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Welcome to Winter everyone, The cooler weother is now upon usond thismeons severol things.including the steody increose of woter levels in creeks ond riversevery\^/here, especiollythose out of Ook Mountoin. Mother Noturehos olso oided us by covering up our mountoin bike troilswith Folls follen leoves. All of this meons thot speciol ottention ond core should be token when riding on ony mountoin bringsme especiolly thosewe coll our own. This bike troils, to comment thot on Soturday,Nov. Sth. we were finolty oble to hove our firsttroil mointenonce doy in three months! showed their We hod o greot turnout,some l8 volunteers supportcnd we reollydo oppreciote it! Speciolthonksgo to Mike Pollordfor useof hisfour wheels . Our November monthly meeting wos o tremendous success, We hod 54 people in ottendonce (oll were members by meetings end) formed foutt different committees,thonksto oll who volunteered,ond confirmed the nominees for the 1995 Boordof Directors. I olsowont to thqnk HordwickGregg for hispresentotionon "Are You Roce Reody'. Hordwick hos been rocing ond plocingfor o while now ond if onyone oround here should hove some helpful tips on the subject. it would be Hordwick. An outline of these tidbits con be found in on upcoming issue of the BUMP News. so renew those I wont to opologize memberships ond stcy tuned. Lostly, for the limited spoce we hod of the November meeting, there seemed to hove been o'very smollschedulingerror. Hove no feor, we should be bock in meeting rooms B ond C for the December meeting! Honoroble mention goes out to BUMPmembers Ken Hester,qnd .JerryAkers,for their efforts in completing the 26.2mile Vulcon Morothon. their first. I believe they both finished of justunder 4 hours. Mok Cormichoel finishedwoy up in the front somewhere. Greot job guys! | would olso like to congrotulote oll of our memberswho competed in the recenf Mod Dog Mountoin Bike Roce ond Duotholon ot John Croyle'sBig Ook GirlsRonch. I know it wos o tough roce for some (con you soy DNF?)but certoinly not for others, Roce results should be publishedin on upcoming isue. Seeyou in December ond out on the troils!.

On Sundoy November 20th, BUMP will conduct o drive of Ook Mountoinof the SouthTroilheod membership (the porkinglot of the loke ond picnic oreo). In conjunction with the membership drive there will be on effort to educote the mountoin bikersthot use Ook Mountoin os to riding. We intend to the rulesof the troil ond responsible hond out o one poge informotionolflyer to ridersond.to ploce flyers os well. on cor windshields some riders While most mountoin bikersride responsibly, ore simplyuneducoted os to whot the rulesof the troil ore. BUMP hos on occosion met people on the troilwho trulydid not know thot locking up the reor wheel in the turnsolklo Reebok Komokozedownhill erodes ond domoges the troils which isdefinitelyNOTCOOL, Some people hove no isNOTCOOL. hikers ideo thot buzzing W'rot is COOL is those people who volunteer to help us in this membershipdrive ond educotionol endeovor. Lost yeor's two drives resultedin o lot of rrew members, The educotionol ospect will be new to this drive. We need volunteersto help moke this importont event o success. Closeto twenty people volunteered of the lost meeting to help put this membership drive together. lt is very heortening to see thot number of volunteersfor o BUMP event. Thonksfolks. Educoting the uneducoted ond bringing new inembers into the fold keeps the troil conditions of Ook Mountoin more monogeoble. The presenceof the membershipdrive olso mointoinso BUMP pork ond dispels the myth thot dirt foiriesbuild ond mointoin the troilson nightswith full moons, Somepeople don't hove o clue. you will look COOLsittingot the BUMP toble likeyou Besides ore some kind of mountoin bike expert or sornething, So show you core obout the pork ond volunteer . We only need you for o few hoursond yes,you con stillget o ride in thot doy, So pick up the phone now ond coll BorryHoir (987-85.|0) to volunteerond work out o time you will work the event. Now you know whot is cool ond I hove beoten thot to deoth.

