CKAP News

I am pleased to announce that CKAP’s website has a new look. Check it out at www.ckap.ca

A feature of the new design is that it is mobile friendly, so CKAP members can  view from their desktop, tablet or mobile phone.

Another new feature is that ckap.ca has its own forum for members to keep in touch. This feature replaces the Yahoo groups forum. You can still use CKAP’s Face book page for communications but our new website gives us an alternative that has no ads. You can see the CKAP forum page here: http://www.ckap.ca/forums/

In the forum there is a public area called Announcements which will just contain news items. There is a private area for CKAP members only. In order to participate in the new forum we’ll need an email message from you authorizing us to activate your membership in the forum. Please send a note with your name and email address to support@ckap.ca Please read our privacy and terms of use policy here: Terms of Use and Privacy

Happy Trails,
‘Sir’ James Wilson

CKAP Members Grand Total Km to Date: 36,780,751 km

New West Coast CKAP Director

At the request of the current CKAP Board, Ken Bonner, a member of the BC Randonneurs who is welded to his bicycle (28,660km in 2012!), has agreed to be the CKAP West Coast Director until 2015. The CKAP Board thanks Ken for taking on this role in promoting CKAP out west.

Many thanks are also extending to Raymond Parker, who after 7 years as CKAP West Coast Director, decided that it was time to resign. Raymond had continued on as a CKAP director and a member of the BC Randonneurs while overcoming 2 bouts of cancer, but a run in with a car while cycling left him with a serious ankle injury. This has severely limited his cycling, and he felt that it was better to pass the CKAP West Coast directorship to Ken R. Bonner.

Ray (CKAP# 1297) will be greatly missed, since not only did he promote CKAP, but also, as a professional photographer, he kept us supplied with great photos of west coast members. You can visit his web site at: www.veloweb.ca

Happy New Year, Logging Monthly Totals and New Award Costs

Happy New Year!: Have a Safe and Enjoyable Cycling Year in 2013!

Logs: Now is the time to send in your 2012 CKAP log! The MEMBERS page, by default, just shows the members who have submitted a log for 2012. If you haven’t yet submitted yours, you can see your information by either removing the “2012” from the “START YEAR” box or by looking for yourself on the TOTALS page. Note that at the CKAP AGM last May the Ottawa CKAP board voted to allow members to submit monthly rather than weekly totals in their CKAP logs. The choice is yours – monthly or weekly.

Award Costs Have Risen: Because of higher costs for the awards and postage, the CKAP Ottawa board voted (by email) to raise the cost of the “MINOR” awards (badges, medals and plaques for up to 25,000 total CKAP km) starting with the 2013 cycling log (year). CKAP has no annual fees and funds raised by the sale of the minor awards in the CKAP incentive program (1,000 km to 25,000 km) helps to pay for the “MAJOR” annual awards. CKAP members receive a free CKAP plaque and certificate for every 100,000 CKAP km that they log. Money from the sale of the minor awards is also used upon occasion to help us maintain the CKAP trophies. This year a new walnut base was added to the Bruce Timmermans 100,000 Km Club Trophy.

Here are the new costs of the minor awards:
Badges with certificates will increase by $2.00 ea from $8.00 to $10.00 including postage.

Medals with certificates will increase by $2.00 ea. from $18.00 to $20.00 including postage.

Plaques with certificates will increase by $5.00 ea. from $35.00 to $40.00 including postage.

Capital VeloFest 2012

http://www.capitalvelofest.ca/

• Ottawa City Hall – Bicycle Rodeo 11AM – 5PM
• Ottawa City Hall – Tour La Nuit 5PM – 11PM

Note that CKAP will have a booth at this festival looking for new members. Volunteers are needed to help James Wilson set the booth between 9:30AM & 10:45AM. Volunteers are also needed to give James a break & rest.

News from the May 9th CKAP AGM

Hewes Challenge Trophy:

To encourage CKAP members to sign up new club member it has been decided to remove both the formula and the average so that club members with lower km totals will also count toward the win for the club and not lower their
average in a formula / average win as in the past.

Here are the new changes to the Hewes Challenge award rules:

• No formula
• No Average
• Minimum of 3 CKAP members per club
• Only one “member’s choice” club counts which the CKAP member was a member.
• Club with the highest total CKAP km wins.

CKAP needs new members paying memberships and awards in the incentive program 1,000 to 25,000 km to help pay for the entire annual major awards which are free and the raising cost of postage if CKAP is to remain in the black and functioning.

Earl Bullis Awards & Engraving is back in business under new management after the untimely death of Gaye Bullis and the search continues for the company which he ordered CKAP medals. James has supplied the artwork for the CKAP medals and if we must we will order from a new company. The 9 members who have not received their 2011 plaques will as soon as the order for 50 plaque CKAP medals is delivered.

CKAP needs to order CKAP short sleeve, hidden 15″ zipper jerseys in order to have all sizes available. It has been decided to wait and ask the members who may wish to order a new jersey to inform James by email or post and include their size. If enough interest is shown (12 request or more) James will place an order otherwise he will wait until new members fees can support the cost.

CKAP’s director main effort will be to find ways to get new members starting with James entering a CKAP booth in Ottawa’s Capital Velofest on June 2nd and it is hoped that each member will make an effort to sign up new members.

James wishes to thank all members who have made donations in the past and in the future which have helped to keep CKAP funded and functioning.