HBC Club Meeting Minutes – 4/1/2025
7:30 p.m. Karen called the meeting to order
Minutes from last meeting - John made a motion to approve and Malachy seconded
Pam to change to “Meri” rather than “Mary” in March Club Meeting minutes and finalize
Anthony presented the Financials as of 4/1/2025 - Generally, business as usual on the financial side
Karen announced jerseys are available for purchase during this meeting
Trust for Public Land - spearheading the Greenway connected Karen with the people running Earth Day in Huntington on May 3, 2025 Manor Farm Park 210 Manor Road; Karen asked that all rides leave from the Park and return to the Park; free shredding at the event and at the Harborfields Library that day
Social Media Chair - Karen made a plea for a Social Media Chair; someone that is into Facebook would be really good; also Instagram and Strava; also send out weekly highlights on Thursday to show what is going to be happening on the upcoming weekend. Ride with GPS is not part of this - Larry manages this. Malachy asked for people to let him know if they are interested or know someone who would be interested.
Greater New York Tour de Cure - James Geraghty - the ride is May 31, 2025 and we can sign up on the HBC website. Cause is the American Diabetes Association. Moved locations to Port Washington 14-, 30- and 62-mile routes. These are our old Gold Coast routes. They use a third party to get the permits, which is what we had an issue with. $10.00 entry fee but if put in coupon code THANKYOU25, do not pay the $10.00. When you register, everyone is asked to have a goal of $250
John Greene - Ride leader points are on the wall during the meeting. All meet at the Farm on May 3rd and maybe all rides go in waves to the same location (e.g., Farmingdale).
Sal Levy - 5 new members this month; total has dropped a little since it is the end of March and March is the biggest month for renewing memberships; 306 total members including the 5 new members. We do not offer the option to auto-renew. Get an email reminder and have to go in and actively renew. Can also renew early if click on profile; Apple Pay and Google Pay are new options for payment of dues.
John reminded everyone to look at Classified Ads on the website - lots of bikes for sale and accessories
Steve Labiner - Gold Coast ride is 7/14/2025; registration is open with discounted price between now and 6/8/2025; $40 for members; $70 for non-members; if they join the club, they get the member price. Looking for sponsorships for the ride. Karen - Volunteer opportunities for the ride on the calendar under Gold Coast East 2025; four ways to get to the volunteer - news article, GC page, calendar; have to log into the website before signing up to volunteer; Expand and then click the “Volunteer” green button; have to select T-shirt size; have to “Add this Volunteer” and click “Done Volunteering” and “Complete and Save” - get an email confirmation, so if do not receive one, then did not complete the process. Can sign up other people as well. 2 of the sponsors are bringing people for Harborfields High School. We will also be sending out emails to get volunteers.
Steve Finkelstein - Professor Pedals - Enterprise to teach people to ride a bike. Have expanded to work with Special Needs Kids and Adults to teach them to learn to ride. Approach is teacher/child not parent/child relationship. Work progressively starting off the bike then on the bike; slow method. Generally 1-3 lessons are needed; 1-1/2 hours but many special needs kids cannot focus for the 1-1/2 hours so do 1-hour lesson. Asked for people who would like to become instructors from the Club. Flexible hours. Online booking system. Steve trains all the trainers.
Malachy walked everyone through loading the new ClubExpress app to their smartphones and discussed the Chat feature.
Karen showed video - Peak Performance Package - Dexafit - in Stonybrook and Bellmore; package includes 2 Dexascans and 2 VO2 masks; $319.00 for all 4 tests; test at beginning and end of Spring training; they use Zwift bikes
Anthony - trains on Zwift bike during the winter months; he will do a presentation in the Fall on the Zwift software
Outlive by Peter Attia - great book about living longer
Hugh Parkhurst won the 50/50
Karen , performing with her Quintet- Sunday, Northport Library 2:00 p.m. free!
Hugh Parkhurst moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 p.m.
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