Hi Kelly --

The Inaugural Meeting got MBUG off to a great start. We had an
attendance of 36 people, and signed up 11 new members.
Membership now stands at 56. We had an introduction to MBUG
from Simon Vincett & I, followed by a talk from Harry Barber
(Bicycle Vic Gen Mgr) about how BUG's & BV can work together.
Next up was Cr David Risstrom (City of Melbourne), who gave
MBUG his full support and briefed us on the City of Melb's
commitment to cycling via their Bike Plan, plus talked about
some of his own experiences in helping lead the fight to keep
cars out of Swanston Walk (at least during the day). We followed
this with a brefing from me on some of the major bicycle capital
works which are happening in the City of Melb, such as new
cross-CBD lanes, and Simon mentioned ways in which
members can get involved with MBUG's activities (e.g.
suggest/help run campaigns; write articles for the newsletter;
come to meetings and participate in discussions; bring trouble
spots to the attention of the BUG; join the committee). We ended
with a 20 minute session where the floor was opened to general
discussion, which generated some good ideas for MBUG
activities, such as a campaign for better traffic enforcement/line
marking of the Queensberry St bike lanes, and an idea for a
series of "urban cycling" workshops for less-confident riders.

We will be putting together a full set of minutes & action points
from the meeting, which we will post to this email list very soon.
And don't despair about missing the opening meeting :) I
appreciate your support, and hope that maybe we can catch up
at our next meeting on Monday July 14.

cheers
Justin





--- In melbournebug@yahoogroups.com, Kelly Wickham
<k2kyinmel@y...> wrote:
> So how was it?
> Said I was going and missed
> yet again.. SORRY! What's on the cards then?
>
> Cheers
> k2kyinmel
>
> --- justin_m_au <juz98@h...> wrote:
> > Hi everyone --
> >
> >
> > There's a new, clear voice for cycling advocacy in
> > the City of
> > Melbourne -- Melbourne Bicycle User Group (BUG).
> >
> > Melbourne BUG's INAUGURAL MEETING will be held on
> > Monday, June 16 at 6.30pm at Ross House, 247
> > Flinders Lane,
> > Melbourne.

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