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Welcome To The Baltimore Bicycling Club
Group Rides All Days, All Paces!
Reminder to members that the Baltimore Bicycling Club (BBC) has also been hosting a Facebook page at this link which currently has 4.8K members.
You are cordially encouraged to enroll, participate and enjoy its abundant useful information.
BBC President
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The BBC Summer Picnic Was A Huge Success
After a COVID year off, the BBC summer picnic returned to Taneytown Memorial Park. It was wonderful to see everyone in person. Thanks to Bill Blankenship for all his hard work pulling this together.
Earth Day 2021 Celebration Ride
Mary and Barry Menne led an Earth Day Celebration ride on 4/20/21. Seven of the ten participants were able to arrive at the MD Line P&R an hour early to remove litter. Pictured above are Carol & Walt Russell, Barry & Mary, Gene Young, Becky & Jim Matsakis. We collected 8 large bags of trash, a pillow and a chair. After the ride Walt and Barry loaded the trash into the Russell's vehicle and drove it to the Maryland Line Volunteer Fire Station where we had permission for disposal in their dumpster.
Please keep Mother Earth in your thoughts and actions!
BBC Awards Banquet 2020
Normally in early November we gather for our end-of-year Awards Banquet and Elections. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year we were not able to hold our end of year event safely.
We held our election via internet voting software and our new Board of Directors is listed in our program. In recognition of all of our volunteers including ride leaders, event coordinators, and club organizers as well as prior years’ recipients of the Wayne Rodgers, Barbara Parks, and Hall of Fame awards, we have prepared the usual event program. The 2020 Awards Banquet program has been posted on our website.
Patrick Lapensee
-- President of the Baltimore Bicycling ClubCome Ride With Us
Mike Harris led the Alpha Ridge Park-Savage-Ellicott City ride on April 3. He had 12 riders, here seven enjoy a break from riding. L-R standing, Phil Feldman, Brad Yelton, John Wyatt, Larry Schofield & Mark Ferwerda. L-R sitting, Travis Warren, Mike Harris & the Easter Squirrel. #RideWithBBC #RideWithBaltoBikeClub
BBC President's Message - 2020/2021
Goodbye 2020
Last year, 2020, was a year of many surprises. We started the year out strong with a well-attended planning meeting to come up with ideas for increasing rider participation on our club rides. In spite of the meeting being held on what was to become the only snow day in the winter of 2020, over 35 hardy members showed up for the meeting.
Barely 6 weeks later we faced difficult decisions confronting our club due to the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic. We made the difficult decision to suspend all bike rides effective March 28, 2020 and we realized that we had to cancel our annual Memorial Day Weekend event, Kent County Spring Fling. Eventually each of our monthly events was cancelled:
2021 Board of Director's Election & Bylaws Update Results
Greetings Baltimore Bicycling Club Voters,
Our first online election is over and the results are in.
The slate of candidates for positions on the Board of Directors was approved overwhelmingly and the amended Bylaws were also approved by a wide margin.
The BBC 2021 Board of Directors will be:
2021 Board of Directors:
Request for Nominations and Election
Baltimore Bicycling Club members
This is the time of year when members can consider supporting our club by serving on our Board of Directors.
There will be a couple of openings for the 2021 Board. If you have any interest in serving on the Board, please send me an email at: President@BaltoBikeClub.org and let me know your interest. I would appreciate hearing from you. Please respond by October 15, 2020 if you are interested in serving on the 2021 BBC Board of Directors.
Our club Bylaws state that the club hold an annual election for the Board of Directors. Normally we hold the election during our end of year meeting, held at Oregon Ridge for the last several years. This year we will not hold an in-person meeting, but we will still have our election.
The election for the 2021 Board of Directors will be held via email, using election runner (https://electionrunner.com) an online voter interface that will tabulate the results. All members will be sent a ballot via email. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Patrick Lapensee
-- President of the Baltimore Bicycling Club
