Mountain Cyclist –
January-February 2002
Club News
...by Henry Pastorelli President, ROMP
In 2001 the following individuals stepped forward to assist their community. Becoming
a member of a local government committee is a great way to make a contribution
to your community. By working on these committees, cyclists demonstrate their commitment
to the environment and show how all users can successfully contribute to our
parks and trails. Please congratulate and help support them!
Logan Deimler—Saratoga Parks and Recreation Commission Member—Successfully
assigned to both the Trails subcommittee and the Bicycle Action Committee. One of
the things on his plate is the Parks and Trails Master Plan (the current one is 10 years
old) and review of the Lower Parker Ranch closure.
Rod Brown—Cupertino Park and Recreation Committee Member—Rod has agreed to
keep us informed on the progress of the Cupertino Stevens Creek Trail project and
local mountain cycling issues.
Patty Ciesla—Santa Clara County Park and Recreation Committee Member—Her appointment
is very recent. Patty’s been a long time equestrian, environmentalist, and
cyclist. Most importantly she brings many new ideas to the table. Her most recent idea
is a mountain bike interpretive trail.
Alicia Borowski—Task Force Member, Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch Master
Plan, Santa Clara County Park and Recreation Department—Alicia is helping in the
the planning and development of this wonderful new park. She’s working very hard to
ensure an appropriate shared use, environmentally sound, trails plan is created.
Henry Pastorelli—Los Altos Bicycle Advisory Committee Member, Los Altos Park
and Recreation department—While this isn’t mountain cycling per say, I am working
with other Committee members on the City Bike Plan. Included in the plan are the
proposed Stevens Creek Trail alignments from the Mountain View and Cupertino
ends. Hopefully this leads to the funding of a feasibility study for a Stevens Creek
Trail route through Los Altos.
Bern Smith--San Mateo Co. Park and Rec. Commission —Bern is one of five Commissioners,
each of whom represents one of the five Supervisorial Districts. Bern
works with the Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee and the Trails Advisory Committee
to help determine park policy
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At the November ROMP meeting three vacant Board positions were filled:
Vice President; John Street, after a long stint as our Newsletter Editor, stepped up to
become more active in romp management and to further assist us in our advocacy efforts.
Newsletter Editor; John Hillstrom has taken on this position because of his love for cycling
and the notion of getting into the politics behind the sport.
Webmaster; Karen McAdams is a cyclist and long distance runner with experience in
web development. She stepped forward to help us maintain and possibly improve our
web site.
Please welcome and support these folks as they transition into their positions.
Also,
ROMP has two open positions;
Public Relations; This position could have a large impact on increasing the awareness of
ROMP in the local community. Basically, anyone with an interest in Marketing, Publice
Relations, membership promotion, etc. please contact me. In my mind, there's the potential
to do some really interesting projects in this position.
Swap Meet Coordinator; The swap meet is our largest fundraiser, usually held in late
April. The biggest requirements are soliciting for volunteers to help set up on the day of
the event and being available to provide information. Most of the other activities are
taken care of. It's a one time event and should not be a huge time commitment. It's a
pretty cool swap meet.
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ROMP trailworkers were part of more than a thousand volunteer trailworkers
that received free heavy-duty work gloves thanks to a new alliance
between eBay and the International Mountain Bicycling Association.
eBay, the world's online marketplace, joined IMBA as a corporate me mber
and paid for a shipment of custom work gloves to help support and
reward volunteer trailworkers. ROMP received 12 pairs of the leather
gloves that feature both the eBay and IMBA logos. More gloves are being
distributed to IMBA-affiliated mountain bike clubs coast-to-coast and
beyond.
ROMP would like to thank IMBA and eBay for their support in our efforts
to enhance and preserve trail opportunities for mountain bikers
worldwide.
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