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.

Webmaster note: I have re-run this item from last month so that nobody misses it.

League of Michigan Bicyclists hires executive director

From: Phil Wells, chairman, LMB Board of Directors

The League of Michigan Bicyclists is pleased to announce the selection of Rich Moeller of Pulaski, Pa., as the leagues new executive director.

Rich comes to the LMB from a 36-year career as a YMCA administrator and as a tireless and effective promoter of bicycling. Over the past 27 years he has spearheaded the creation of dozens of bicycle organizations, programs and events.

His current service as president of the Lawrence County (Pa.) Cycling Club and past service as vice chairman of the Minnesota State Bicycle Advisory Board are just two items from his vast cycling resume.

For the last three years, Rich has been employed as chief executive officer of the Shenango Valley YMCA in Hermitage, Pa., where he directs bicycle camps for children and regularly cycles to work. Over the previous 17 years, he served as chief executive of YMCA facilities in New York City, northern Indiana and northern Minnesota. Wherever his YMCA career has taken him, he has been heavily involved in local bicycling activities.

"We are elated to bring Rich on board to lead the LMB. He brings to us an extraordinary combination of management skill and experience, passion for bicycling, understanding of how to make a community and state bicycle-friendly, and boundless energy."

Says Rich: "I can think of no better way to use the skills I have developed in my YMCA career than to channel them into what has been my life-long passion -- bicycling. I relish the opportunity to promote bicycling and the rights of bicyclists in Michigan."

Rich will assume his LMB duties no later than Jan. 3. He succeeds the late Lucinda Means, who passed away unexpectedly in April 2005. Rich has accepted an invitation to attend our annual meeting to talk about the LMB and see what us HPVers are doing.

Editor's note: The MHPVA is a member organization of the League of Michigan Bicyclists.