[Policy] Fw: Resignation

[Laura Donatelli]

Hello BW Policy Committee members,


It has been too long since you have heard from me; for that I apologize.  Other commitments and challenges in my life have had to take priority and I have just not had the time to keep plugging away at the policy committee work, important though it is.


Those of you not on the board may not know that I tendered my resignation from the Bike Winnipeg board as of this month's AGM.  I had been hoping that, prior to then, I could push forward even slightly on the work done to date towards a Snow clearing / winter cycling network maintenance policy but I have been unsuccessful.


Therefore, I am attaching the 16 pages of notes that I collected from various relevant sources (many originally from Mark) as well as a partial early draft of a position statement that I shared with Mark a month ago.  Hopefully this will help guide future work by the committee.


At our last meeting in January, in addition to my work on snow clearing, Gord was focusing on a position statement related to a one metre passing distance, and Bill was working towards a way marking position statement.  I have not heard if either of these drafts are at a point that they could be shared with the Committee.


Given that both Bill and I will be leaving the board imminently, I will leave it up to Ian who is continuing on as Co-Chair to contact the remaining Policy Members following the AGM.  Hopefully there will be some fresh "blood" on the Board and Committee to move this work forward.


I want to thank all of you for your efforts over this past year in particular.  Although I am disappointed that I stalled out in 2017, we did get 5 position statements approved by the board in 2016, so a positive start was made.


Though I will be formally leaving Bike Winnipeg, I want to continue to contribute where I can to cycling efforts in our city, so I hope I will run into you along the way.


All the best,

Laura Donatelli


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From: Laura Donatelli <omojean98 at hotmail.com>
Sent: March 22, 2017 10:40 PM
To: Bike Winnipeg Board
Subject: Resignation


Dear Mark and fellow board members,


Despite my previous agreement to stay on the board past April, I have now come to the conclusion that I must resign as a director as of the April/17 AGM.  I do hope that there will be others who step up to fill the vacancies that exist.  I have very much enjoyed my past 3 years on the board and am committed to continuing to support cycling advocacy and activities in Winnipeg as my volunteer time allows.


Laura


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