June 2023

Rhode Island Chapter

New England Mountain Bike Association

June 2023 Meeting Agenda and Minutes

RINEMBA Meeting: 7:00 p.m. June 6, Bike-On, 72 College St, Warwick, RI 02886 and via Zoom.

1. Roll Call

Mark Savage

Dennis Wilson

Charles Picard

Linda Brocato

Cyndi

Patrick Sullivan

Paul Kintz

Wayne Asselin

1. Welcome to any newcomers.

2. Comments/requests/concerns/questions/complaints from newcomers?

3. Administration

1. Membership numbers

2. Financial summary – May 2023

Opening balance: $2,729.75

Income:   $500.00

Expenses:   ($608.00) $570 and change for trail school BBQ - reimbursement pending

Closing balance: $2,620.95

1. Next meeting – July 4, Location? Time? Better date? July 11?

Motion to skip, 

August meeting at Trek Warwick possible

Tentative meeting on July 11th at Lincoln Woods pavilion, if not available pick a date after Woody fun ride. Hoping for pre-ride,

1. Glocester Land Trust Meeting

1. Revisit in the fall

2. Trail School (May 6-7)

1. Debrief from organizers and participants

[Paul K.] Overwhelming success. Great visibility to RIDEM.

1. Diamond Hill trail maintenance day (Saturday June 24)

1. Rescheduled 

2. Planning to use a small team (less than permit requirements)

Golden volunteer site is up and ready to go

1. Elevate Women’s skills clinic (June 24/25)

1. East Burke, Vermont

2. Registration required - info can be found on NEMBA homepage

2. Foster Land Trust bridge build (Date needed)

1. Matt Mlyniec will project manage - shelved until next month, no update from Matt yet

2. Foster land trust has $500 to match our donation

3. We need approval for money to purchase materials

4. We need to provide manpower

3. Woody Hill Fun Ride (July 9)

1. Paul/Chris have routes planned

Current trail project probably not ready in time to add in.

1. Start planning promotion

2. Schedule volunteers

• Use Golden Volunteer to capture participants and facilitate raffle.

• [Dennis] proposed after party for volunteers.

• Paul and Dennis to coordinate arrows

• Food truck secured

• [Paul} to secure porta-loos

1. Quebec Singletrack Experience (Jul 10-14)

1. Quebec city, Canada

2. 5-day, 3-day, 1 day Race/Ride options

2. 666 Time Trial (Jul 11 thru Aug-1)

1. Training rides hosted by Chris D’Ovidio

2. Tuesdays, Arcadia, July 11, 18, 25, Aug 1

3. NEMBA-Fest (Aug 4-6)

1. Registration is open

2. Carrabassett Valley of Maine

[Wayne] trend of enrollment is lower than at this time last year. NEMBA HQ asking for chapters to drum up excitement

***RINEMBA Survey Result Presentation [Tabitha]

attached to minutes in shared drive.

1. Regularly Scheduled Group Rides

1. Daylight savings ends November 5

2. Diamond Hill - non permitted daylight rides until interest generated

3. Lincoln Woods - non permitted daylight rides until interest generated

4. Woody Hill - Mellow Monday and low gear ladies, Wednesday nights at 5:30

5. Ryan Park – needs a mellow ride

6. Arcadia – Wednesdays, Tuesdays, moving to 5 pm June and July

N. Kingston resident making noise with town on rainbow bridge maintenance. Reached out to RINEMBA to help.  In a wetland so may be limiting. General agreement that this is not something we as a chapter want to engage with.

1. Group sizes 10 or more need to split into groups less than 10

1. Trailforks

1. Jenna Ducharme is our new Trailforks champion

2. Identify adaptive trails in RI on Trail Forks – Can simple trail mods expand the number of trails? Discuss with Bike-On

2. DEM

1. Boat removed from Arcadia – Thanks Keith and crew

2. Night riding agreement ended April 30

3. Waivers on there way to DEM via Alan

[Dennis} to send Mark Savage signed waiver list from Golden Volunteer site.

1. DEM planning to do one more night riding pilot 2023/2024 and then approach changing their regulations to make it permanent

2. Management planning project underway in Big River

1. Consultants presented project update to Water Resource Board in April

2. Direct outreach to NEMBA at some point from WRB as well from the consultants

3. There will be a couple of public outreach events – DEM will notify NEMBA

3. Guidance for summer riding groups

1. DEM is working to change the group size for permits to 25

2. We can post provided we say groups of 10 or larger will be split into smaller groups

1. Greasy Joes for sale

1. $2.4M 

2. Town approved for RV storage and storage units

2. 2023 NEMBA jerseys

1. Available on-line

3. Ride area reps

1. Updates from the riding areas

Generally speaking it’s overgrowth season so a little pruning is to be encouraged

1. Woody Hill

1. WLT MOU (Chris P/Paul K) – indefinite hold

2. Any update and/or help required?

[Paul] OK to remove from agenda for now,

1. Any news from corporate? (Wayne)

1. Certificate of liability insurance issued with Town of North Kingstown named

2. New Business from the board?

• [Charles] 2024 Eastern States Cup at Diamond Hill, proposal to consider co-promoting this race,

• Mixed level of interest - [Charles] to get more detail on what would be involved.

• Perhaps invite Willem to speak to the group.

• T-shirts ordered today!! 100 on the way, should be ready for Woody Hill ride.

• Hats?! 

• Upcoming expenses - arrows for Woody Hill

• Hunting season over for the season

Adjourned at 9:04

Appendix A - Finances

Opening balance:

$2,729.75

Income:

NEMBA grant

$500.00

Expenses:

Trail School BBQ 

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Squarespace - shipping

($577.69)

($17.11)

($14.00)

Closing balance:

$2,620.95

Projected expenses: $500 – Foster land trust brisge

Appendix B – Event Dates

2023 event dates:

• Woody Hill: July 9, rain date July 16

• Diamond Hill: Aug 13, rain date Aug 20

• Big River: Sep 17, rain date Oct 8

• Lincoln Woods: Nov 12, rain date Nov 19

Appendix C – Remaining winter 2023 hunting season

Hunting ended May 21