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We provide two e-mail lists as well as a quarterly hard-copy newsletter, for our members and for the cycling community. Everyone is encouraged to sign up for the e-mail lists, whether or not you are a member of BBC.

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BBC Discussion List. Open discussion on all bike-related topics.

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BYLAWS

Adopted April 6, 1992
As of third amendment, January 12, 1997

1. NAME. The name of this group is Boulder Bicycle Commuters.

 

2. PURPOSE. The purposes of this group are to promote and encourage bicycle commuting as an efficient, environmentally sound, and enjoyable transportation alternative to the automobile; and to work towards making bicycle commuting as safe and convenient as possible.

 

3. MEMBERSHIP.

 

3.1. MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS. Membership in this group is open to any person upon payment of dues.

 

3.2. MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION AND DUES. A person may become a member upon payment of dues. The membership classes and annual dues are as follows:

Low Income $ 5
Additional household member $ 2
Regular $ 10
Additional household member $ 5
Supporting $ 50
Contributing $100

Dues may be waived in special cases upon the agreement of two elected club officers.

 

3.3. MEMBER RIGHTS AND DUTIES. All members have the following rights: to receive meeting notices; to attend, participate and vote in general meetings; to make and second motions and present resolutions; to nominate for office, vote in elections, and hold office; to participate in committees; and to take part in the planning and undertakings of the group. All classes of members are entitled to one and only one vote. Joint household members are entitled to only a single copy of mailings and notices per household, but they otherwise have all member rights as specified above.

 

3.4 MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. A membership may be terminated due to severe violation of group bylaws or conduct detrimental to the group, upon two-thirds vote at a general meeting.

 

4. POWERS. The management of the affairs and activities of the group shall be in the hands of all members in good standing in attendance at general meetings. No officer, committee, or other delegate of the group shall act in the name of the group except in accordance with specific policies and directives as enacted at general meetings.

 

5. GENERAL MEETINGS. General meetings shall be held at least once every two months. All members in good standing may participate and vote in general meetings. At least seven members are required in attendance to make a quorum.

 

6. NOTIFICATION. Due notice of general meetings shall consist of a minimum of seven days notice by mail or phone to all members of the establishment or alteration of a regular meeting schedule and location.

 

7. OFFICERS. In October of each year, and at other times as determined at general meetings, the group shall elect from its membership the following officers to represent the group and to carry out certain duties: a Chair, a Vice-Chair, a Treasurer, and a Secretary. The duties of the officers shall be those customary for their respective offices.

 

8. COMMITTEES. The group may establish committees from time to time in order to delegate portions of the activities and responsibilities of the group.

 

9. STANDING RULES. The group may establish and amend standing rules upon majority vote at general meetings, in order to govern the activities of the group and its officers and representatives.

 

10. RULES OF PROCEDURE. This group shall conduct its meetings and affairs in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order -- Simplified, by Marjorie Mitchell Cann, Ph. D., First Perigree Edition, 1991. The Chair may use shortcut procedures, provided that all member rights are preserved, and must revert to Robert's Rules upon any protest.

 

11. LIMITATIONS. This group is organized as a non-profit organization. The group shall not have the authority to borrow money. No group funds or property may be expended for the private benefit of any officer or member.

 

12. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS. These bylaws are fundamental and shall not be added to, amended, or repealed except upon a minimum of thirty days notice by mail to all members, followed by by a two-thirds vote at the general meeting specified in the notice. Required notice shall include the full text of all proposed changes, as well as the time and location of the general meeting in which the changes will be considered.

Neighborhood Transportation Mitigation

Policy Adopted February 10, 1997

Contingent upon effectiveness and suitability of design for bicycles and pedestrians, and upon cost effectiveness, Bolder Bicycle Commuters maintains the following positions on neighborhood traffic mitigation strategies:

 

Speed Humps	Strongly in favor	Speed humps should be designed with no side-sloping surface in the bike lane. If the speed hump crosses a bike lane, the hump must maintain a uniform cross section.
Raised Crosswalks	Strongly in favor	Textured pavement such as bricks, concrete pavers, etc. should not be used on raised crosswalks, because this treatment aggravates pavement hazards to cyclists.
Raised Intersections	Opposed	This intersection treatment is too expensive, compared with other effective strategies.
Stop Signs	Mildly in favor
Traffic Law Enforcement	Strongly in favor	Police patrols, conventional radar, etc.
Photo Radar	Strongly in favor
Over Speed Reminder Devices	Mildly in favor	Speed trailers, lights that flash when you’re over speed, etc.
Street Closures	Mildly in favor	Street closures must include efficient crossings that let bicycles and pedestrians pass through easily.
Medians	No consensus. Opinions split.	Some BBC members like the concept of medians as used in European woonerfs, in which the median drastically reduces the width of the lane so that the bike and auto must share the lane without passing. Other members do not like this idea. Members do not like medians as currently known in Boulder.
Neckdowns	Mildly in favor	Neckdowns are mildly favorable if and only if they do not force cars to merge with cyclists.
Traffic Circles	Opposed	Too expensive, dangerous, intimidating to new cyclists, confusing to many motorists. Circles seem somewhat tolerable when traffic levels are very low.

Rev. 2, Nov. 8, 1999

 

 

 

BBC
Monthly Meeting

The next meeting of Boulder Bicycle Commuters will be on Monday, October 2nd from 7 to 9pm at the Boulder Food Co-op located at 19th and Pearl.

 

 

About BBC

BBC is a non-profit community group based in Boulder, Colorado. We advocate for safe and convenient bicycle facilities and fair laws for bicyclists. We work on both on-street and off-street bike facilities. We also advocate for pedestrian interests and control of the over-use and abuse of motor vehicles. Read our bylaws.

We have about 89 members as of April 2003. We are most active at the local city level. We occasionally work on county and state-wide issues. We started in 1991 under the name Bolder Bicycle Commuters. In 2002 we changed to the current name.