2011 REPORTS

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

JANUARY

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]...
- South Edinburgh re consultations on QBC and 20mph zone
- All members, re public meeting, storage project, Ride Planet Earth, etc...

** Spokes projects/ representatives
- November traffic count - analysis and website article

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- follow-ups from mailout - database corrections, copyshop problems, etc
- Spokesworker 10.11.10
- Spokesworker 24.11.10

** Website/ twitter
- Downloads page and news item re. QBC and 20mph consultations
- Cyclenation post-conference downloads page created

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** 2011/12 Scottish Budget
- Immediate response prepared on budget day for Transform, other orgs, and page on website for members
- Nov 18 - several hours sending emails to & liaising with relevant NGOs, COSLA reps, MSPs, etc re future of CWSS, which is uncertain post-budget and needs high profile immediately as could depend on imminent COSLA views
- Article for spokesworker - for public mtg and online, to encourage lobbying
- Budget submission to TICC prepared, sent to MSPs etc

** Submissions
- PPt presentns prepared for Cyclenation conference [Edinburgh session & funding workshop]

** Other lobbying
- At Cycling Scot conference Nov 5 spoke to Marshall P who agreed to set up meeting on Princes St and the Mound crossing
- Also spoke to David Middleton, Transport Scot Chief Exec, who suggested a meeting re our TS complaints (as in Bulletin 108).   To arrange with Ewan (Spokes bike-rail rep).
- Attended CEC Princes St future mtg with Jan Gehl architect - made follow-up arrangements

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of smaller issues, including as examples...
- arranging people to respond to consultations, QBC, canal lighting, etc
- helmets - member complaint re too much helmet coverage; also email from public health professor seeking views
- Path art - met Sustrans path art officer, with Tim Smith, to discuss possible implementation

FEBRUARY

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- Leith area re. Nbd P'ship survey
- Midlothian members - various

** Spokes projects/ representatives
- WoW project - layout child commuting f'sht & web page working with Katherine

** Databases
- Updates to orgs and m'ship databases

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- Bulletin 109 - writing, layout, adverts, inserts, etc, etc
- ditto Spokesworker 22.2.11 to go with mailing
- Organisation of delivery volunteers, Lothians and Edinburgh

** Website/ twitter (unless covered elsewhere)
- Various small updates
- New links page on travel to public sites and events
- New links page for reporting things
- Report of history of lobbying for A90 path

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** 2011/12 Scottish Budget
- Emails to govt and opposition parties re proposed levy for superstores etc.

** Cycle Forum - pressed hard on Princes St crossing at Mound

** Liaison with Bill re Cyclenation Strict Liability campaign

** Liaison with Peter re submission on CEC decision-making in Planning

** City Centre/ Princes Street - paper to councillors requesting amendments to officials' report on Gehl's proposals [success - action plan amended to mention cycling in Princes St - see website]

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of smaller issues

MARCH

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- Leith area re ADF consulation and workshops

** Spokes projects/ representatives
- WoW project - layout child commuting f'sht & web page working with Katherine
- Sound project with Emma Quayle - discussing & help organising tramline victim interviews

** Databases
- Many updates to orgs and m'ship databases following mailout, as usual
- Dealing with 2011 renewals at Resources Group and with Clare/Sarah

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- Mailout followups and further bulletin distribution at conferences, and to various requests
- Spokesworker 7.3.11

** Website/ twitter (unless covered elsewhere)
- Various small updates
- Updating Collisions and Claims factsheets

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** CEC Active Travel Action Plan
- CEC meeting (+ with Richard)
- CEC bike storage meeting to move forward onstreet pilots
- Fountainbridge opening - opportunity to lobby for more improvements: canal entrance more prominent, adjacent vacant site needs link to Tollcross, idea for reddish paved strip through towpath cobbles.

** Conferences etc
- Cycling/walking at Dynamic Earth - organising a session with Ian
- Active travel seminar at Parliament by Patrick Harvie

** Forth Bridge
-  Working with FOE & Forthright Alliance to get online petition against signing contract

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of smaller issues  e.g. comments to Peter on Leith ADF, Broxburn Candleworks site, etc; organisation for stalls at WL civic centre, Kirknewton, Linlithgow; fostering communication between Midlothian members on routes to Edinburgh

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- prepared survey form, updated councils contacts list as far as possible, emailed survey
- started dealing with replies, acknowledging etc.

APRIL

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- West Lothian members re new map help, WL CWSS, etc...
- Fife/QF members re A90 path
- To all members re election, new spokesworker, etc

** Spokes projects/ representatives

** Databases
-  Big update to orgs database, info sent to Mies
- annual m'ship renewal updates continuing
- liaison with Christine re forthcoming new MSPs and seat boundaries

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- Spokesworker 19.4.11
- Bulletin 110 - start putting together material
- Liaise with Sustrans re possible supplement

** Website/ twitter (unless covered elsewhere)
- Frequent small updates
- New page on bike businesses
- Article, tweets etc re kids cycle commuting factsheet & WoW project

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of smaller issues
- A90 path follow-up with member

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- reminders, acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.

