April 2018 Board Minutes
San Diego Mountain Biking Association Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 18 , 2018 7:00 - 9:00 PM,
Mission Trails Regional Park - Visitor’s Center
For information contact: info@SDMBA.com or
Kevin Loomis President
Introductions/Roll Call
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items (2 mins. limit per individual; must fill out comment card prior to call to order) Opportunity for members of the public to speak to the Board on any subject matter not on tonight’s agenda
Call to Order 7:12pm
Introductions Ann Van Leer- The Escondido Creek Conservancy /Prop 68
Consent Agenda
1. Approval Meeting Minutes 3/21/2018
Motion: Kevin; Second: Ben; In Favor: Kevin, Ben, Jose, Renee, Don, Tim, Skii, Abstain: Matt, Jason MOTION APPROVED
2. Approval March 2018 Financials
Report not filed. NOT APPROVED. To be included on May 16, 2018 SDMBA Board Meeting agenda.
Old Business
Item 1. Support of SB5 2018 Parks and Water Bond
Ben briefed us on this - he read all 27 pages of the document. AFter 15 minute discussion by all board members, we welcomed Ann Van Leer.
Our hesitations are we don’t really know what we’d be supporting because of the way it is written and very little of it goes toward trail building.
Requests for Continuance on any current Agenda items
Discussion Agenda
Item 1. Action Item: Treasurer Board Position Al Allison
Motion to approve Al Allison for SDMBA Treasurer and Board Member made by Kevin; Second by Matt
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
Item 2. Committee Update - Advocacy (Ben) The Committee will:
Review the “Top 10 Projects” list and adjust if necessary;
Update “Past Projects” list; Mentioned Palomar District Ranger is being reassigned; this could affect the Orosco Ridge trail plan;
Item 3. Arch Update - Kevin
Another successful fundraiser in the books. Despite a couple of hiccups, the planning and execution and volunteer management we should all be proud of.
Looking forward, the Board must address a couple issues:
1. County fees: Our past and current volunteer commitments to the County as well as our planning assistance on numerous projects should count for something and starting next year we should request the fees be waived. Board will discuss this topic in the near future.
2. Ben mentioned there are different branches within DPR and approaching the Resouces branch of DPR may save us money on permitting fees.
3. The #1 complaint, or topic brought to our attention from participants, was the disappointment of the amount of road included in this year’s event. Many of the riders know the history and the idea that led to the inception of the first Archipelago Ride and we need to ensure we do what we can to minimize pavement.
4. Due to #3 above, the addition of a second area that crossed traffic required the addition of another CHP officer and fee.
5. Cones and signs were another hit to our profits.
6. Suggestion to contact the Belgium Waffle Ride event managers to discuss permitting, issues.
7. We should aim to reduce our costs and raise the number of participants to 400.
Item 4. Website Update - Don
We need to keep our website “fresh”. One suggestion is to include new photos of our events, rides. The organization is involved in many things yet our website features pictures from long past events. Don and Jose will work together to address this issue.
A suggestion to provide links to trail inventory sites MTB Project and Trailforks brought up the issue of illegal trails. The consensus is the organization doesn’t condone illegal trail use and should not direct people to a site that may feature illegal trails. Don will contact MTB Project and Trailforks to discuss this issue, identify solutions. Don will report back to the Board.
Item 5. Brian Jones - Sponsor Request (Kevin) -
Discussed pros and cons of sponsoring Brian. Al and Skii advised strong against this for several reasons - it opens up the door to other similar requests; we need to stay non-partial per our 501c3 status, etc. See email to Brian dated 4/19/18 (from Kevin).
Item 6. Action Item: City Beat Bike Guide ? page ad $225
Motion to approve $225 for the advertisement made by Kevin; Second by Ben
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Item 7. Action Item:Arch Ride donations
$500 to The Escondido Creek Conservancy
$500 to Center for Natural Lands Management
$500 to San Dieguito River Park
Motion to approve the total of $1,500 from the 2018 Archipelago Ride profits to be distributed as shown above made by Matt; Second by Kevin
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Updates - (Non Discussion Items)
Item 1. Laguna Event Oct. 12-14, 2018 - two planning meetings held so far
Item 2. Changes at the Palomar Ranger District (Ben)
Discussed during Advocacy Committee Update.
Items for next meeting Agenda
Board member communications
Adjournment 8:45 p.m.
Next Meeting: May 16, 2018
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Jason/Renee