Board Minutes February 2013: Difference between revisions
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Met with Anna Vesala to finalize board job descriptions. Coordinated press release and media availability with Chris Chan on the same day. | A busy month that was chewed up with a lot of time spent on advocacy as you might expect. | ||
Met with Anna Vesala to finalize board job descriptions. Voting on final versions at next board meeting Coordinated press release and media availability with Chris Chan on the same day. | |||
Wrote up SMART goal for BWN. On Google Drive. | Wrote up SMART goal for BWN. On Google Drive. | ||
Attended both public consultations for the 2013 on-street bike routes. The one at Hazeldean School on Feb. 12 and the one at Crestwood School on Feb. 20. Did several media interviews at both - Almost all TV except for one CBC radio interview on the 20th. | Attended both public consultations for the 2013 on-street bike routes. The one at Hazeldean School on Feb. 12 and the one at Crestwood School on Feb. 20. Did several media interviews at both - Almost all TV except for one CBC radio interview on the 20th. Did an interview with Jodie Sinnema of the Edmonton Journal who was doing the follow up story on the mayor's "nightmare remark. | ||
Feb. 6 - Gave a presentation to Oliver Community League board. Prep for the Feb. 27th event. Talked basic traffic safety, road design and Edmonton cycling stats. | Feb. 6 - Gave a presentation to Oliver Community League board. Prep for the Feb. 27th event. Talked basic traffic safety, road design and Edmonton cycling stats. | ||
Feb. 20 - Attended Complete Streets public consultation put on by the City of Edmonton. Fairly high-level stuff. Not a good use of my time. | |||
Multiple phone calls and emails on the Advocacy Google Group as we gathered information and tried to stay on top of 2013 on-street bike lane issues. Unfortunately we were reacting to both Kerry Diotte and the mayor. Included calls to the mayor's chief of staff and the principal of St. Cecilia school. Sent email to my councillor and the mayor as per Chris's call to action. | Multiple phone calls and emails on the Advocacy Google Group and Chris Chan as we gathered information and tried to stay on top of 2013 on-street bike lane issues. Unfortunately we were reacting to both Kerry Diotte and the mayor. Included calls to the mayor's chief of staff and the principal of St. Cecilia school. Sent email to my councillor and the mayor as per Chris's call to action. | ||
Prepped for CACCL meeting on Feb. 21 for Complete Streets Strathcona. Attended the meeting as president anyways to meet the people involved and because bike lanes were on the agenda. Generally sympathetic at the community league level. Ben Henderson was there. Reiterated a lot of my points on the change in the city's agenda - quality over quantity etc. | Prepped for CACCL meeting on Feb. 21 for Complete Streets Strathcona. Attended the meeting as president anyways to meet the people involved and because bike lanes were on the agenda. Generally sympathetic at the community league level. Ben Henderson was there. Reiterated a lot of my points on the change in the city's agenda - quality over quantity etc. | ||
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Prepped for Feb. 27 at Oliver Community League Hall. The idea is to get a broad coalition going like we have for 83rd for 100, 102 and 105 Aves. Getting more familiar with the Prezi format. | Prepped for Feb. 27 at Oliver Community League Hall. The idea is to get a broad coalition going like we have for 83rd for 100, 102 and 105 Aves. Getting more familiar with the Prezi format. | ||
Made some preliminary inquiries about getting Mayor Ryback of Minneapolis up to Edmonton for Bike Month, possible coordinating it with Bike to the Symphony as Bill Eddings is a Minneapolis resident. | Made some preliminary inquiries about getting Mayor Ryback of Minneapolis up to Edmonton for Bike Month for an event, possible coordinating it with Bike to the Symphony as Bill Eddings (the ESO's music director) is a Minneapolis resident. Ryback has presided over Minneapolis becoming one of the premier bike cities in North America. All in a cold climate city with a giant river cleaving it in half that also has a lot of sprawl and is dominated by cars. | ||
Registered to speak March 13 at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. | |||
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