Meeting with NFBC is almost as great as biking with NFBC

The New Friends Bike Club (NFBC) held its winter meeting at what has now been renamed "the Party House," (to the great shock and amazement of its owner.) After sampling a wide variety of blue cheese selections, washed down with a beverage of choice served in a wine glass, the members sat down to a meal of lasagna. Dinner was followed by team building exercises which involved a melting elephant and a martini hat.

With the preliminaries aside, the meeting itself commenced. NFBC President Liam Cofell-Dwyer guided the members from agenda item, to agenda item, ensuring that much was accomplished. The NFBC will be taking part in a community education session at Revolution Bikes which will provide training on changing a tire, cleaning a bike, and other basic bike maintenance. An ambitious schedule of spring and summer biking was also established. NFBC will be scheduling a regular ride for Wednesdays and Saturdays until school is out, at which time an additional ride will be added. There will be a banquet and awards ceremony at the end of the season, so riders are urged to keep an eye out for efforts which will merit recognition at the banquet.

NFBC has also opened itself up to international membership, with strong hopes of securing members from Germany and Paraguay. Plans are in the works for a European Tour including Austria, Germany and France in 2011. International tour members will be welcomed into the homes of US members and tours will be planned for them.

The good company, good cheer, and great leadership provided by President Cofell-Dwyer ensured that this was a successful meeting.