MHPVA Annual Meeting to be February 11, 2006

By Wally Kiehler, MHPVA President

For the sixth year Bob Krzewinski has obtained the use of the Francois Xavier Bagnoud building at the University of Michigan for our annual joint Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association / WolverBents winter meeting.  The meeting will be from noon - 3pm in the Boeing Auditorium located on the North campus (see map at http://www.umich.edu/~info/north.html). 

As required in Article I of the MHPVA bylaws, we will have our annual election of officers.  The six elected positions are president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and two board directors.  The current officers are: President Wally Kiehler, Vice President Rick Wianecki, Secretary Paul Pancella, Treasurer Bill Frey, Board Member/Newsletter Editor Mike Eliasohn, and Board Member/Webmaster Paul Bruneau.

I encourage other interested members to bring their ideas and experience to our club and run for these positions.

This year's meeting agenda will be a little different than in years past.  After last year it was suggested that we hold the "fun stuff" first and then proceed with our business meeting.  So from noon - 2pm we will have recumbent displays & demos.  Members are encouraged to bring their bike or project for "show & tell".  Some recumbent dealers are also expected to attend this event.  The U of M Human Powered Submarine & Helicopter teams have been invited to show us their current projects.  And there will be a "How to buy your first recumbent" talk presented by the WolverBents recumbent club president.

Around 2pm we will assemble in the auditorium for our business meeting to elect officers and to discuss the 2006 Waterford agenda.  This year's event will be held June 10 - 11 at the Waterford Hills Race Track located in Waterford, MI (http://www.waterfordhills.com/)

Hopefully I'll see you all on February 11th at noon.