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Subject: IMBA State Rep Network
Hits 50
05/02/2001
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For Immediate Release May 2, 2001

Contact: Pete Webber, IMBA membership and communications director
pete@..., 303-545-9011

IMBA State Rep Network Hits 50

By appointing state representatives in Virginia and Arizona this spring,
the
International Mountain Bicycling Association reached an important
milestone.
For the first time in its 13 year existence, IMBA has designated
representatives in all 50 states.

"State representatives are an important link between the main IMBA office
and our clubs and members," said IMBA executive director Tim Blumenthal.
"By
having reps in all 50 states, IMBA can now provide faster and improved
assistance to mountain bikers across the country."

State representatives play a crucial role in mountain bike advocacy.
IMBA's
advocacy efforts are organized in a tiered system involving IMBA
headquarters, state reps, affiliated clubs and individual members.
Individual members and clubs deal with most local advocacy issues. For
more
complex advocacy situations, however, state reps can offer advice and
contact key decision makers in government. State reps are also responsible
for keeping IMBA headquarters informed of access crisis or needs in their
state. All IMBA state representatives work on a volunteer basis.

Since its inception in 1997, the state representative program has grown
consistently, and will continue to do so.

"Our network of state representatives is constantly being enhanced and
expanded," said Blumenthal. "States with many mountain bikers, particularly
California, need more than one representative. IMBA also recently assigned
our first Canadian provincial rep, and we will continue to expand the
network internationally."

Below is a complete listing of IMBA state and provincial representatives.

Alaska, Ken Foraker, gravity1@...

Alabama, Ken Hester, kdhester@...

Arkansas, Don West, don_west23@...

Arizona, Sonia Overholser, mtnbiketrails@...

British Columbia, John Gowans, jgowans@...

California, Jim & Cathy Haagen-Smit, jimhs@...

Colorado West, Bill Harris, bharris@...

Colorado East, Jim Schwerin, jschwerin@...

Connecticut, Alex Sokolow, asokolow@...

Delaware, Steve Hicks, imbasteve@...

Florida, Bob Michaels, bob@...

Georgia, Jay Franklin, jayfsorba@...

Hawaii, John Alford, mtnbike@...

Iowa, Rob Johnson, robjohn@...

Idaho, Harley Parson, harleyparson@...

Illinois, Wayne Mikes, wmikesbikes@...

Indiana, Jim Krutsch, jkrutsch@...

Kansas, John Horn, john.horn@...

Kentucky, Leta Weedman, lnweed01@...

Louisiana, Stacey Hochstadter, luella1969@...

Massachusetts, Krisztina Holly, z@...

Maryland, David Scull, davidscull@...

Maine, Jeff Miller, bcm@...

Michigan, Dan Harrison, dharrisn@...

Minnesota, Bob Mueller, mail@...

Missouri, Michael Cleveland, mikecleveland@...

Mississippi, Paul Damlouji, pdam@...

Montana, Aaron Teasdale, digaaron@...

North Carolina, Julie White, juliewnc@...

North Dakota, Ronald Luethe, ron.luethe@...

Nebraska, Jesse Petersen, artpedaler@...

New Jersey, Jay Jones, DVMBP@...

New Jersey, Sarah Frost, sarah@...

New Hampshire, Mark Jenks, jinxbery@...

New Mexico, Charles Ervin, bicycles@...

Nevada, Dale Beesmer, daleb_leslied@...

New York upstate, Jon Sundquist, jsundqui@...

New York metro, Kevin Moriarty, kmoriarty@...

Ohio, Matt Ogle, heyogle@...

Oklahoma, Charles Duke, oefprez@...

Oregon, Ric Balfour, ricnholly@...

Pennsylvania, Tim Cusick, tcusick@...

Rhode Island, Tina Hopkins, vcycles@...

South Carolina, Bill Victor, wmvic32@...

South Dakota, Phil Busching, busching@...

Tennessee, Sam Poyner, prestahead@...

Texas, Steve & Jeanne Patterson, mtbin@...

Utah, Jon Gallagher, jonbear68@...

Virginia, Bob Dunn, bdunn@...

Vermont, Gary Kessler, gary.kessler@...

Washington, Len Francies, bbtclen@...

Wisconsin, Scott Frey, scott@...

West Virginia, Matt Marcus, mattmarcus@...

Wyoming, Doug Lowham, dougl@...

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