Minutes from the
Meeting of the Huntington Bicycle Club
10/10/2023
The meeting was called to order by President Gellert at 7:27 PM
There were no new members present.
A motion to approve last meeting’s minutes was made by Scott Gross and seconded by Pam Rogers. The vote to approve was unanimous.
President Gellert praised the Crankin’ Old Men for their consistent and continuous posting and execution of group rides from Bethany Church and from Smith Street throughout the year.
She then acknowledged Bob McLaughlin for his work providing constant leadership both for the group and for rides taken by the group. In appreciation of these efforts, President Gellert presented Bob with an HBC Ride Leader Jersey. John Greene documented the presentation on camera.
President Gellert continued by recanting the experiences had by herself, John Greene, Malachy O’Connor and Larry Denbaum riding Massapequa Park Bike Club's Tour of the Hamptons. She was especially impressed by the magnetism of the HBC group for several other riders, including a 15-year-old young man that joined them on the ride. There was a positive impact on all of the riders and on our club image.
President Gellert displayed two letters of appreciation for our donation of $1000 to the Dementia Society of America. The first was from the Society, and the second was from Lois Lubasch, wife of Rich Lubasch. Rich was introduced to the assembly as a long standing, past Vice President and very active member of HBC who is suffering from Frontal Lobe Aphasia. Malachy showed the group some of his pictures on several rides.
We were also treated to an adorable picture of Julian, the President’s grandson, enjoying his 1st birthday cupcake.
Anthony Oliveri gave the Treasurer’s report (Malachy also showed where the report may be accessed on our website.) Anthony stated our assets were in good shape partially due to a $4,000 check that was discovered uncashed from previous years' proceeds. There was some discussion as to whether we should place the funds in a money market account.
Vice President John Greene reminded the attendees about the HBC fall party on 11/04. He stated that there is a 60-person limit. The party is being held at the Harbor Boating Club. Cost is $40 per person until 10/21, and $50 after that date. There are 10 seats still available.
John also updated the assembly on the status of HBC member Bruce Feinberg. He stated that visitors from the membership are welcomed to see him, but requested they be limited to two at a time, with prior permission.
He reminded the membership that there is one more month of normal season riding beyond this one and that rides will start at 9:00AM in November, except for the Crankin’ Old Men rides, which remain at 8:30 AM year-round.
Larry Denbaum, ride chairman, suggested that we start riding earlier in the year to build endurance. He also touted the value of organized tours as builders of club camaraderie and as valuable interaction for our members both intrinsically and extrinsically. He pointed to the upcoming Bloomin’ Metric in early May as an example.
The Long Island Cares, Multi Club ride on November 4th was again announced. It was noted that the Club party is on the same day.
Sal Levy, Membership Chair, informed the assembly that our membership remains at 337. There were 4 new members and 4 members that did not renew this past month. He referred to this phenomenon as “dynamic equilibrium”.
The membership was informed that voting for all officers and 2 Board members would be occuring in the beginning of November. Steve Labiner stated that the pallet of candidates has been set based on Board recommendations and eligible nominations. Voting will commence on the website in the week preceding the November 14th Club meeting.
Webmaster Malachy O’Connor presented a web page accessible video that explains various computer applications that can be used on a smart phone. This includes setting up an icon on the home page to access the club website and organizing the icons on a phone home page.
Featured speaker: Doug Haluza gave a video presentation of one of his cross-Country ventures of over 4,000 miles including over 5 miles of vertical ascent. Very inspiring!
The 50/50 was won by Maria Farash.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM.
Sincerely submitted,
Sal Levy |