to personalize each entry, where you went, what you did etc.

Every commuting mile counts. The 2 mile round trip to the store is just as important as the 20 mile daily trip to and from work. We hope you consider logging your bicycle commuting activity with our group. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop me a note at president@louisvillebicycleclub.org.

Life is good
Murphy

^TM Trademarks property of respective trademark holders and not LBC.

2011 LBC/Randonneurs Mondiaux Brevet Series

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:12:36 GMT

Randonneurs Mondiaux Brevet Series
Local Info & Registration (PDF format)
Next LBC Brevets: 200K FEB 19, 300K MAR 5, 400K APR 2,
600K APR 30 (PBP is in August)

2010 Year-end Mileage Reports

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:12:59 GMT

Touring Season, Calendar Year and Lifetime Mileage