Hi Justin

Sounds most promising.
Looking forward to the next one!

Thanks
Kelly
--- justin_m_au <juz98@...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> <snip>
>
>


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