metOct2012

NOTES OF HFCYCLISTS MEETING

Tuesday 23 October, 7.30pm held at the home of Ken McCosh
12 Stanwick Rd, West Kensington W14 8UH

PRESENT
Ken McCosh, John Griffiths, David Marsh, Alan Rowden, Janusz Carmello, Sima John, Natasha Herriott

APOLOGIES
Petrina Beaufoy Helm, Roger de Freitas, Ayse Kardes, Susie Gretz, Alex Ingram.

1] OUR CAMPAIGNS / PROJECTS-

a] Hammersmith Bridge
Emergency work is going to be carried out in the next week or so on the surface of the bridge. The Council will use this opportunity to paint the lines marking a constant-width lane on the bridge and cycling logos.

It seems unfortunate that the bridge should need repair so soon after it was last fixed. John will write to Cllrs Nick Botterill and Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler suggesting that a 20mph limit might well reduce damage to the bridge. John will also mention the protruding studs on the surface, saying that the repairs should not have these.

b] Publicity
We will print off some 1/3 A4 leaflets. Natasha to look into the price. Ken will look into the price of leaflet holders.

c] Greenfest
Natasha has been looking into a funding application from the City Bridges trust. However at the moment there are not enough people willing to be involved in planning the event. We may look into a scaled down event which would require less planning and input on the day, where there are not commercial stalls or a stage. We could have groups of acoustic players who could sell their CDs, cycling stuff and environmental stalls, food stalls perhaps. John and Natasha will work on a budget for this. Normally we would hold the event in Bike week - 15 -23 June 2013.

2] OTHER THINGS CONCERNING LBHF.

Cycling Superhighway 9 - LBHF about to sign design contract with TfL. The design work will then move forward. See our website [below] for more info.

Boris Bikes should be installed by the end of 2013. The Labour party are bringing a motion to a Council meeting that £2M of section 106 money from Westfield should not be spent on installing the bikes. This money from developers is meant to be used for improvement projects for the community, including transport, in the local area.

Olympia way, which runs beside Olympia and past the Kensington Olympia station is one-way at the moment. There is the be some changes to Olympia, and as part of the planning considerations, there will be two way cycling, or a contra flow cycle lane installed.

3] CENTRAL LCC MATTERS

LCC has its AGM on Wednesday 14 November at the South Bank University near Elephant and Castle. All LCC members are welcome. Details and registration at
http://lcc.org.uk/events/2012-annual-general-meeting

4] RIDES, EVENTS, ETC?

Sunday 9 December
Annual ride to White Cross in Richmond for lunch

Time: Leaving at 10.30am
Meet on the platform overlooking the Thames at the end of Queen Caroline st, almost under Hammersmith Bridge. Ride to White Cross in Richmond for our traditional Xmas Lunch. Probably travelling along the towpath, which might be muddy in places. Mudguards and overtrousers help. When we get to the White Cross pub in Richmond we will meet up with riders from a number of other boroughs in S W London. Please bring lights and hi-vis wear for journey back as it may be dark. Some people may come by other means and join us at noon at the White Cross, upstairs
Please let Janusz know if you expect to be coming.
Contact: Janusz
Email: januszcarmello@hotmail.com
Telephone: 020 7386 5940 / 07809 611 077

Ken will be in contact with Susie Gretz to organise a canal ride

Natasha will organise a ride on or soon after New Years day

5] EXPENSES
Ken had expenses of £27.13 for refreshments
John had expenses of £10.80 for webhosting

6] DATE / PLACE NEXT MEETING
On Tuesday 27 November, 7.15 for 7.30pm
At the home of John Griffiths
122c Edith rd W14 9AP

John Griffiths [chair / co-ordinator]
020 7371 1290 / 07789 095 748
john@truefeelings.com
OUR WEBSITE www.hfcyclists.org.uk