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Meetings are generally held on the first Monday of the month, unless it's a holiday which slides it to the second Monday, at Mangia Pizza -- Mesa Drive and Spicewood Springs Road.
 
Come at 6:30 for pizza and salad ($6.00 per person).

The meeting starts promptly at 7:00.


Mangia Pizza
8012 Mesa Dr
Austin, TX 78731-1319


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Meeting Minutes Archive
Meeting minutes are archived in PDF files below for your amusement and amazement.

February 2008 Minutes PDF

March 2008 Minutes PDF


September 2008 Minutes PDF


The 2-1-2010 meeting
 
Mangia's Pizza on Mesa ( just South of Spicewood Springs road intersection )
6:30 PM - Salad, Pizza and Tea/water buffet ($6.00)
7:00 PM - Meeting

Meeting Agenda
2010 officer elections
2010 season clothing order update
Recent race/ride results
VC glory
Free Q-tips for those still trying to recover from the Texas State Cyclocross mudfest
Tea and sympathy for Copperas Cove survivors . . .

Minutes

We chatted about the pipping of Bam-Bam at the Cat 4 line during Sunday's Tour of New Braunfels RR and recounted various other rider experiences from the same event -- getting lost due to bad directions from people at a church, in spite of the fact that there was a Garmin zip-tied to your stem; witnessing a harrowing stack-up in the Cat 5 event (shocking, I know); trading how-cold-was-it stories, etc.

We debated the relative grossness factor of crated cats in a confined, airless space versus a dead cow belly-up in a bar ditch, both of which featured on club rides this Sunday past.

We congratulated Mino Giunta on his State Junior title in CX, plus various other outstanding VC performances at the same event.

Ethan Moorhead informed us that he has served his time in purgatory and now cats up to 3's.

We patted the responsible members on their collective present and absent backs for contributing to VC's once again taking the TXBRA team cup for CX.

We discussed the 2010 season kit order, expected around the first of March. Socks, sourced from a different manufacturer, are due sooner but will be distributed with the rest of the kit. Research into the possibility of sourcing solid black Elite Wrap bibs/shorts at a discount comparable to custom from LG are ongoing -- the response to initial queries was unsatisfactory. Tom Paterson suggested we share our own independently sourced bib/short details -- preferred manufacturer, style, price, etc., on the listserv as a service to fellow club members.

Jay Bond's BOD appointment as VC TXBRA delegate was announced.

John Collins announced VC's formal agreement to partner with Holland Racing and Andrew Willis to promote the 2010 state age-based criterium championships in June. More details and volunteer info. to come.

Joe Haas took over as VC club president for 2010, and Andy Austin was elected by acclamation to the post of president-elect for 2011. Greg Lakomski was denied parole on his sentence of 25-to-life as VC treasurer and was returned to his cell by the lovely Donna. Kurt Bauer was elected secretary for 2010, relieving Jay Bond from the post he has held for the past two years.

Till March . . . Adios, muchachos y muchachas.

KB





The March 2
, 2009 meeting's agenda :
 
Mangia's Pizza on Mesa ( Off Far West )
6:30 PM - Salad, Pizza and Tea/water buffet ($6.00)
7:00 PM - Meeting

Agenda
Clothing update (should be soon)
State criterium championships status update
Randonneuring and other S/M pursuits
Race reports (we have good results -- as well as war stories -- to share)
Sundry (as opposed to sun-dried) items

Minutes
Here's what Pres. Bauer said about the meeting:
"Last night at the VC monthly meeting, John Collins briefed us on secured sponsors for the State age-based criterium championships set for June 6 and spoke of work items and volunteer needs going forward. Anybody planning to volunteer at the event who hasn't attended a Thursday night crit at the Driveway might consider checking it out when the series resumes on Thursday, 3/12.

Greg Lakomski told us we're basically set for a club "sponsorship" package from Quarq, makers of the CinQo power meter. Quarq will give us a 15% discount on the price of the package as long as we order five units. Details of the system(s) available are at http://www.quarq.us/home , and Greg Lakomski is fielding feelers from interested club members. You, too, can enjoy the advantages of Quarq sponsorship, just like Carlos Sastre, Thor Hushovd, and other members of the Cervelo Test Team.

Kaiser of Kit David Wolfe announced to a happy gathering that 2009 team clothing is expected this week, and he will have a detailed post on the listserv and the web site regarding centralized distribution this weekend. PLEASE DON'T CONTACT DAVID DIRECTLY UNTIL HE POSTS SPECIFICS! The stuff ain't in yet, and then he needs some time to bag up the goods per each member's specific order.

Club meetings will remain at Mangia Pizza, Mesa and Spicewood Springs Road, on the first Monday of each month. 'Nuff said.

John Bartle will execute on the hows and whats of the club's official support of the effort to urge TxDoT and the City of Austin to hold off cannibalizing the southbound shoulder of MoPac over the Barton Creek greenbelt before construction of a bicycle/pedestrian bridge. Traffic pressure has both sets of officials considering taking the shoulder as another traffic lane, which will leave no "safe" route for cyclists over the greenbelt. John urged club members to investigate the city's efforts to revise the Austin Bicycle Plan and mentioned solicitations by the city for input regarding specific geographic areas where traffic control modifications and specific bicycle-related monitoring efforts might fruitfully be made. For more info see http://tinyurl.com/dbq33a

The club members warmly greeted Ethan Moorhead and his soigneur (dad) with a hearty round of applause as he entered the dining room following his victory Sunday in the junior race at La Primavera at Lago Vista. Ethan then regaled the attendees with the wheel-to-wheel wiliness that he used to schnook the other guys in der schpurt. Ethan has racked up an impressive 2009 thus far: two fifths, a fourth, and a victory. Well done! Tom Linehan joined Ethan in sharing the overall great results for VC this weekend, with Greg Hall grabbing a second place, Frank Kurzawa fourth, and Tom himself fifth in the 40+ event.
Columbia High Road and Cervelo got nuthin' on VC.

The club welcomed new VC member Luis Acosta. Glad to have you, Luis!

The club heard a personal appeal from Betty Barnes, wife of Dave Barnes, for support of the couple's efforts at this year's Livestrong Challenge. Like her friend Lance Armstrong, Betty is coming out of retirement and getting back on the bike to raise awareness of the fight against cancer, both in gratitude for her own survival and recovery and in support of her cousin, a recently diagnosed cancer sufferer. See http://austin09.livestrong.org/bettybarnes or http://austin09.livestrong.org/davebarnes
and consider making a donation.

Ray Smith presented a PowerPoint slide show on randonneuring. Ray completed a 200K ride at the end of January along with fellow VCers Laura Zotter and Lynn Wyatt. Ray, riding with the Hill Country Randonneurs organization, will tackle a 300K brevet this Saturday, from Westlake Hills, around the Dam Loop, out to Fredericksburg, and back into Austin. Let's hope the wind is kind! Good luck, Ray."