Re: [CR] BVVW Meeting Minutes

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Subject: Re: [CR] BVVW Meeting Minutes
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:40:36 +0000


Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:08:24 -0500 From: "Mike Schmidt" <mdschmidt@patmedia.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]BVVW Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: Thursday October 27, 2005 Meeting Location: The Hartford, NYC Regional Office Executive Boardroom Attendees: Various Liars and thieves from New York

Mike Haddad,Paul and Rita Lee, Eddie Albert, Steve Klein, Mordechai Silver, Ira Langer, Vincente Saraco, Josh Berger, Norman Hellman, Bill Votjech, Mike Schmidt and John Pergolizzi

The O.D. called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Pergolizzi briefed us on the status of the BVVW jerseys. Good progress is being made and JP expects to start collecting money soon. Tonights topics were pictures from three recent events attended by members of the BVVW.

L'Eroica-Attended by Eddie Albert, Eddie gave us an overview of the ride and his experience in Italy. About 800 riders registered to ride their pre 1980 vintage bicycles over some of the most scenic roads in Italy.

World Road Championships- Attended by Steve Klein, Steve showed us his photos of this years event held in Madrid Spain. Next year, the race will be held in Austria and Steve told us that he was already making his plans to attend.

Velo Rendezvous-Pasadena CA. John Pergolizzi and Mike Schmidt gave a trip report on VR5, the rides, the seminars, and the bike show on Sunday.

After the meeting, most of us went out to the Annapurina restaurant on Lexington Ave. (Indian Cuisine)

After dinner, we walked around Time Square and beat up as many tourists from Seattle WA as we could possibly find and then stole their wallets.

Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ

I'll bet the kibble was great at the Annapurina! ;-) (Sorry, couldn't resist).
Greg Parker
Dexter, Michigan