While most people have probably started to think about skiing instead of cycling by now, there is still one very important activity left for OBC members. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Wed. Oct 24.
Historically, interest in the AGM from most OBC members is very low. This is wrong because to be blunt about, the AGM is where the Board of Directors is selected for the next year - this is the group of people that decided how to spend YOUR membership fees and organize YOUR events. This year, although I am a Director of the club, I will not be able to attend due to work committments. I feel quite bad about this because I am hearing rumours that some of the people who are planning to attend the AGM are people who have publicly and loudly pronounced their disapproval of the OBC, the current board of directors and the President, Avery Burdett in particular. Some of these people are from other cycling groups. I have heard it said that these people want to take over the OBC for the other groups purposes. This is very troubling as it may mean a change in the types of programs that the OBC offers (i.e. no more time trials maybe?). I do know that a lot of these people are not necessarily interested in the same type of cycling that the OBC and its members tend to focus their energies on - group tours for all abilities (beginners to racers), time trials, overnight tours etc. For the first time in my experience in the club, there is an election race for the position of President. For the past two years I think Avery has done an excellent job of keeping the club finances in check, keeping interest in many different activities high, representing the interests of the OBC cyclists and helping the other directors in managing the wide variety of events the OBC offers you. As we all know, he is extremely passionate about all types of cycling. He has been seen on his bike at almost every OBC activity. Each year he has been involved has been better than the last. He is more than capable of carrying on in these duties. I urge all OBC members to think about how they want their club to continue. It is crucial this year as there is a risk that all of the hard work that Avery and the current Board have put in may be lost. Please do your part and come out and vote to keep things progressing for the better. Kevin Nelson ------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED], (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
