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A message from Lou, concerning his plans for the Annual Covered Bridge Ride Weekend of August 15th:

Greeting to all HBC MEMBERS

Below are the arrangements I made, once again, for our annual Lancaster Covered Bridge Ride.  With two individuals in the room the total cost is only $150 dollars which includes ALL meals!!

So, you owe it to yourself to enjoy the Amish Country at a reasonable price plus enjoying two beautiful days of cycling and sightseeing.

Every year the group has expanded from initially 10 riders to as many as 35 riders.  With this in mind, PLEASE make your reservations early as possible as I had to close out the group last year.  Last year I was able to ADD rooms as I did receive an early count.

NOTE: We will probably leave much earlier this year to avoid the traffic and to have a longer but EASY ride through the country side on Saturday.  I made arrangements for us to change into our cycling gear upon arrival on Saturday.

For the new people who have never did this ride before it is a FUN weekend at your OWN pace and mileage.  I will provide the on-line registration link when available as well as additional information.

Thank you,
Lou Bruno  631-549-7295

Gocycle@optonline.net

http://www.active.com/cycling/lancaster-pa/covered-bridge-metric-century-bicycle-ride-2010 MUST REGISTER PRIOR…NO WALK-INS.   3K  Cut-Off.

Dear Mr. Bruno,

I have reserved 15 rooms for your group for Saturday & Sunday, August 14 & 15 2010 (2 nights).  The package rates will be as follows, based on double occupancy:

$300.00 for 2 persons for 2 nights

Ø     Includes room rate for 2 nights – including all taxes.
Ø     Includes continental breakfast both mornings at our facility
Ø     Includes one meal at BIH Family Restaurant & one meal at Miller’s  Smorgasbord per person
Ø     Includes a free Bird-in-Hand Bakery Item
Ø     Includes other misc. coupons/offers.

A 3rd person in a room on the package would add an additional $50.00 to the above rate.  All of our rooms are non-smoking and any smoking must be done outside the rooms.  No exceptions.

It is my understanding that your group participants will be calling individually to reserve a room and will be paying individually.  Just a reminder, please have your people give a credit card number to guarantee their reservation when they call.   Should any individual need to cancel their reservation, we will treat them as individual reservations and will need a 24 hour notice.

Please let me know if you would like me to make reservations for your group at the Bird-in-Hand Restaurant as I did last year.  I would need the following:  arrival time & head count.

We look forward to hosting your group here in Lancaster County!   If there is anything we can do by way of information, please call us.  If anything should change concerning these reservations, contact us as soon as you know of the changes.  Thank you for choosing the Travelers Rest Motel for your reservations and if you have any questions please give us a call at 800-626-2021.

Sincerely,

Justin L. Smucker

Property Manager

Meeting called to order: 8:05 PM

After pizza, President Tony Barone lamented that many members are absent tonight.

1) Scott/Arch motioned to approve the minutes from the April meeting.

2) Gold Coast/July 11 – call for new volunteers- members should contact Tony about what they could do for this event.
Captains of the various rest stops, please contact Tony to insure every job is covered.
Some routes may need to be changed (specifically the part that uses Lloyd Harbor and Snake Hill Rd, which will be taken out) Information as to what jobs are needed to be filled will be emailed and placed on the webpage.

3) Treasurer – net gain for dues income, some active.com income for the Gold Coast, and some refreshments expenditures.
4) Ride Leader’s report – Rich explained how the posting of the rides is done.
Rides are posted by the ride captain for each level. Rich said he wanted to add some more remote rides.

5) Web page - Arch asked for pictures of rides (cell phones?) and anything that might be of interest to the members.

Charlie spoke about the “Tour De Cure” on behalf of the American Diabetes Assoc. needing marshalls (they help with directions and smoothness of the ride) for the ride-Saturday June 12, starting at Riverhead. Go to diabetes.org for more information as well.

Angelo Palmeri – speaking about getting younger members into the club. Would like to do community bike workshops-to recycle bikes and give them to needy community members.

50/50 $20.00 Winner-Paul

Adjourned at 8:50 PM

Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert, Secretary