Month: October 2011

The (new) Board of Directors elected the following slate of officers at their first meeting which was held October 17, 2010:

• Bob Beane – President 
• Bob Jenson – Vice President 
• Kathy Mills – Vice President of Education 
• Gail Hildebrandt – Treasurer 
• Sheila Foraker – Secretary

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Results of elections for Board of Director seats at the 2011 Annual meeting held Oct 10:

Gene Holmerud, and Alison Van Uum will be stepping down as board members — the Coalition would like to thank them for all their hard work over the years. Alison will stay on as Membership Chair, and Gene will continue to monitor Rail safety issues relating to bicyclists.

The following board members will retain their seats:

• Sterling Baer, 
• Bob Beane, 
• Sheila Foraker, 
• Bob Jenson, 
• Mike Kitchen, 
• Kathy Mills.

New board members include:

• Ed Beighe; Ed is currently the Coalition’s webmaster.
• Mary Kaye Black; Mary Kaye is the Coalitions Eastern Arizona Representative.
• Wayne Churchman; Wayne is also PBAA’s event director for El Tour de Mesa.
• Gail Hildebrandt; Gail formerly served as Coalition president.
• Sheryl Keeme; Sheryl is the founder of Girls Gone Riding., and organization to help and encourage women to participate in bicycling.

Officers will be elected at the next board meeting.
For those of you who plan in advance: the Coalition’s 2012 Annual Membership Meeting will be held Monday September 10, 2012.

Thanks to those who came out for our 2011 Annual meeting. An election was held for board of directors positions.
Gene Holmerud, and Alison Van Uum will be stepping down as board members — the Coalition would like to thank them for all their hard work over the years. Alison will stay on as Membership Chair.

The following board members will retain their seats:

• Sterling Baer, 
• Bob Beane, 
• Sheila Foraker, 
• Bob Jenson, 
• Mike Kitchen, 
• Kathy Mills.

New board members include:

• Ed Beighe; Ed is currently the Coalition’s webmaster.
• Mary Kaye Black; Mary Kaye is the Coalitions Eastern Arizona Representative.
• Wayne Churchman; Wayne is also PBAA’s event director for El Tour de Mesa.
• Gail Hildebrandt; Gail formerly served as Coalition president.
• Sheryl Keeme; Sheryl is the founder of Girls Gone Riding., and organization to help and encourage women to participate in bicycling.

Officers will be elected at the next board meeting.
For those of you who plan in advance: the Coalition’s 2012 Annual Membership Meeting will be held Monday September 10, 2012.

The Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists supports the passage of California’s Senate Bill 910

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Mr. Jim Brown
Communications Director
California Bicycle Coalition
1017 L Street, #288, Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: 3 Foot Safe Passing Distance Law

Dear Mr. Brown:

The Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists would like to express our support for enactment of a three foot safe passing distance law (requiring motorists to allow a safe passing distance when coming upon and passing bicyclists from the rear) in California.
With respect to any assertion that this type of law may cause some major difficulties or “mayhem”, we simply have not found that to be the case in Arizona where the law has been in effect for over ten years.
This law has been added to the driver’s manual, and a related question is in the driver test rotation. Our organization provides periodic media messages (primarily radio) and ADOT has some safety messaging and has a created a video on Sharing the Road that includes this concept.
Enforcement is generally confined to collision incidents where it is clear that a violation has occurred.

Sincerely,
Robert A. Beane
President, Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists
(501 c 3 bicycling advocacy and education organization directly representing over 3,000 individual and club member bicyclists in Arizona)
(623)252-0931