Meeting Notes & Minutes

North Taranaki Cycle Advocates

Dec 7, 2011

MINUTES

1. Wild West Bike Fest (Feb 2012) - planning complete. All New Plymouth primary schools will get posters and bookmarks on Mon. High schools will get enough posters for 33% of students.

Wed Feb 1 is Bike To Work day and volunteers will be needed to help serve breakfast at Puke Ariki at 7 am.

Nathaniel will put through calendar of all Bike Fest events and group agreed to ask Katie to send it to full email group.

Present: Claire Pascoe (chair), Isobel Cairns, Brian Wolfman, James Burgess, Phaedra Upton, Emma Roache, Hilleke Doevendans, Patrick Morgan, Mike Townsend, Aaron H, Craig Lucena, Vegard Bakke, Gilbert Sanséau, Marjolein, Alastair Smith (minutes)

Election Candidates:
Paul Foster-Bell (National)
Gareth Hughes (Greens)
Grant Robinson (Labour)

Each candidate spoke for 3 minutes, then responded to questions:

North Taranaki Cycling Advocates

Oct 5, 2011

MINUTES

Chair: Alan

Notetaker: Stuart

Present: Nigel, Alan, Stuart, Rowan

Apologies: Graeme, Nathaniel

1. Car-free Day/Moving Planet Day

STOS did free breakfast for people who didn't use cars on World Car Free Day

Moving Planet Day got rained out, but there were about 100 attendees and it got a good write up in Taranaki Daily News.

2. Cycle-friendly awards

Present: Claire Pascoe (chair), Isobel Cairns, Brian Wolfman, Paul Bruce, Eleanor Meecham, Liz Thomas, Martin Hanley, James Burgess, Simon Kennett, Mark Coburn, Anna Kemble Welch, Tom Halliburton, Ian Bennett, Alastair Smith (minutes)

Review of September minutes

Claire met with Paul Barker of WCC. Big plans for Aotea Quay route. However Paul Bruce says he brought up the proposed route at the Centreport AGM and was told that Centreport can't spare land required.

North Taranaki Cycle Advocates

Sept 7, 2011

Chair: Alan

Notetaker: Stuart

Present: Gaye, Stuart, Alan, Nathaniel

Apologies: Graeme

1. Henwood Road - residents on Henwood Rd have been advocating to NPDC to reduce speed limit.

Action: Nathaniel will try to find contact details and relay to Alan.

Action: Alan will try to contact Henwood Rd residents to explore how NTCA can support them.

2. Sept 24th Moving Planet Day - picnic and stalls from 12:00 to 1:00 on grassy area adjacent to windwand.

North Taranaki Cycle Advocates

Aug 3, 2011

MINUTES

Chair: Graeme

Notetaker: Stuart

Present: Alan, Nathaniel, Nigel, Rowen, Graeme, Stuart

1. Discussed article Tom Cloke wrote regarding the safety of cyclists on the new back roads trail opening Aug 21 - mainly owing to truck traffic. Nathaniel emailed him about working with Lets Go and NTCA to set up biker/trucker workshops.

Present: Julia Capon, Isobel Cairns, Mark Coburn, Tom Halliburton, Jane Mehaffey, James Burgess, Craig McGregor, Ian Bennett, Brian Wolfman, Patrick Morgan, Simon Kennett, Lisa Black, Gilbert Sanseu (Chair).

North Taranaki Cycle Advocates

July 6, 2011

MINUTES

Chair: Graeme

Notetaker: Stuart

Present: Graeme, Stuart, Nelle, Gaye, Alan, Rowan, Nathaniel

1. Update on intersection layout

CAW Minutes Tue 7 June 2011, at The Library, 53 Courtenay Place, level 1 (above Burger King)

Present: Claire P (chair) Sridhar E, Eleanor, Ian B, Alastair S (minutes), Mark T, Phaedra U, Patrick M, Simon K, Keely K, Nathaniel, Megan C, James B, Hilleke D, Mike T, Craig, Marilyn N, Tom H, Jane, Gilbert S.