Group Meeting, Friday 25th April 2008

Attended by:
Ahmed El-Dorghamy, Ahmed Barakat, Ahmed Talaat, Aliaa Hashem, Azita Azar, Cherif El Tabie, Chitra Kalyani, Connie, Fhar Meiss, Ismail Marmoush, Khaled E, Maged George, Mahmoud Sabae, Mohammed El-Sawy, Mohsen GMO, Moustafa Hussein, Samah El-Laithy, Sherine Meshad, Soha El Sahn

(Please let me know if I missed anyone)

Discussion points

• Mr. Sawy confirmed that Korba event takes place on May 9 (from 8 am to 11 pm?) and we are invited to join the parade.
• Suggestion that we have a booth or a show. Request Will E. and Rostom to perform tricks on bikes if possible.
• Need to be able to rent bikes safely. Sawy said perhaps safer not to suggest rentals.
• Flyers created by Alia, Sherine and Ahmed Hamzawy.

T-SHIRTS/Slogans/ FLAG:

1. La taqtaly al-youm (don't kill me today) (Sawy)
2. La tadfa'a aktar lamma momkin tedfaa aqal (why pay more when you can pay less?) (Sawy)
3. Zahma No (or Zahma X – with illustration of traffic) (Sherine)
4. Zahma ya dunya Zahma (Ismail M.)
5. Brainmapping using pictures (car) + (car) = (traffic). (bike) + (bike) = (cool) (Moustafa)
6. Picture of Benzina with X and another picture of a person eating fuul.(Dorghamy)
7. Arkin Areetak? (??)

AGREED on

T-Shirt:

• "Wasaa Lel-Agal" (make space for the bike / the bike makes space). The T-shirt will have all different slogans (One Less Car/don't give me evil eye etc.) everywhere in smaller or varied sizes with a big "Wasaa lel Agal" in the middle and www.cairocyclersclub.com
• Sleeve: Cairo Cyclers Club logo on one sleeve, and El-Sawy logo on another sleeve. (Korba Festival (mahragan korba?), May 9, 2008?)
• T-shirt colour: Yellow
• Ahmed Hamzawy, could you please design t-shirt soon? Will soon need to print it!
• El-Sawy kindly offered to sponsor T-shirt which will carry the Sawy logo as well. Approximately 300 or 500 t-shirts in 4:4:2 ratio of Medium: Large: X-Large.

WEBSITE:
Cairocyclersclub.com should show group information
Logo: Front page, basic info: who we are, facebook/yahoogroup.
Yehia Decken and Mahmous Sabae requested to update this by next week (May 2)
Up and running in basic format before Korba event.

Other issued related to festival:

1. Antenna with small flag Fee El-Agala Al-Alam (not sure if I got this right?)
   I need to breathe (kaham?).
2. Rehearsal suggested with checking bikes, helmets, t-shirts and route.
   
3. Ahmed Talaat: First-Aid kit
4. Ahmed Barakat CS Graduate will help with website

ROUTE:

• Option one – Agouza - 6 October
• Option two – Agouza - 15th May through Ramsis/Ataba
• Agreed on Option 3 – Agouza – Nile St - Kasr El Nile – Ramsis – Khalifat Mamoun – Marghany – Korba.

TO THINK ABOUT:

• FLYERS that we want to post – need to finalise on one or two, and standardize information? Plus, we could post a flyer. I would like to request Mr. El-Sawy to add the May 9 event in the El-Sawy monthly brochure as a Bicycle Ride to Korba – May 9. Please send information ASAP.
• ROUTE BACK: Road back will most likely be more crowded– need to agree on/organize a time/way to get back for those who would like to go together.

Group Meeting April 19th 2008

Cairo Cyclers Club - Group Meeting

April 19^th, 2008

Participants:

The meeting included 9 members: Ahmed, Ingy, Ismail, Chitra, John, Magda, Sherine, Yehia, (the Algerian Guy?)

Main Discussion Topics:

Equipment Needed for Rides:

- Pump (Yehia)

- Tools (Ismail)

- First Aid Kit

- Energy Bars - for anyone who feels faint

Creating a files for

- Recommended bike tours, including:

• Wadi Degla Route
• Islamic Cairo Route
• Coptic Cairo Route
• Zamalik Route
• Heliopolise Route
• Maadi Rout

- Brochure on basic material for cyclers

• Safety rules,
• Basic needed material for riding: Bike, helmet, arm and knees safety gear, sunscreen, tissues/wet ones, water bottle, energy bar, etc.
• Bike fixing essentials: wheel tube, tools, pump, etc.

Yahoo/Google group to be created/moderated by Magda

- Group to be used a mailing list

- Data base to be created on the Yahoo page and to be fed in by members including:

• List of bike rental shops by area,
• List of bike fixing shops by location
• List of bile buying shops by location
• List of recommended bikes by experiences cyclers – specs, expected price, pros and cons
• Members with extra bikes for rental/ loaning – prices for rental if applicable
• Contact list of members including: Name, e-mail, tel (optional), location, blood type

General Discussion Issues:

- Should the group slogan be in Arabic?

Most members attending the meeting seemed to agree that the slogan for the group need to be in Arabic being an Arabic speaking country and also having a message to convey to the general public.

Guys we should be proud of our language!!!

- Call on slogans (on discussion board) followed by voting for slogan

- I support Cairo Cycler’s Club sticker/buttons for distribution

- Public service project: Are m embers willing to have a collection box for buying bikes to give to small shops for rental? create material to be sold for a profit to buy bikes for small businesses to rent?

- T-Shirt ideas - Possible catchy phrases for back of shirts (just to add a bit of fun to the group)

• Put the wording on back of microbuses or trucks. Ex. ما تبصليش بعين رضيه ... بص للي أدفع فيه (don’t give me the evil eye – think of how much I cost)
• Use of the bea”h slogan: خليك بيئه – to discuss with Ahmed El- Dorghamy
• My other bike is a Jaguar
• If your reading this … your too damn close
• Aliaa sent a number of quotes which can also be used

- Having a number for each member

- Tag or ID on bike or worn by members on dog tags or arm bands to include: name, contact phone number, blood type, address.

- Peggy backing on campaigns by having biking tours for certain causes – list to be provided by Sherine

- National Cycling Day: Campaign to close up an area (or if very optimistic down town) for use of bikes on a national biking day.

- Talk to different stakeholders for support

• Ministry of Environment,
• جمعية مصر الجديدة,
• multinationals (BP, Shell, Mobile companies, pepsi, coca cola) – Mary and Ahmed Rostom
• Rotery (Magda), roteract, lions
• NGOs and international organization
• Biking companies giving bikes to Africa (John)
• Asking The Sawy Cultural Wheel to have a Cycling wheel weekend
• Contacting different universities

- Possible up coming events:

• Korba Event
• Contacting AUC for having an AUC moving cycling event
• Degla cycling event

Korba Event

- T-shirts: Contact Sawy and choose a design (Chitra)

- Starting to create a contact list of people who will join

- Simple pamphlet for advertising the event to be placed at work, universities, sakya, clubs, scouts, Youth volunteers group..etc. (text to be worked on by Sherine)

- General rules: Stress that anyone wanting to join the event has to buy a helmet and be able to bring in a bike

- Prize If you finish the Korba event ride you receive an award (maybe something to be used while biking, like reflectors, phosphoric vest ..etc. )

- Electronic Announcement to be places on the Facebook group on the event as well as sent o different cultural groups.

- Map of event with different meeting points along the route.

- Ask for schedule of events for Korba ,

- Are we allowed inside the event with bikes??