7:00pm, King’s College Campus, Room #111 of Hafey-Marian Building. Board Members in attendance: Chris Stine, Chris Murphy, Lisa Zaverack
Total members in attendance, including board: 12 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Notes:
Review Of Last Meeting
Group Rides
- Seven Tubs Rides-TBA, checking w/ Forestry on status of trails since last workday
- Slocum Rides: Tuesdays @ 6..tentative start date is frst Tuesday in May •Trail Systems
• Put trail systems online on Trail Forks and Mtbproject.com
Communication and Advocacy:
• Is Google calendar available on mobile device?
Event Planning: MTB Kick Of Weekend • Discussion of campsites
- Questions for PM regarding the Ledges
- Numbers: Can people camp in the feld?
- How many tents can ft in each of the 8 camp sites?
- Which park ranger will be enforcing? Will number of campers be strictly enforced?
- Can people just come to the camp site to participate in the event then leave if they don’t want to camp?
- How much parking is available at the Ledges? Can event go-ers park in the field?
- Is there potable water at the Ledges?
- What is the check-in and check-out time, and can the event begin slightly before or end slightly after those times? Do we need to reserve the previous and/or prior day if the event goes longer than the check-out times?
- Can we arrange doing trail work for discount camping? (Website says Charges for camping may be waived if a Conservation Volunteer project is performed. Contact the park manager for details.)
Registration-AMP must pre-register campers and charge a fee for camping, but event will be free
$10 to register
First-come
online tool to accept payments
Water: Gene can provide PA American Water Company contact to get water drum
- Possible activities
- Trail building Seminar▪ IMBA trail care crew
▪ fulfills NICA requirements
- Group Rides▪ Beginner kids and adult ▪ Poker Ride
▪ Night Ride - NICA introduction
- Bike Obstacle Course for kids/adults
- Skills Clinic for all levels
- Bike demos▪ contact bike shops
▪ manufacturers
▪ Bike Scranton bikes available for adult pavement riders - Possible Coffee truck visit?
- Women’s ride
- Morning yoga
- Silly/fun races
- tie-dye
- face-paint
- raffle
- Check-in table
- Trail building Seminar▪ IMBA trail care crew
- Advocacy, Spreading the word
◦ Can we get the booth guy at the park to hand out flyers about the event? ◦ KAZ
◦ Anthracite Bike Coalition
◦ Tour de Scranton fyers…April 30
◦ Scranton School District
◦ Maureen
◦ Brian
◦ Amy
◦ IMBA - Future Meetings
◦ Pittston Library as possible venue