CARVE 2012 greetings and membership renewal inform

Greetings CARVE Member,

As CARVE enters the 2012 cycling season I thought it would be good share the mission of our club, our goals, and the activities we promote.  It is also time to invite you to renew your membership and contribute to the club’s success with annual dues for the year.

Our Mission – become the best cyclist you can be

The CARVE mission is to inspire members, and create opportunities for them, to become the best cyclist they can be by promoting racing and recreational cycling.

Our Goals

To realize our mission the CARVE Board of Directors established the following goals:

·         Promote all levels of competitive racing throughout Arkansas and the mid-South

·         Support members interested in recreational cycling

·         Provide clinics and educational events for members

·         Promote a healthy lifestyle and commitment to personal fitness

·         Promote community well-being through charitable and community service activities

·         Promote development of Junior racers

Our Activities

To organize and participate in cycling-related activities such as, but not limited to:

·         Learning to ride

·         Recreational riding

·         Learning to race

·         Training to race

·         Racing

·         Helping the community through donations and service

If you have been receiving Sean Clancy’s weekly email blasts, following us on Facebook, or checking the Team-Carve.com website you already know that 2011 was a great year for CARVE with lots of activities and great results.  Some of our highlights include the Slobberknocker mountain bike race and the Star-spangled criterium, donations to CARTI and Teen Challenge, trail work at Burns Park, and donation of the Fixit Station to the North Little Rock River Trail.  I expect 2012 to be even better.

In order to be a successful club it is necessary to have the financial resources to make things happen.  We have been blessed with many generous sponsors and other patrons.  We also have many wonderful members.  In order to continue our success the Board of Directors has established annual member dues for 2012 of $50.  We ask that you send your check and an updated membership application to Kenny Massa at the address below by February 29.  If you choose to leave CARVE we wish you well.  We expect to update our member roster by the end of March.

The Board of Directors and I thank you for your commitment to CARVE, and we look forward to seeing you on the road or on the trail soon.

Best wishes,

Sid DeGarmo

President

Please send your $50 check and updated membership application to:

Kenny Massa

5512 North Grandview St

Little Rock, AR 72207

CARVE Cross Winds Classic p/b Dr. Feelgood

A letter from the President

Dear CARVE Members,

In order to help mitigate the risks outlined below, and to project a positive image of CARVE and its members to the community, I am asking all CARVE members to adopt a voluntary speed limit on all River Trail bridges of 12 miles per hour and a speed limit of 16 miles per hour in Two Rivers Park during periods of high utilization.

Most of you have probably heard there is a lot of talk about bicycle traffic on the River Trail and its bridges, and a lot of it is negative towards cyclists. With the addition of the Two Rivers Bridge and the Clinton Bridge, and the increase in people using Two Rivers Park, the opportunities for interactions between cyclists and pedestrians has multiplied greatly.

Thank you for your support, and thank you for being an ambassador for CARVE.  Let's show Little Rock we care.

 Sidney DeGarmo

President, CARVE

On A Celebratory Note

Hey, all:
 
We've got some race results in CARVE land, so let's get to 'em.
 
Huge congratulations to Don Fletcher, who scored an 8th place at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships in Beijing. How freaking awesome is that? Here's a note from Don, along with a link to the results.
 
 
To the Carve Nation regarding my CARVE representation at the International Triathlon Union Age Group World
Championships, held this year in Beijing China. Here is a link to the results in my age group.

http://wcs.triathlon.org/results/results/2011_dextro_energy_triathlon_-_itu_world_championship_grand_final_beijing/6161/

As some of you know, this has been a pretty bad year for me from the May floods of our house & property.  I never 
happened to get on track with plans to launch a proper training plan for this event, but I am appreciative of all the CARVE
members who continue to get out there and be a draw to more and more athletes who want to participate & enjoy the great
benefits of a super club and a happy & healthy sport.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the CARVE membership, especially the ones who have stepped up & taken the
leadership roles to make this team a very, very fun & successful team. 

Another GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Dr. Steve Tilley for helping make all this possible for myself and CARVE in all
he has done to support & promote the sport & the team & its members.  What A SAINT!!  We should find a way
to make sure someone names a wing or a building or a stadium, or a frame of some sort after our own DR. FEELGOOD!

I will try to put a note out about the event & the calamity of events that happened in my journey to Beijing & the world
championships.  Some testy moments leading up to the event. More on that later, as well as some pictures of our great
CARVE uniforms in great places. 

Everyone stay careful and safe and remember how quickly things can turn, as we remember 9/11.  Blessings flow, so
be sure and count yours regularly. 
 
Thanks,