Tim Newbery presenting Ray Clay with a certificate of thanks     

RAY CLAY - CYCLING UK EAST MIDLANDS REGION

Ray has been actively involved with the Cycling UK East Midlands

Region Committee (formerly CTC East Midlands Region) for many

years. A LONG SERVICE indeed as he was instrumental along with

John Allen in setting up the Regional Member Group back in the year

2000. Ray would be our ‘Secretary’ for some 20 years when in 2020 he

changed roles and was elected ‘Chair’.

 

Ray has ridden tandem and solo bikes, accomplished a side to side and

an epic Land’s End to John O’Groats ride. He was actively involved the

‘Loughborough Wednesday Cyclists’ Group and the instigator of the

annual Beaumanor cycle camping weekend which ran for many years.

 

At the age of 85, Ray now wishes to stand down from the Cycling UK

East Midlands Region Committee and to take it a little easier.

In recognition of all the hard work over the last 24 years working on the

Regional Committee, Ray was presented with a signed card and a

framed ‘Thank You’ certificate at the Cycling UK East Midlands Region

AGM held on 20^th April 2024.

 

Ray, we thank you.

CYCLING UK EAST MIDLANDS REGION AGM 2024

The Annual Regional Meeting of Cycling UK East Midlands Region will take place on Saturday 20th April 2024. Meet up at 12 noon, with the meeting to start at 12.30 pm.

The venue will be the Swan In The Rushes Public House, 21 The Rushes, Loughborough LE11 5BE.

The meeting will be held in the 'Den' function room (downstairs).

The meeting will be 'hybrid' with the option of participating via the Zoom digital platform.

To join the meeting via Zoom, click on the link below:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3754465648?pwd=dFVwNzNrOWFUZks3Sy9rM1pjazlRdz09&omn=79360391798

If required:

Meeting ID: 375 446 5648
Passcode: 3fVeeB

The 'Zoom' will start at approximately 12.30 pm with a break of about half an hour for lunch at 1.00 pm.  

All positions are open for election. 

There'll be vacancies for Chair and Secretary as Ray Clay and Tim Newbery have indicated that they are to stand down.

Currently, the following positions are held by the following officials:

Chair: Ray Clay.

Secretary: Tim Newbery.

Minutes Secretary: Jean Deacon.

Treasurer: Ian Hill.

Auditor (honorary - non committee role) : Neil Platts.

Safeguarding Officer - Tim Newbery 

Member Group Representatives

Alfreton CTC: Tom Fox.

CTC Derby and Burton: Ian Hill.

Leicestershire and Rutland CTC: Vacant.

Cycling UK Lincolnshire: Tim Newbery.

CTC Northampton: Position vacant.

Notts CTC: Terry Scott.

General Membership (maximum 3 positions): John Catt and Ian Prince. 

Cycle Advocacy Network (maximum 2 positions): James Pocklington. 

Affiliated Groups (maximum 2 positions): Positions vacant.

VOTING can be in person at the meeting or by post or email via proxy through the Chair. To appoint a different proxy, please provide your proxy’s name and contact details, including email address. If voting by proxy, please email: timnewbery@hotmail.com or Tel Landline: 01507 600084. Postal address: Secretary, Cycling UK East Midlands Region, 7a Linden Walk, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9HT

Free Web Resources

There are many resources available at no cost on the web, although you will probably have to register to take advantage of them.

If you need a website Google Sites provides an easy way to set up a simple website - see https://zapier.com/blog/google-sites-tutorial/. An example of a Google Site is that of Loughborough Wednesday Cyclists - https://sites.google.com/site/wcyclists/. As you can see you don't have to buy a domain name if you don't want to.

An easy way to update the content of the site is to embed a Blog (such as the one you are currently viewing), which is again made available at no cost by Google. The ride reports on the Wednesday Cyclists' site is an embedded blog. It is very easy to set up the Blog so that many people can contribute. For more details see https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en . 

In addition Google provides Google Photos where you can store photo albums and link to albums or photos from the website. This archive site is a good example of this.

Another free resource is a Facebook Page . The Wednesday group also takes advantage of this resource -  https://www.facebook.com/Wcyclists . Again you can store photos in the Page.