Hey everyone! A little more official one this week! 

First things first, our AGM is coming up! It will be either December 5 or 6th, location TBD. Please complete the RSVP if you are interested in attending. During our AGM, we review our financials, talk about what we did well, what we did poorly, and how we plan on changing for the upcoming season. We also do elections for our club executive. This year, Heather’s (Women’s Coordinator) and Scott’s Position (Vice-President) are up for election. They will both be letting their names stand for re-election, however if you want to review the responsibilities, you can do so here: https://www.ertc.org/the-executive-team and the process to getting on the board is relatively simple. Anyone may attend, vote, and/or run. 

If you are interested in a position, another member may nominate you, and another member must second it. This is best done at the AGM in person. If you cannot attend, and still wish to run, you will need to have the nominator start a document, sign it with a second name and signature, and you must forward it to us. 

We always have great food, and a few beverages at the AGM, and we are in the process of looking for a new venue as the clubhouse at the velodrome is no longer available to us. The plus side of this is that we have the flexibility to stay a bit later! 

Please RSVP here: there is no need to RSVP if you do not plan on attending. https://forms.gle/h9SRr4GSihtprya66 

Additionally, every year we send out a member survey - reviewing this survey tells us how we can do better for next year! Please fill it out. It is completely anonymous so you can be as harsh as you want ;) https://forms.gle/crPhnAPXsihNmUSH8

Alright, the last official note for tonight is that the AGM for the ABA is coming up on November 13 at 7:00pm(virtually). If you were here last year, there was a large shake up in the board with several members resigning, and staff leaving. There is no such “crisis” this year. 

ERTC is affiliated with the ABA and leans on them for insurance and race resources, and as members of ERTC you are also members of the ABA. You have the right to attend and vote and you can RSVP here: https://form.jotform.com/252826208088260 - it will ask for your ABA License Number. If you have one, please enter it. If you do not have one, enter in “ERTC CM” as your license number. I (Albert Nguyen) will also be attending. If you want to empower me with your proxy vote to vote in the interest of the club, then you may do so here: https://form.jotform.com/252731343391252 - you may also nominate someone for a position on the ABA board - you can do that here: https://form.jotform.com/252731136599060 

Picture: Cold Weekend Ride! PC: Leo

Club Updates: 

  • Our Zwift Club is up and running! 

  • To join us on these rides, you must have the Zwift Companion App and follow the following steps:

  • Go to the club page under the top left menu

  • Go to "All Clubs" and Search for ERTC and join

  • Keep your eyes peeled for events you can join where you can ride with just other ERTC members! These can be free rides, or group workouts!

We will have slack available for voice chat - at 7:20, someone will start up a huddle - if you are in the zwift channel you will get a notification to join the voice huddle if you want. SPECIAL for tomorrow (November 4)

Our off-season channels on slack are (click the link on the device you access slack with): 

Ride Updates:

  • Hill rides are now officially over, between the time change and the snow forecast. As usual, keep your eyes peeled on slack for pick-up rides. 

Racing/event Updates:

  • No more racing in Alberta :( 

General Reminders:

  • Official Rides are posted on strava. If you haven’t requested to join, please do so here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/2845 if you’ve applied and haven’t heard back, e-mail me, but first, make sure your strava name matches your registration name.

  • Day to day communication and general chatter is via slack. You can join here: https://join.slack.com/t/edmontonroada-7u36621/shared_invite/zt-1t5qvezds-JotWB~e_EJcXrD9NArQarA - this is where you can get real time updates about unofficial rides, talk bikes with club members, and sell your stuff to other club members! If you identify as female and would like to be included in the WoERTC communications and event announcements, please message Heather Curtis on Slack to be added to the private WoERTC channel. Please remember to use the “reply in thread” feature when using slack (especially in the general channel, think about all the group chats you are in, general is like a 400 person group chat) 

  • Remember to review your insurance needs for the season if you registered before March 31st (if you registered after, it will have been an option on your registration. No action means that you will be covered for group rides only. You can learn more here: https://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/insurance-info

  • Have a cool photo from the last week you want featured? Send it to me via email (I need the resolution) and I’ll make it the header photo! Cool way to show off what you’ve been up to!