MAY

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
-  Central area re NP meeting 12 May on Princes St
-  Midlothian members re info for David WW council newspaper feature
- South Edinburgh re 20mph zone TRO + Edmondstone PAN

** Spokes projects/ representatives

** Databases
- labels for summer mailout
- liaison with Christine re new MSPs and seat boundaries

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- Bulletin 110 writing, layout, printer
- Liaise with Sustrans re supplement
- Spokesworker 30.5.11

** Website/ twitter (unless covered elsewhere)
- Frequent small updates
- Article, tweets etc re bike breakfast, summer competition, etc...

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of smaller issues
- CEC/TIE re. tram safety audit report

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- continuing reminders, acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.

** Post-election issues.
- Discussions with various people on new options/threats, e.g. for Bulletin main article
- Liaise with SCCS re their work in lead up to first budget of new SNP govt.

JUNE

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
-  EL members re Haddington rly path temporary closure
-  EL members re new trains, LTS and EL cycle forum
-  All emailable members, re bike breakfast, 19.6.11 spokesworker, etc

** Spokes projects/ representatives

** Databases

** Bulletin/Spokesworker
- Summer Bulletin 110 and mailout organised - a lot of work, as always, includes organising volunteer delivery to 20+ areas in Edinburgh and 15 in the Lothians.
- Spokesworker 19.6.11 prepared, put on website, tweeted etc.

** Website/ twitter (unless covered elsewhere)
- Frequent small updates

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

- Invite to new Transport Minister (Keith Brown) to speak at Bike Breakfast

** Liaison with other bodies/individuals on a wide range of other issues
- Email to NICE re forthcoming guidance on cycling promotion - emphasising importance of safe and welcoming conditions if lots of people are to cycle.
- Correspondence with Scottish Govt re inadequacy of their £5 per head figure for needed cycling investment.
- Correspondence with RIE members & RIE management re bad bike parking & access

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- continuing reminders, acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.

JULY

[away on holiday for half the month]

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
-  South Ed members re council backtracking on 20mph

** Databases
- Liaise with Christine re minor problem with dates

** Competition
- Efforts to maximise entries through other orgs and workplace bike leafletting

** Website, twitter, etc
- See lobbying below
- Started new Kids links page

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

- South Edinburgh 20mph backtracking - website article and tweeted
- Bus stn new bike lockers - publicising the initiative - website & tweeted
- New 'easy' rides, like old TryCycling, tweeted

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- continuing reminders (including phoned all 12 non-respondents), acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.

AUGUST

[away on holiday for half the month]

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- South Edinburgh re. 20mph outcome, south Ed WoW opportunities, ...
- Members in health + near RIE re planning application for new RHSC
- W Lothian members for comments on WLC draft town cycle maps
- Midlothian members re Access Forum issues for David W-W
- All emailable members - various PAN exhibitions + small stuff

** Databases
- Big set of organisations updates prepared and sent to Mies
- Membership updates to Clare

** Competition
- Efforts to maximise entries through other orgs and workplace bike leafletting
- Emailed all past prizewinners; website article, tweeted again, etc

** Website, twitter, etc
- Article on outcome of 20mph controversy
- Lots of small updates, esp to links pages and downloads pages

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

- CEC Cycle Forum - preparation, attendance and follow-up.   Lots of topics: coloured surfacing, Princes St 2011/12 and beyond, ATAP, etc, etc

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- continuing reminders (including phoned all 12 non-respondents), acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.

** Autumn public meeting, initial contacts for speakers, then on to Mark to complete

SEPTEMBER

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- All members re Scottish budget [re. website article]
- Linlithgow area members re EGIP consultation on Dalmeny/Winchburgh area
- WL, Central and Strathclyde members re EGIP community consultn

** Databases
- Liaison with Mies and Christine re technical problems with ORGS database
- Updates to membership database

** Competition
- Efforts to maximise entries continuing
- Anonymised all 30 entries, put on website, and circulated judges
- organised judging meeting

** Website, twitter, etc
- Added FAQs interim file
- Liaise with Stuart to sort out problem of tabs not showing properly
- Lots of small updates, esp to links pages and downloads pages
- Big article on Scottish budget and spending review
- Getting E Lothian station maps on website [liaise with Stuart over technical problems]
- Tram update news article

** Resources group
- paper of ideas for using Audrey Fyfe money
- preparing ORGS labels, envelopes etc for meeting at Judy's

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Meeting with CEC + Richard re family network; + follow up on actions

** Submission to SP Finance cttee re preventative spending Inquiry

** Scottish Budget
- immediate website article on draft budget, also sent to media, relevant organisations, etc
- suggest to EBC they write to Swinney as an affected bike business
- contacted COSLA re affect on CWSS fund

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
- continuing reminders (including phoned all 12 non-respondents), acknowledging, follow-ups, clarifications etc.
- analysis
- report for Bulletin
- passing on implications to useful people re Scottish budget

** Tram follow-up with Cllr Mackenzie following cycle forum - Mound crossing, Princes St maintenance lane, Princes St interim safety audit.

