If there is one thing that I’m a fan of it’s multitasking. That’s right, doing two things at once (toilet and Twitter being my favourite!), or combining two things to minimise the time spent washing, travelling and changing my clothes. Now as a committee we are eager to keep up to date with these fads and trends so we have decided to embrace this philosophy – on the the 27th of March, straight after the Dinner ’til Dusk winners have been announced we will be hosting this years AGM, live at the Allotment!

One of the activities that takes place at the AGM is the voting for the members of the committee for the next year, but for the vote to go ahead (and for the club to be successful) we need to have people who put themselves forward to take on roles within the club and dedicate time and energy towards helping the club to run and progress.

If you think that you have the time and skills that mean you could make a contribution to the club as a committee member then then please e-mail me (ian.crook@blackcanoncollective.co.uk) setting out which role you would like to stand for, and a few paragraphs setting out why you would be suitable for the role.

(If you feel able to only take on part of the role, or don’t want to be a committee member but have a burning desire to be more involved in the running of the club – e.g. a love of producing membership letters – please also send me an e-mail.)

These e-mails must reach me by 20/03/11 and I will then publish all of them the day after, giving plenty of time for all the members to read, digest and consider who they will vote for at the AGM.

Below are the committee roles that you can stand for:

The three Trustee roles(club officers, underwrite the club to Longleat, account signatories and have vote on all club activities. Essential roles for club to function):

Chairman – responsible for steering the club and overseeing all its activities including overall trail development.
Club Secretary – responsible for all membership and meeting related administration for the club.
Treasurer – responsible for keeping records of all financial transactions, setting budgets and maintaining accounts for the club.

All Health and Safety, Insurance, and legal issues will be the responsibility of the Trustees.

General Committee Roles:

Website/IT – responsible for facilitating and maintaining the clubs IT & Website needs.
DH – a focal point for DH specific trail development and activities.
XC – a focal point for XC specific trail development and activities.
DJ – a focal point for DJ specific trail development and activities.

yep that’s right they were voted in at this years AGM in April, and are super!

So make sure you have a read of the rules and please do abide by them…

Each spring the Black Canon Collective holds it’s Annual General Meeting, a great opportunity to all meet up, eat drink and be merry (actually this is only our second time)!

Aside from being an excuse for a party there’s the usual business to attend to such as committee elections, constitutional changes and a look at the year ahead…

We’ve hired out a great venue (big enough for all of us) and will be selling some delicious local food and drink (beer and cider and soft drinks) to raise a bit of money for club activities.

Date: Sunday 25th April 2010
Time: 19:00 – 21:00 (licensed bar open until 11)
Place: Corsley Reading Rooms

Meeting to start at 19:15

1.Welcome – General welcome and explanation of the purpose of the meeting.
2.Apologies for absence – Notable absentees
3.Treasurers Report + Accounts – Presentation of previous years accounts + proposal of forthcoming years budget.
4.Chairman’s report – Summary of the year including plans for the coming year
5.Voting – 15 minute break with refreshments and the time to vote (see item 6).
6.Election of the Trustees and Committee – Conducted via ballet box on the day.
7.Proposed changes to the Rules of the Club and Constitution – Changes voted in by way of an open vote.
8.A.O.B. – Anything from the floor / committee

We’re expecting the formalities to last about 2 hrs max (allowing for about half an hour for A.O.B)

Once all that’s out of the way we’ll be able to enjoy the rest of the evening with more food and drink, some music and and the odd raffle (or something like that). Please make sure you bring your wallets, and arrange a lift or ride your bike (off road of course) so that you can have a drink, or two… See you there !

For details of the proposed constitution click here
For details of the committee elections click here

We’ve had our existing constitution and club rules for two years now, and to be honest they’re outdated. When we formed the club back in spring 2008 we had very little to go on, so cobbled together what we hoped would be a good set of rules and a suitable constitution.

Since then the BCC has evolved from around 20 local riders who all rode the same trails, to over 110 members with many and different needs and riding interests. The Club has expanded in more ways than simply its membership base though, we now run a large number of led rides, events, provide training and organise trips (we’re doing great!)

But with all of this comes responsibility, so we have had to re-visit these documents to make sure that the club is sound – built upon solid foundations.

With the help of British Cycling (specifically national board member – Colin Docker) we have re-written both the Club Constitution and Rules, based heavily upon the BC template.

These documents will be proposed at the AGM and be subject to vote, so long as a 2/3 majority vote is cast in favour they will replace our existing documents.

Please have a read (you can browse the whole document below) , and come along to the AGM where you can vote…

Just click on the image to see the latest news letter!