Location: \u00c2\u00a0The Woolshed, Stratton St, Normandale, Lower Hutt.\u00c2\u00a0 7:30pm<\/p>\n
Present<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Marco \u00c2\u00a0Renall, Tyrone McGrath, Matt Clarke, Craig McGinnity, Nicole Swain, Ian \u00c2\u00a0O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donoghue, Jeremy Paterson-GWRC, Gordon Macdonald, Dirk Naish, Ryan \u00c2\u00a0Williamson, Ash Sparks, Andrew Duncan.<\/p>\n Apologies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Steve \u00c2\u00a0Elden, Neil Hickford, Chris Wootton.<\/p>\n Marco \u00c2\u00a0opened the meeting.<\/p>\n Previous \u00c2\u00a0minutes were accepted.<\/p>\n General Business<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Marco \u00c2\u00a0has contacted Corrections Dept and Community Services to ask for free labour \u00c2\u00a0and given up.\u00c2\u00a0 They need MOB coverage \u00c2\u00a0which is the main issue.\u00c2\u00a0 A cell site \u00c2\u00a0tower has been planned for Honey Suckle Gr so Marco rang 2 degrees and they \u00c2\u00a0said it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only under review.<\/p>\n With \u00c2\u00a0the PNP Rd 4 race coming up it was agreed by emails to pay Don MacLeod (Makara\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Peak track builder) $250 for 12.5 hrs gravel spreading.\u00c2\u00a0 Marco has mailed the BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0cheque.\u00c2\u00a0 PNP will pay the balance of $250 to Don.\u00c2\u00a0 Don rang Marco Tues night to say he had done \u00c2\u00a0the allocated 25hrs @ $20 p\/hr.<\/p>\n BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0will hold a working bee\u00c2\u00a0to try and\u00c2\u00a0finish the spreading with some of it going \u00c2\u00a0down Big Weta.\u00c2\u00a0 Working bee will be 9am \u00c2\u00a0Sun 21st<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0Nov meet at Woolshed with wheelbarrows.\u00c2\u00a0 Tyrone has found the BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0hidden tools in \u00c2\u00a0the forest that Ground Effect paid for. \u00c2\u00a0Craig said the gravelling\u00c2\u00a0won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hold on descents but Ash & Tyrone both own a compactor if required.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy\u00c2\u00a0said we may have to build dips in the flatter sections of Danzig for drainage. \u00c2\u00a0Craig said we should redirect the track near the bottom of Big Weta.<\/p>\n Marco \u00c2\u00a0handed over a cheque from PNP for $640\u00c2\u00a0 = \u00c2\u00a0128 riders @ $5 per rider from the bicycle.co.nz PNP MTB Series.<\/p>\n Marco \u00c2\u00a0said we paid $101 to buy the domain www.bamba.org.nz<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 which has an annual fee through a domain name seller??.\u00c2\u00a0 Later he found a free web builder at www.allteams.co.nz<\/a> so he cancelled the Jeremy \u00c2\u00a0will work on a track signage plan with BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0and GWRC.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a code of conduct to meet and our \u00c2\u00a0MTBNZ signs will be installed at the same time. Nicole can make signage if required.<\/p>\n It was agreed that beer and chippies could be bought by Nicole for meetings.\u00c2\u00a0 Nicole was reimbursed $25-30 for tonight.<\/p>\n Marco gave Jeremy a copy of an MOU between PNP Cycling Club and WCC, to help GWRC\u00c2\u00a0draw up an MOU with BAMBA.\u00c2\u00a0 It will outline what both parties expect from each other including a 2-5 year Andrew has plans for a trail from the Hill Rd car park to Old Coach Rd.<\/p>\n Jeremy would like to reroute the trail across Sweetacres\u00c2\u00a0to avoid a steep pinch.\u00c2\u00a0 GWRC\u00c2\u00a0have a budget for trail work but if BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0supply volunteers the money will go much further.\u00c2\u00a0 Only Jeremy can use power tools in BRP and will assist if asked.<\/p>\n Ian said WCC have spent $50 per metre on contractors to build trails, compared to volunteers who built North Face at Makara Peak for $2 per metre.<\/p>\n Craig wants to build a Pump Track about the size of a small building.\u00c2\u00a0 It would be a great asset to BRP and dirt supply should be free.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy and Craig will discuss a location and plans.<\/p>\n Jeremy advised that the exit of Big Weta\u00c2\u00a0is dangerous for other BRP users.\u00c2\u00a0 He will look at turning the corner left before the gate and exit over a small cattle-stop like WCC have used on Skyline.<\/p>\n Craig wants to run a downhill race and will use Mike the Hippy from Wgtn\u00c2\u00a0MTB Club to help.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy said he can apply online for concession.\u00c2\u00a0 Marco can help with paperwork if required because he has done it for XC racing.\u00c2\u00a0 Choppers corners need bigger berms for DH riders.\u00c2\u00a0 Ric Balfour is an expert trail builder if we need advice.\u00c2\u00a0 He just ran a course in Wgtn.<\/p>\n Marco asked if the Danzig forest will ever be harvested.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy said it is safe for at least 5 years.\u00c2\u00a0 If it is highly utilized and has an extensive trail network then we are more likely to be able to keep it Matt, Jeremy and Ian all worked on a map discussing new track potential.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy wants us to draw up a 1-5 year plan of future track works.<\/p>\n Meeting closed 9:10pm<\/p>\n Marco Renall, Secretary BAMBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Location: \u00c2\u00a0The Woolshed, Stratton St, Normandale, Lower Hutt.\u00c2\u00a0 7:30pm Present Marco \u00c2\u00a0Renall, Tyrone McGrath, Matt Clarke, Craig McGinnity, Nicole Swain, Ian \u00c2\u00a0O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donoghue, Jeremy Paterson-GWRC, Gordon Macdonald, Dirk Naish, Ryan \u00c2\u00a0Williamson,Read More Minutes 9th Nov 2010<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamba.org.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\npaid one and has loaded our basic info thru allteams.\u00c2\u00a0 Screen shots were passed around.\u00c2\u00a0 There is more info he can load soon. Tyrone \u00c2\u00a0has seen a man wearing nothing but tramping boots at the bottom of Belmont Trig\u00c2\u00a0track.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy said call Police and him if spotted again.\u00c2\u00a0 There are children \u00c2\u00a0around.<\/p>\n
\ndevelopment plan and merge it in to the LTCCP\u00c2\u00a0(Long Term Council Community Plan).\u00c2\u00a0 The old possum bait trails in Otonga\u00c2\u00a0are being slowly maintained by Marco up to a rideable standard and will
\nbe included.\u00c2\u00a0 Access from Otonga\u00c2\u00a0to Belmont is difficult and steep and will be reviewed.\u00c2\u00a0 One track is out of bounds\u00c2\u00a0for MTB.\u00c2\u00a0 BAMBA\u00c2\u00a0must refer to our trails as Dual Use to get buy in from other parties.<\/p>\n
\nprotected during any logging.<\/p>\n