IBC questions and thoughts

[gpickle]

I have a fun list of topics I would like to see generate some DISCUSSION on this discussion board, so here we go! First of all, how does the IBC work? There is a board of directors, but how did they get elected, who got to vote, etc. Who will get to vote in the next election? When is it? I encourage all the directors to join this chat board (there are 10 directors and yet only 6 people belong to this forum?) and use it to post a message about why they are involved with the IBC and what they hope to accomplish as a director. I look forward to hearing from you all!

-gpickle

[Mark Wyatt]

The organization by-laws which are posted at the web site - www.iowabicyclecoalition.org. The by-laws were recommended by the Iowa Bar Association for non-profits and are pretty generic. The board has selected the date of the annual meeting to coincide with the Statewide Bicycle Summit on April 9th.

I was responsible for selecting the board of directors (BOD) because I was the person who filed as a non-profit corporation. The BOD was selected from persons who volunteered for the position with consideration given for geographic diversity and skills each member brought to the board. As the BOD rounds out the first year of meetings, I am very impressed with the wisdom and experience each member brings to the organization.

[Mark Wyatt]

I should also add mention of the Thunderhead Alliance. IBC is a member of this organization of state and local bike/ped advocacy organizations. This groups is allowing us to learn from the best practices of other advocacy orgs from across the country. It's been commonly said at T-head that membership and advice from Thunderhead allows organizations to speed up their group to be up to 5 years ahead of where they would be without Thunderhead advice.

[gpickle]

Will the Board of Directors join this group and offer up their ideas or not? Okay, that is not a new thought, but I (and others, we really are talking about this stuff) would LOVE to hear from them about why they are involved with the IBC and whether or not they own one of them StupidUselessVehicle thingies if they are comfortable talking about that. Come on Directors, you can do it!

New thought then. Where are the bike shop owners? I know that Iowa City's own Broken Spoke is stepping up to the task at hand of supporting the IBC, and I see that Forrest Ridgeway of Bike World Des Moines is involved somehow or other, are there other shop owners out there who are excited about what the IBC can do? I am aware of some great programs that certain shops in Iowa are involved with to promote cycling and I would be excited to see how the IBC could coordinate with them to expand their visions. It seems to me that the IBC is going to do nothing but help out the shops in this state just by its stated purpose, so will the shop owners help out the IBC? Will the IBC reach out to the shop owners not just for dollars but for ideas? I hope so!

gpickle

[gpickle]

I am an eating, riding and email forwarding machine, apparantly. Here is am email from Ryan Hanser about why he is involved with the IBC that was posted at www.bikeiowa.org so I brought it over here and I give a big thanks to Ryan! The reason I requested all the dircectors to join this discussion group and make public their reasons for being an IBC director is that simply taking a look at the IBC board of directors does not tell me what interests are being represented by the board. I only recognize a couple of names and I would like to get to know who these people are, where they live and what is important to them about riding in this state. I suspect that other people out there would like to know, too. Without further delay here is Ryan's post.

-gpickle



From: "Ryan Hanser" <ryan@h...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2005 11:44 am
Subject: RE: Iowa Bicycle Coalition

> ...revolutionizing the way people
> think about bicycling in iowa...
> i think it's up to us to make it not suck.

True that, Mr. Kim, and word to the Pickle.

If you look at the interests represented by the Coalition's board of
directors, I hope you'll agree that we are building a strong coalition of
advocates across Iowa. Further, I would hasten to add that a coalition is,
by definition, a union of diverse things. We have an egalitarian structure;
we are led by the interests of our members.

So, please get involved in the local bicycle advocacy efforts within your
neighborhood and city. And please consider joining the Coalition, too.

Both state and local are vitally important, because the statewide Coalition
can and does support local efforts but is not likely to as closely connected
as a local group when it comes to staying on top of the city/county planning
processes that make decisions like booting bike/ped travelers from MLK in
Des Moines.

Fight the power indeed.

Ryan Hanser
515.229.3737
Board member, Iowa Bicycle Coalition
President, Central Iowa Trail Association
Member, Central Iowa Bike-Ped Roundtable
Member, Central Iowa Trail Patrol

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