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onnuol Xmos porty Morkyour colendorspeople, BUMP's will be held on Soturdoy,December lOth of 8:00pmot housein the CrestlinevillogeAreo. Nodine L'Eplottenier's As is usuol with our porties, vorious hordourveswill be served,ond if you hove some porty food recipe you ore poriy is proud of, well fix it ond let us toste it! TheChristmos olwoys o well ottended, fun event, so bring your fovorite beveroge ond o yuletideottitude, Fordetoilscoll Nodine of 871-5763.A mop will be ovoiloble of the December meeting.

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BUMP As most of you ore owor from th lost two meetlngs ond the BUMPnewsletter which wos molled to the members' ond Herrlng, Mlke Ple(cy, thereso In December. vocorcles boord t" t o up"orntrg quof to nlt nomlnees meA wts seefir(j exclessed hove indtulduols three the followlng Moft Richrioir, the oppolnted nomlnoflng committee hove reported thot 'Regulor Tlcket' nominees ore Amy thelr dedre to run for eleciion on the two upcomlng boord voconcles. The Gregg, ond Lourie Mcclennon. The nomlneeswill be glven on opportunity to_speokor hove someone Hunter,Hordwlck TWO POSITIONS FORTHOSE ELECTIONS do in 1995. REMEMBER Oehotf 6Jto wfrot tfrey would llketo see BUMP on thelr speot< pold prlor (ie...dues good stondlng you memberin mustbe o MEEitNe. Ao r.."mber lhot nt rHE DECEMBER wtLLee HSLD 'l) llsi' your ihe following on nome see you do nol pold ond you dues hove to Dec. In order to Vote on your nominees. lf ASAP' k n o w u s l e t o n d 8 7 9 8 3 7 3 o t Ken contoct H o | | y o s h e o A d r i n n e M o r r i s L o u r i e M c c | e n n e n M o r | o n B o r n e t t R | c h o r d T u r n b u | | D o V | d H o | | M i c h o e | P o p p W | | | o m l u c k e t t Doug Doughlhee Molk Rlchmon cynlhlo Morgon wlllom Lrrkett Suzonne Poyne Gregg Hordwick Glongro-so r-lio Dr. Erlc Sotomon Anne Bornhlll Bryon Oliver Kenneih Hester EorlHoll & Jo Mudd DeniseMccill Rlck O'Horo JeniforJockson Louro Bo.ss B o b B r u n e r H o r r y P | t t s N o d | n e l , E p | o t t e n i e r s c o t i c i b b o n s Joseph openshow Dorothy Mcworter Hugi-rLeoder Oregory Houston Greg wqldrop Jlm & BorbroDolly Roidy Rohmeyer ..roc[a iinoo McDuffle Bronsdorf Jock s H' & Codo Mlko Oon w"lXn . - Mlke iollord --.-'-Roy to\'very ...,-IheibsdPl6icy Ltfrfi;" chuck Whtted Borry Holr Deonno Mcvey Mlci<iePowell nmy Hunter Koren Mendel Hendrlck Snow greg Mlnlsrnon BlllChrlstenberry Bll Gonett Moore suson Lorry Stonley Rob;rt smllh

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You've zopped me once You've zopped me twice I'vefelt your burningsting I con't woit for winter why? So you'll freeze your stingerfonny off ond DIE! by BorryHoir.Secretory MINUTES BUMP job is to toke down the minutesof the Sincethe secretory's meetingswe hove decided to print them in the newsletter so thos6 memberswho didn't get to moke the meeting will know whot is going on in the club. So here goes. T!" November meeting hod greot ottendonce with 54 memberspresent, However,we only were given holf of our normol meeting spoce. lt wos cozy. Prior to the meetingof 7:00 pm we hod o meeting of those interested wos held in servingon committeesof 6:30pm. A discrssion Continuedon Poge 4

