[Bike to the Future] Late September news

[Bike to the Future]

Late September news
 
Hello Bike to the Future members and supporters. This newsletter contains the following items:
 
1. Minutes from our September Monthly Meeting

2. Our next Monthly Meeting is on Tuesday October 13th 

3. Pedal Power -- CBC-TV Doc Zone (tonight, Thu Sep 24th at 8:00)

4. $20 million funding announcement for Active Transportation in Winnipeg
5. Workshop: How to affect change in Manitoba for Active Transportation

6. Bike Shorts Film Festival & Winnipeg Bike Shorts in memory of Tim Hunt
7. Volunteer opportunities

8. 2009 Annual General Meeting

9. Webinar: Building Political Will for Strong Bike/Walk Programs

10. Ciclovia success!

11. Speak Up Winnipeg

12. OttoCycle: Building Better Biking in Winnipeg (GPS cycling study)

13. Winnipeg Cycling Map 2009

14. Membership
 
Kevin Miller
Bike to the Future, Co-Chair
www.biketothefuture.org
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Minutes from our September Monthly Meeting

 
The September Monthly Meeting minutes will be posted within the next few days. Minutes from all Monthly Meetings can be read at http://biketothefuture.org/about/meetings.
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Our next Monthly Meeting is on Tuesday October 13th
 
Bike to the Future meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 at the Eco-Centre (3rd floor MEC building at Portage & Donald). Anyone is welcome to attend.

 
A tentative agenda for the October Monthly Meeting has been posted at http://biketothefuture.org/events/archives/2009/09/19/october-monthly-meeting.
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Pedal Power -- CBC-TV Doc Zone (tonight, Thu Sep 24th at 8:00) 

 

Pedal Power website 

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$20 million funding announcement for Active Transportation in Winnipeg

 

This was announced two weeks ago, and received lots of media coverage.

 

The announcement and Bike to the Future's response

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Workshop: How to affect change in Manitoba for Active Transportation

Saturday October 17th. All day at Deer Lodge Centre. Free for BttF members. Complete info.
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Bike Shorts Film Festival & Winnipeg Bike Shorts in memory of Tim Hunt
 
The Bike Shorts Film Festival has been shown in a number of Canadian cities, including Winnipeg in October 2008. This is a new version with new films. Also included will be Winnipeg Bike Shorts, which are Winnipeg-produced films, and a Bike Art display. Anyone who loves riding bikes and/or likes films should really enjoy this.

When: Tuesday October 20th at 7:00 PM
Where: Cinemathique, 100 Arthur Street (Artspace building)
Price: $10  
 
Complete info (poster/program, location and bike valet, schedule, etc
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Volunteer opportunities

1. IT skills

 

Bike to the Future is looking for volunteers with information technology skills. In particular, we need someone to maintain the software of our Membership Database System, which uses Ruby on Rails.

 

2. City of Winnipeg Parks Plan
 
BttF has been invited to sent a rep to an all-day "facilitated stakeholder input session" seminar on Saturday October 24th at the Convention Centre. We have a complete set of information about the day.

 

3. Human Rights conference for high school students

 

BttF Director Jeremy Hull will be representing us at a Human Rights conference for high school students. Jeremy would like to do this as a team with another, preferably younger, member of BttF.

 

The conference targets students in grades 11 & 12, and will take place on December 10th, UN Human Rights Day, at the University of Winnipeg. The theme this year will center on sustainable development, with a focus on various issues that affect young people directly, including water, agriculture, and transportation. They want students to come away knowing why and how they can have a positive impact.

 

They have asked us to make a breakout group presentation about Bike to the Future, once in the morning and again in the afternoon.

 

4. Manitoba Medical Association (MMA) bicycling display

 

Last year the MMA and BttF partnered to produce a very professional and very large information display about the health benefits of bicycling. The display would be more effective and would get used more often if we had a portfolio of hand-out leaflets to go with it. BttF has a number of leaflets, but we need a volunteer to compile a list of those leaflets and work with the MMA to determine which leaflets should go with the display, and to ensure the MMA has a stock of those leaflets. 

 

5. Power Shift Canada

 

http://powershiftcanada.org 

 

The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition has invited Bike to the Future to be a part of Power Shift Canada, and they've provided us with background info and ideas of how we can be involved. We need a BttF member to take on this initiative under the guidance of our Board of Directors.

 

6. Writing grant applications

 

There are a number of grants that Bike to the Future could apply for if we had a staff person (which would be paid for by one of the successful grant applications) or a volunteer to write the grant applications. We have written successful grant applications in the past, so we do have grant-writing templates.

 

Two of the many available grants are from the Youth Eco Internship Program (http://www.yeip.ca) and the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (http://btac.org).

 

If you are interesting in any of these volunteer opportunities, or would like more information about any of them, please contact us at con...@biketothefuture.org .  
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2009 Annual General Meeting

 

When: Tuesday November 10th at 5:30 PM (immediately preceding our November Monthly Meeting at 6:00)

Where: Millennium Library

What: the agenda

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Webinar: Building Political Will for Strong Bike/Walk Programs

 

Wednesday November 18th from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at the Manitoba Eco-Centre (3rd floor MEC building, Portage & Donald)

Info

Resource Conservation Manitoba will register for this webinar ($50) if enough people are interested in attending it (free) in the Eco-Centre Boardroom.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Dave Elmore.

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Ciclovia success!

Winnipeg's inaugural Ciclovia on Sunday September 13th was a major success! There were an estimated 5000 attendees, and almost all organizers and stakeholders want to expand it for 2010.

BttF's Membership Committee Director, Rob Cosco, and two of his committee volunteers (BttF Directors At Large Liz Erickson and Holly Poklitar) were selling BttF memberships at Ciclovia. There are now 119 new BttF members!

18 prizes donated by Olympia Cycle & Ski (St Mary's Road), Sampson's Sportland, Lifesport (Pembina Hwy), Portage Cycle, and Bikes & Beyond were drawn and later distributed to 18 of the 119 new members.
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Speak Up Winnipeg

Speak Up Winnipeg is the City's public forum for Winnipeggers to express their opinions about the future of our City, and how we can ensure it is sustainable, making Winnipeg a leader among cities.
 
Please go to the Speak Up Winnipeg website and post a comment about the need for more cycling infrastructure and cycling initiatives to make cycling in Winnipeg a safe, enjoyable, and convenient transportation choice.
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OttoCycle: Building Better Biking in Winnipeg (GPS cycling study)

 

See http://ottocycle.org. They are still looking for more volunteers.
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Winnipeg Cycling Map 2009

Complete info (including where to buy it and a link to the online version)
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Membership

Members of Bike to the Future agree with our mission and vision and support it. We are a volunteer-run, incorporated, non-profit organization that is only as strong as our membership. Please show your support for our work by becoming a member or renewing your membership.

http://biketothefuture.org/get-involved
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Our website at http://biketothefuture.org/ is updated often.