We need committee members!

The following are our committees for 2008. We need your help to make them succeed. Please contact Adam Fukushima for general information, or contact the committee chair (email provided below) to join.

1. Governance Committee
Chair: Robert Davis / Gail Davis
Role: Responsible for ongoing review and recommendations to enhance the quality and viability of the board of directors. The focus of the committee revolves around the following five major areas: Board Role and Responsibilities, Board Composition, Board Knowledge, Board Effectiveness, Board Leadership.

2. Finance Committee
Chair: Tom Nuckols / Adam Fukashima
Role: Ensures that accurate and complete financial records are maintained, ensure that accurate, timely, and meaningful financial statements are prepared and presented to the board, oversee budget preperation and financial planning, safeguard the organizations assets, help the full board understand the organization's financial affairs, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and other requirements related to the organization's finances.

3. Fund Development Committee
Chair: Tom Nuclols /Ben Lerner
Role: Leads the board’s participation in resource development and fund-raising. The committee is the board’s central source of information about the fund-raising climate in general, and about the status of the organization’s fund-raising activities in particular.

4. Membership/VolunteerCommittee
Chair: Tyler Wertenbruch / Kim Lisagor / Barry Lewis / John Donovan
Role: Maintains our membership tracking and recording system, collects dues and maintains the club mailing list; mails welcome package to new members and renewal reminders when due. Membership also works with Fund-raising and public relations to recruit new members. Keeps a list of volunteers available to help with Coalition activities; maintains communication with the volunteers and coordinates their actions with the coalition.

5. Public Realtions Committee
Chair: Shaba Mohseni

6. Advocacy Committee
Chair: Adam Fukushima / Mike Boswell / Kim Lisagor / John Donovan
Role: Develops policy, strategies, and goals for Executive Director to follow in furtherance of the strategic plan. Works with local media to promote the Coalition and its goals. Writes and distributes press releases and fliers, initates and runs promotional programs.

7. Events Committee
Chair: Shaba Mohseni / Kim Lisagor / Shantel Beckers

Keep the Velorution Rolling!

There's lots of ways to get involved in the Bike Coalition! Take a look at these opportunities to volunteer your time, donate an item on our Wish List, or support a campaign:

Photographers— Take photos for our website and newsletters. Photos can be high resolution digital or prints. We want to create an image database of cycling on the Central Coast, from bicycling facilities such as bike lanes, paths and trails, to bike culture, events and inspirational people that ride. Member will be acknowledged on every photo used (if desired).

District Representatives— Establish phone trees, identify most-needed road improvements in your area, and stay abreast of new projects or developments. We're looking for reps in Paso, Atascadero, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, Los Osos, and Cal Poly.

Events Staff— Want to make new friends, have some fun, and help out the Coalition and your community? Then contact our ED, Adam Fukushima to find out how you can volunteer to help organize, staff, and produce the following events:

• Membership Mixer: Casual get-together, possibly a picnic, or could coincide with a Thursday night Farmers Market in San Luis Obispo? Goal is to unite current coalition members and attract new members while having a good time.

• Bike-In: Host a Bike-In night at the Sunset Drive-In movie theater. Target date: September/October

• Bike Rodeo and Education: Support SLO Rideshare's Bike Safety Program. Rideshare presents Bike Safety info, conducts mini-bike rodeos, and organizes group rides at participating elementary schools. Target date: Spring 2006, call Rideshare at 788-2706 to help.

• Events TBD: Use your imagination and come up with an event! Share your ideas with our ED, Adam Fukushima, or by phone at 541- 4076.

Board Meeting Attendees—Join other like-minded cyclists and pedestrians at the Coalition's monthly board meetings. We meet the second Thursday of every month from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Rideshare conference room at 1150 Osos St., Ste. 206, in San Luis Obispo.

Donate to Our Wish List

• Barn, warehouse or storage unit needed to store refurbished bikes and Coalition event materials.

Support Our Campaigns

The Coalition is actively involved the following projects and programs:

• Highway 227 Corridor (South Street to Los Ranchos Drive)—SLO City/SLO County/SLOCOG/Caltrans

• Highway 1 Corridor (HWY 101 to Monterey County line)—SLO City/City of Morro Bay/SLO County/Caltrans/SLOCOG

• Price Canyon Widening (HWY 227 to Ormonde Road)—SLO County/SLOCOG

• Atascadero to Templeton Connector—SLO County/SLOCOG

• Cuesta Grade North Connection—SLO County/SLOCOG/Caltrans

• Morro Bay to Cayucos Connector—City of Morro Bay/SLOCOG/State Parks

• Nipomo Community Bike Path—SLO County Parks/Nipomo Trails Committee/California Conservation Corps

• Bikes on Grand (Grand Avenue from HWY 101 to HWY 1)—City of Arroyo Grande/City of Grover Beach/SLOCOG

• El Morro Linear Park Los Osos—SLO County/USFW

• Railroad Safety Trail—SLO City/Union Pacific Railroad/Cal Poly

• Bob Jones City-to-Sea Trail—SLO City/SLO County Parks/SLO Land Conservancy

• Morro Street Bicycle Boulevard—SLO City

• California Coast Millennium Trail (Oregon border to Mexico)—State Parks/SLOCOG/SLO County Trails/City of Morro Bay/City of Pismo Beach/City of Grover Beach

• Mapping of Countywide Bicycling Corridors and Targeted Improvements along These Routes—SLO Bike Club

• Sinsheimer Elementary Bike Club Pilot Program—San Luis Obispo

If any of these projects interest you, get informed, and then get involved. Do you know of a dangerous condition for cyclists or pedestrians in your community? Do you have a clever idea for a program? We are the clearinghouse for everything bike in SLO County. Drop us a line.