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hod its monlhly iroll work doy on Soturdoy,Novembr6th. The Porkgrociouslyprovlded uswlth o huge pile of grovel BUMP to spreod on vorlous problem spots on tr lroll. Gettlng the grovel to ond on fhe troil wos ourjob. Bellove lt o/ not we houlod lhe grovel In on on old forestrood In Mike Pollords plck-em-uplruck. l'm not surs the polnt iob on hlstruck wlll evd be the conflbullon. some ofter grovel wos shoveled lnio the ituck bed for o few hours, Our mony lhonks for hlsslfless 'hordened" wlth lhe glovel ond potllond cement to fix ihe Theseclion blow RollerCoqster heoding to ihe RC trock wos muddied conditionswe occ{slonolly expedence especlollydurlng th winter months. The troll crew olso performed some 'troil drift' we hov6 observed there over the lost yeor. the slde hilling work on th Chhney sweep sectlon to cure the following volunteers took the lime io put lhelr sweot equlty Into the troil to preserve your prlvllege to continue tidlng ot the oork: Hordwick Gregg Jock Bronsdorf Mike Pollord MorionBornetl Mickey Powell Ken Hester Rick O'Horo Doug Doughertee And o mystery worker. MorkRichmon Lorry Stonley MikeHening JerryAkers Nodine L'Eplottenier Hugh Leoder Hoir BillGonett Borry WillLuckeft Themonthlytroil crews ore the true unsungheroesof BUMP. to see every members nome on this troil honor We hope .|995 rollin

clossic, GeorgioMountoin Bike November 20th 1994 Kelly at 4M941-8464.. Bremen Go. CollKevin November 20th BUMP's Membership ond Educotionol
Drive of Ook Mountoin Stote Pork. Meet ct the South Trailheod of 9:30 om. For info ond volunteers coll Borry Hoir ot 987-85.|0.

meeting'ot 7 pm ot Hoover December 7th BUMP of Boord voconcies. Librory. Annuol Elections December IOth BUMP's christmos Portyot Nodine
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lhe the followlng commlttees were formed ot the lost BUMP meling. W6 hope to hove better successin 1995in utlllzlng commlttees to meet lhe neds of the club ond the cornmunity,
PUBLIC RELATIONS (Membership, Colendor of Events,Public Relotions) Suson Moore Denise McGill Greg Houston Deonno McVey Bob Brunner

SPECIAL EVENTS (Roce, Speciol Events, Rides& Trips) Mike Herring Mike Pollord Motthew Riedinger LisoG Jerry Akers TeresoPiercy RobertSmith Lourie McClennon Chuck Whited MorkRichmon

T R A I L SC O M M I T T E E (Lond Access. Troil Blozing, TroilMointenonce) Hordwick Gregg Borboro Doiley Corlo Simpson Doug Doughetee Will Luckett Rick O'horo

NE W S L E T T E R Amy Hunter Hendrik Snow LindoMcDuffie BorryHoir

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of thot time ond o decisionwos mode ond opproved by the president,Hugh Leoder. to consolidote some of the committees. lt wos felt there were woy too mony in the post. The committees ond iis members ore listed in this joined or renewed newsletter, Thirty-Sevenmemb_ers membershipof the meeting, A membershipdrive wos onnounced for Soturdoy, November l9th when it wos pointed out thqt THEGAMEwos scheduledfor thot doy, Sillyme. The membership drive is now scheduled for Sundcy,November20th out of deference to Footboll. the troil work doy plons. I ogoin reKen Hesterdiscussed single mernber to emphosized the need for every .|995. volunteerfor of leostone troildoy in I om very glod to reporttwenty eight members signed up to work the trcilsin the nexttwelve months. Thonksfolks. The Xmos porty wos onnounced which will be of Nodine'shouse. Cohobo Cycles presented us with qnother 5"/" reimbursement programcheck for S43dollorswhich is mode possible by membersturning in their solesreceipts. Pleoseremember to do thot ond we thonk Cohobo Cyclesfor theirdonction. The Nominotingcommittee reported thot three nominees boord voconcies, Thoi is crrerunningfOrthe h*o upcomirng reported in o seporote orticle in this newsletter. We olso osked membersto come up with o cotchy nome for our newsletterby the next meeting. The winner gets o prize nome will belong to BUMP ond yes,the winning newsletter forever, Members were osked to volunteer for the Mod Dog Bike roce, Another committee meeting wos onnounced for next month which will ogoin be held thirty minutesbefore the regulor club meeting. Chuck Whited ond Tereso Piercyreported thot they ore stillworkingon the jerseys words,"pulling thot project BUMP ond ore in Chuck's bock out of the ditch". We shouldsee somethingon thison o futuredote not too for off. The meeting ended with o humorous and informotive presentotion by Hordwick Gregg on the dos ond dont'sof rocing mountoinbikes. The meeting odjourned for the usuol sociol ofterwords ot lncohoots,

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