Merri-bek BUG

The next Moreland BUG meeting will be held on Thursday 27th of March at the Victoria Hotel (380 Victoria Street, Brunswick – in the dining room).

The meeting goes from 7:00 till 9:00pm. Food and drinks can be purchased there. Members and guests are welcome!

Note that meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month except December.

Join this sound supported ride along the Upfield train line: get your bike tuned while we have a chat to the great people at Commuter Cycles and then pedal power with Cargone Couriers’ fine selection of mobile sound! We’re taking in all artworks of MoreArt 2013, stopping for a chat with exhibiting artists and finish up at Brunswick’s new social hotspot The Howler for some more fresh beats and a beer or two.

Starting 2.30pm at Coburg Station, Coburg

Finishing at 5pm at The Howler, 7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick

Cost: Free

More info at: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=61972

A reminder to all that this Sunday (3rd) the Sydney Road street party is happening.

Anyone available is encouraged to help out at our stall during the afternoon, from 12-6. Currently the early hours of 12-2 are well catered for. If you can please email committee@morelandbug.org to let us know what time you might be interested to help out. It is just a matter of answering inquiries and chatting with your fellow cyclists, and encouraging new people to join our mailing list.

If you can’t join in, then still try and drop by for a chat, and tell us your recent cycling thoughts for Moreland, or pick up a TravelSmart map.

The BUG’s Annual General Meeting is coming up and will be held on Thursday the 25th of October 2012 at the Edinburgh Castle Hotel (681 Sydney Road, Brunswick).

The meeting starts at 7.30 pm and will finish around 9.00 pm.

The ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting is:

1. Confirm the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
2. Present the financial report
3. Elect the new Committee of Management
4. Other business

All BUG members (which includes all subscribers to the BUG email list) are welcome to consider nominating for a position on the BUG committee.

The following positions are open for nomination:

• Convenor
• Deputy Convenor
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• 3 x Ordinary Members

For a description of the roles and duties associated with each position, please see the Moreland BUG Constitution or feel free to contact the current office bearers if you have any questions:

• treasurer@morelandbug.org
• secretary@morelandbug.org
• deputyconvenor@morelandbug.org
• convenor@morelandbug.org

Nominations must be made in writing to me by October 18 and must be signed by 2 other members of the BUG, using the Moreland BUG committee nomination form. Please email scanned nominations to secretary@morelandbug.org.

Please note that nominations will also be accepted on the night of the AGM!
Furthermore, I am happy to arrange for the other two signatories on the nomination form.

Julia Mischke.
Moreland BUG Secretary

Celebrate the launch of the MoreArt Public Art event with a guided trail along the Upfield train line.

Participating artists will be on hand to discuss their works on site, and the ride will conclude at RMIT Brunswick for the MoreArt launch party, also taking in the Artland exhibition of student works. Stick around for some complimentary nibbles and a drink to quench your thirst.

Meeting: 12:30pm at Coburg Station

Finishing: 3:30pm at the MoreArt Launchparty at RMIT Brunswick.

See the Squeaky Wheel for more info.

As many of you would know, a riders rally is planned for next Thursday, June 21 to protest against the Baillieu Government’s decision to cut the Victorian bike budget to zero.

Bicycle Network Victoria and various BUGs are organising the event and the estimate is that there’ll be 3-4000 riders there on the day.

The rally is from 7.30 am to 8.30 am in front of Parliament House.

If you are not happy with the Baillieu Goverment’s decision, make your voice heard and come along to the rally. You can make your way into the city at your own leisure or join one of the organised rides. More details on the rally and various meeting points and times for rides can be found here.

Moreland BUG member Tim Read is organising a ride to the rally from Brunswick. We meet at Cafe L’Amour, 76 Lygon St. (next to Gelobar), Brunswick East at 7am and ride in together along Canning St.

And Anna has set up a Facebook event and so far 72 people are going. You can join here.

While some elements of the rally are still on the drawing board, a rough run sheet for the morning currently looks like this:

0730 – rally starts, Victorian Parliament steps, Spring St, Melbourne
0745 – we plan to unfurl a fabric bike path to symbolise the types of facilities that will now not be possible with zero funding. This “path” can be passed around overhead or perhaps symbolically laid!!
0815 – speech and pics
0830 – event ends

Hopefully we will have a good turn out so make sure you are coming along!

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From vicbugchat:

Parliamentary hearings can be a bit stuffy, but if you’re interested, come along. Having a presence there will help demonstrate to politicians that the public’s concerned about this issue (if they haven’t already realised!!). It’s also worth hearing what bike advocacy groups, Andrew Tivendale, and James Cross’s parents, have to say about car dooring and cyclist safety.

Where: Parliament of Victoria, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne

When: Wednesday 23 May at 8.00pm, meeting at 7.30pm outside Parliament.
If you get there late just go inside and report to the front desk – they’ll tell you where to go.

Speakers: Bicycle Victoria, the Road Safety Action Group Inner Melbourne, Amy Gillett Foundation, Andrew Tivendale, the parents of James Cross, and Melbourne Bicycle User Group.

You can read Melbourne BUG’s submission to the hearing here (PDF).

More details of the hearing are here.

Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail Ride

Date: 24 and 25 of March 2012

Where and when to meet?

Option 1: Meet us at the Noise Bar (corner of Upfield Path and Albert Street), 9:00 am Saturday and ride to Flinders Street Station together, OR

Option 2: Meet us in front of the last carriage on platform 3 in Flinders Street Station. The train to Lilydale leaves at 9:50 am.
OR

Option 3: Make your way to Lilydale at your own leisure and preferred mode of transport and meet us in Lilydale.

Ride leader: Bill (bakercawte@westnet.com.au)

Description: Ride on the rail trail from Lilydale to Warburton (one way 40 km), bring tents and stay overnight at the caravan park (or make other arrangements. The pub is quite nice.) Nice easy pace, gentle gradients. Stop at the odd cafe or three. Children, families and infrequent riders welcome.

If you want to join the ride please register your interest with Bill who is gonna be the ride leader. His email address is bakercawte@westnet.com.au. Likewise, if you have any questions about the ride or need further information don’t hesitate to contact him.

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