I was surprised/saddened at the vitriol directed towards CFSC at the OBC AGM, and would like to understand why it exists. Clearly the two groups have different mandates - CFSC is an advocacy group and OBC is an activity group - but they are united in their promotion of bicycling; where's the conflict?
Note that the following appeared in the CFSC President's Report under the category of "problems": "CFSC wasted time and energy making proposals for joint projects to the OBC early this year (for example, on recruiting instructors, or outreach programs on sharing the road, or sponsoring a page in Better Bicycling). Our aim was to leverage the talents and resources of both organizations on projects that would equally benefit both and which both would have equal say in deciding to undertake. Judging from the rude and hostile reaction I received from certain OBC board members, I cannot recommend that CFSC ever undertake such a proposal again." While it seems each group caters to different cyclists (or perhaps cyclists move from one group to the other as they develop), what's not to like about instructing people in bicycle handling and trying to get motorists to accept bicycles as legitimate road users? ----------------------------------------------------- Mark Bazerman _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------ 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 ==^================================================================
