Like all of you, I am on this list because I love cycling. I always have. I must admit to having somewhat of a schoolgirl crush on Jocelyn Lovell.
During the summer, I used to go down many mornings and do the time-trial route in reverse. I am the busy working mother of two young children. I have a Dream. My DREAM is that cycling education and training is to become as effective and popular as water safety (swimming) education. Considering drowning was the number one cause of death of all Canadians in 1946, the Red Cross and its associated agencies have done a tremendous job. More people than ever enjoy water sports and the drowning rate is way down. Apparently, it was tough going at the beginning. So why not the same for cycling education and training? Well I decided to act on it. This dream of mine is going to take a lot of action. I bacame a CAN-BIKE instructor. Professionally, I have some training in pedestrian education and I know about child development. I have done a lot of research into effective cycling education and training. I wrote up the large section on education for the Ottawa Cycling Advisory Committee's workplan. I do not sit on OCAC but I do hope to be part OCAC's subcommittee on education and training. I do know that I cannot act alone to realize my dream. What saddens me is that I very often feel like some enemy of the OBC because of my association with another organization. I have brought up another issue with the OBC which is actually very unrelated and outside of any scope of the other organization's mandate. Unfortunately, I feel it was judged on my association with another organization and not on the issues merit. Oh, I suppose I could air it on the newsgroup and perhaps I could have made the point of going to the AGM to raise this issue, but I did not and will not. It is my intention to educate on this issue and not create animosity. It will lead nowhere. I feeling extremely hurt, discouraged and demoralized. All I really want is to share my husband's enormous pride of the OBC. Lynda Kadey ------ 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: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