** Autumn public meeting, contacts for speakers - liaison with Mark

OCTOBER

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- All-member circular re budget and other items
- Leith area members re development proposals + Leith Walk future

** Databases

** Competition
-  Article summarising competition results/lessons (based on Katherine draft)

** Website, twitter, etc [see also 'recent updates' on website home page]
-  Website posting + tweeted re. Spokes submission on draft budget
-  Big update to considerate cycling web page
-  Update various pages - membership, inspirational papers, security, etc, etc
-  Article re applying for onstreet residential overnight storage

** Resources group
- October meeting organised

** Spokes Bulletin 111 - writing, refining, layout -> printer etc
- very big job, incorporating fnancial survey & latest budget stuff
- website article re Bulletin contents

** Spokesworker 25.20.11 - written, put on website, sent to copyshop for mailout

** Autumn mailout - organising volunteers, deliveries to and from McD's, preparing various inserts etc, organising on the day

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Scottish Budget
- Prepared Spokes submission to SP ICI & RACCE committees
- Circulated to MSPs, relevant orgs etc. 
- Letter to the Herald
- Website budget update article re Biagi reply + tweeted

** Annual funding survey (for 10/11)
-  Completed analysis, for Bulletin
-  Cycle officer survey comments anonymised and put on website

** Tram follow-up
- with Cllr Mackenzie following cycle forum - Mound crossing, Princes St maintenance lane, Princes St interim safety audit
- tram liaison meeting, preparation, meeting
- follow-up article for bulletin

** Autumn public meeting, contacts for speakers - liaison with Mark + Tim

** Police correspondence re bike security for their and our websites

** Liaison with Borders rail & putting in touch with relevant spokes people

NOVEMBER

Please note - this is not a complete list of activities.  There are a great deal of small items, and the usual general admin - responding to many queries, managing database updates with our volunteer updaters, organising many small developments, adding downloads to website, etc, etc.

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]
- All-member circular re public meeting, budget, rail consultn, etc
- Members outside Ed/Lothian re budget and rail issues
- Leith/PB members re docks developments meeting + energy project

** Databases
- various updates

** Website, twitter, etc [see also 'recent updates' on website home page]
- Bike-rail article based on Ewan't EGIP/Franchise material
- Updates to advice pages
- Budget website articles

** Resources group
- Two November meetings organised

** Spokesworker
- 11.11.11 written, put on website, sent to copyshop for mailout
- 28.11.11 - budget special - ditto

** Autumn mailout - follow up stuff, address changes, answering queries etc

** Maps - spokes info panel for Tim WL map

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Scottish Budget
- Handout prepared for SSN conference & other uses
- Organised leafletting delegates on entering SSN conference - 170 leafletted
- Emailed all know groups in Scotland - good follow up with Dumfries, STirling, Elothian, Aberdeen, etc
- Letter in Herald re  budget v. SNPmanifesto
- Attended Cycling Scot conference and asked question on budget v. SNPmanifesto to Transport Minister
- Liaison with Marco Biagi MSP re meeting
- Several website articles + tweeted etc

** Tram follow-up

** Autumn public meeting - liaison with Mark

** November traffic count
- analysis, website article, twitter (big interest)
- liaison with various people on results - Cllr Mackenzie, Bike Stn, etc

DECEMBER

MEMBERSHIP/INTERNAL THINGS

** Circulars to membership [suggesting they take action]

** Databases
- major update to orgs database sent to Mies
- converted m'ship database to 2012 status and sent latest updates to Sarah & claire
- checking of delivery area boundaries, and some minor adjustments to make deliveries easier

** Website, twitter, etc [see also 'recent updates' on website home page]
- Article on buffs
- Article on Princes St paradise
- Article on budget, report of Infrastructure Cttee

** Resources group
- December meeting organised
- Organisation of sales outlets for buff sales

** Spokesworker

** Maps

LOBBYING, SUBMISSIONS, EVENTS

** Scottish Budget
- Briefing paper & meeting with Marco Biagi MSP and Jim Eadie MSP
- Briefing paper for Jim Eadie re proposed meeting with Minister
- Report of Infrastructure Cttee good - website + wrote to Cttee members

** Tram follow-up