Annual Potluck Holiday Party Finishes up 2024

We had over 60 attendees at our ANNUAL POTLUCK HOLIDAY PARTY on December 7th!
The food was plentiful and great. 

Treasurer Ed Rubinstein received the “Spirit Award” for the 2024 member of the year. Congratulations, Ed!

Kudos to our new Hospitality Director, Penny Poorman and her crew (Ann, Alice, Jenny, Marc, Melanie, Joyce, Bill, Dev, and Bev for set up, clean up, decorations and general schlepping)

Shawn Andrews, Membership Director facilitated a tabletop exercise to gather ideas to boost our membership. Mark Shapiro reminded all of the planned remote ride in May, “Carson City Scene.” 

42nd Annual Meeting & Election Results

The Club had a great evening at our original home - Deerfield Community Park - where we had our 1st Annual Meeting back in the 1980’s.
President Marc Urias presided;
The past board was recognized, particularly our out-going Vice President Pete Van Nuys, Membership Director Ann Reichling, Hospitality Director Mike Alvarez, Statistician Richard Brock, Secretary Bruce Dickens and Director at Large Aaron Sher.

Treasurer Ed Rubinstein explained his successful work at reforming our not for profit status from a charitable organization.

Mark Shapiro presented some details on the Carson City Scene remote get away next May and encourages everyone who is considering it to book a room now (72 hour cancellation if not going)

The Election (uncontested) was easily completed and our new Board Officers were duly installed. In addition to incumbents willing to continue, our new Vice President is Bev Plass, Membership Director is Shawn Andrews, Hospitality Director Penny Poorman, Secretary Dave Murphy and Statistician Rob Oglesby. The 2 Directors at Large and schedule of Board Meetings will be set soon by the new board officers.

BCI raffled out six $50 gift certificates to the lucky winners’ choice - Sue Rudolph, Jerry Chen, Jeff Larson and Charlene Larson all chose JAX Irvine, Ann Reichling chose Irvine Bicycles and Bev Plass chose Pure Ride.

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BCI COUNTS! #8 Balancing Act

In the mid 1980s, I purchased the first smart exercise machine called Dynavit. It was made in Germany and came with a hefty manual and a heftier price. I recall the training instructions emphasizing two main options: Healthy and Performance-based training. I was in my early 40s and rode with a competitive group of riders, so I quickly skipped over the Healthy option and concentrated on the Performance-based section. That worked for another 40 years. “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”