TOWER HAMLETS WHEELERS
Monthly Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, 12 June 2013 7.30pm
Held at St Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road.

PRESENT: David T (Chair), Owen (Secretary), Alex (Rides), Rob (Newsletter)
         Andy, Olawale, Guy, Carol, Richard

APOLOGIES: Dave A (Treasurer), Keith (Events), Caroline, Gerry

CHAIR: David T
MINUTES: Owen



1. Matters arising from 8 May 2013

Safer Lorries Safer Cycling - To be carried forward
LBTH park bye-laws - To be carried forward


2. Workshop

Short of numbers so agreed to see if we can have a Bikeworks mechanic along.

ACTION: Owen to see about getting a Bikeworks mechanic



3. Bike Week

Tue, 18: Breakfast
Sat, 22: Glamour Ride

Fun Day postponed, see Events.

ACTION: Owen to advertise
ACTION: Owen, Aneeta, David T and Rob to arrange breakfast



4. Events

Fun day in Victoria Park moved to Sunday, 25 August.

ACTION: Owen to confirm with LBTH
ACTION: Alex to organise

Sun 30 June, Arnold Circus picnic
Sun 7 July, Park Life, Mile End Park

ACTION: Owen to ask for helpers and publicise



5. Rides

37 came on last weekend's London to Brighton ride!

Alex not available for leading rides until August.  Asks if any others could lead any.

Alex also asks if we have been asked to lead a feeder ride for "Freecycle" Sat, 3 August.  No one has and agreed we would wait to be contacted if needed.

ACTION: Alex to ask for ride suggestions/leaders for rest of June/July.



6. Hackney cycling conference summary

David T, Gerry and Carol attended. Carol and David gave an overview. As well as speakers there were workshops - Carol and Gerry attended "Managing shared space on greenways" and David "Implementing 20mph".

Noted that THW paid the £25 conference attendence fees for David T, Gerry and Carol.



7. Campaigning workshop

David T reported on a campaigning workshop he attended run by the Sheila Mckechnie Foundation.  Extremely well organised and structured with a superb trainer.  15 people from many different organisations: disabled guy & carer came to learn how to bring up matters affecting disabled users of, e.g. trains; someone from Which?; woman campaigning to stop fire station closures.  If an opportunity arises for others to go I recommend it highly.  Even if one 'knows it all' it is worth going to reassess what one does and how.



8. Foot tunnels

Andy attended a preliminary meeting considering the formation of a Friends of Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels group.  Organised by Greenwich Cyclists reps with 18 attendees.  This is in response to the refurbishment works for both tunnels which have ground to a halt.

Requests if THW have any suggestions for other groups that would be interested in joining.

ACTION: Andy to ask for suggestions on main email group



8. Western Bethnal Green Road cycle track

Discussion on the way forward mainly leading to our further liaison with councillors and council transport officers.

Agreed to continue discussions amongst Owen, Gerry and others.



9. Group strategy summary

Rob, Caroline, Dave A, David T and Olawale met to discuss roles and communication strategy within the group.

Change wheelers@ email address to central email box so multiple committee members can see the emails.

Need to recruit more volunteers.

Rob suggests using a web-based task tool e.g. Trelo.




10. Newsletter

ACTION: Rob to produce a newsletter/flyer for Bike Week, aiming to be ready for the breakfast.



Meeting ended at 9.27pm