President’s Report-Next meeting on November 1, Elections will be held for Board Members and Officers. Sal Levy and Bruce Wessinger will be leaving the Board.
All of the current officers:
Tracy Riedinger, President;
John Greene, Vice-President and Ride Chairman;
Karen Gellert, Secretary; and
Ross Moore, Treasurer; are running unopposed
Ride Chairman’s report- we need new ride leaders to end off our season, especially for B and C rides. Contact the ride captains-Jay Bender and Karen Gellert if interested.
Jim Alterlein who had an accident on the club century earlier this summer was with us at tonight’s meeting and is doing well.
Racing Team – Adam Hessel is now part of the official Huntington Bicycle Club racing team. One member from the team has even placed 2nd in an official race in Belgium. Any individual can race in designated age groups as long as a license is purchased from the American Bicycle league.
Leaving - Paul Derkash is leaving us to go to North Carolina. :=(
HBC thanks him for leading so many rides and we celebrated with a cake for him tonight.
Running Club – Michael Rue, president of the Northport Running Club spoke a little about his club, which has approximately 325 members. They run the Cow Harbor Race which had about 4900 participants. Their web site is NRCRUN.org or google Northport Running Club.

Guest Speaker tonight:
Jacob Stern from Bicycle Planet gave a talk on how to properly dress for Winter Cycling. Lobster gloves, winter boot bike shoes and wind blocking jackets were a few of the items that he brought along to show.
A suggestion was made requesting that the meeting times and dates are published on the HBC Web page. A vote was taken approving the reinstatement of the August meeting (now that we have air conditioning). There will be no meetings in December, January and February. (Make a note: November Club meeting on Tuesday – the first of the month – will be the last meeting of the year!)
50/50-Won by Lauren Meeks
Three water bottles donated by Bicycle planet was given out as well.
Thank you, Patricia Kalvar, for taking the minutes!
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert