City Council Cycling Forum
(Posted 12/11/09)
The latest cycling forum was held in the Civic Hall on Wednesday 28th October 2009. Presentations from Northern Rail on the 'Cycle Point' plans for Leds City station, and by NGT on their scheme (New Generation Transport) for public transport in the city provoked lively discussion and a number of questions. An unofficial report on the meeting is available pending the official record.

These meetings are open to any cyclist in Leeds, and the next one is scheduled provisionally for Wednesday 13th January 2010, at 18:15.

CTC West Yorkshire AGM
(Posted 12/11/09)
The Annual General Meeting of CTC West Yorkshire DA was held in Halifax on Sunday 8th November. Reports on the year were received and accepted, as were the accounts. All the officers were re-elected, so Chris Crossland remains President, Jennifer Crossland Secretary and John Keighley Treasurer.

Kevan Shuttleworth, one of the two CTC Council members for the region, gave a report on national matters, which prompted a lively discussion on the implications of the proposed move to consolidate the two existing CTC organisations into a single, charitable company. This will come before the national AGM next spring.

CTC West Yorkshire now includes members in the Todmorden area, and partly in recognition of this, as well as to reflect more accurately its participation and scope, a change of name of the sub-group CTC Halifax to CTC Calderdale was approved.

The meeting noted with concern that, because the new structure of CTC in the region had not been properly communicated to the organiser, West Yorkshire was listed as being second in the DATC (Tourist Trophy) competition. In reality, five of the six riders were from CTC Huddersfield and District, who may have done even better if their 'away' rides in our area had been recognised. We retain good relations with Huddersfield, and urged Kevan to help sort out the mess, thoughit seems that it is not likely to be possible for this year.

It's planned to hold next year's AGM on a mid-week evening.