SPOKES Formal Committee meeting - July 2025

[NathanK]

This is the meeting we intended to hold last month, but didn’t quite manage it. Devonia is overseas.

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SPOKES Meeting 12 May 2025

Formal SPOKES Dunedin Committee meeting. Other members or interested parties most welcome. Location @devoniakruimer’s house.The address is 31 Murray Street in Caversham. Recent Meetings Last informal meeting: Last formal meeting: Agenda Previous meeting actions (April, 25): Sorting out Gmail and Google Drive (Nathan) CAN money and relationships (Fraser) CAN relationship – contacting, and discussing board member access (Devonia/Fraser) Contingency plan for spokes.nz website (Nathan/Rob…

Agenda

@david

Personally, I’m particularly keen to discuss Albany St and the potential for forming something of a sub-committee to work on this intensively over the next 6 weeks. So please bring your Albany St ideas, and if anyone can’t make it, but has ideas (or the desire to be on an Albany St sub-committee), please shout out

See this as well:
https://spokes.nz/t/questions-for-candidates/843

[NathanK]

Meeting record 2025-07-14T07:00:00Z

Re Portobello Rd

Frustrating that little has happened with this over a long time.
A very good test: Would this make it safe for a 10yo to ride to school?

A subcommittee for Albany St / University?

Including Leith Street as a quiet street.
Suggested by @david who would chair it.
Also @frstep, and maybe more.

2-3 month intensive focus on this.
Communicate and build trust with all the key stakeholders.
Approved by the committee / endorsed by SPOKES Dunedin

Of note, BUGS / DCC / McKnight meetings with planning department started off with Albany Street 2 years ago
Business case rigidity can be an ongoing problem.
@heike has had a recent discussion with Ray O’Brien (sustainability at Uni) over

Cycle Mapping in Dunedin

Perhaps we could invite the DCC ask us to fix the OpenMaps cycling info (and thus Google Maps, etc)?
Phil is making a cycling map of Dunedin as a volunteer effort.

Finance

Income is stable.
CAN have transferred the funds to us (approx $4000).
Balance is approx $11000.
Proposal - term deposit or saver account.

Engaging with councillors

The questions.
Is all in the wiki now: spokes.nz/t/questions-for-candidates/843
Could do with being condensed down to 5-7 questions, or maybe 3.
@JohnJohn volunteers to co-ordinate this.
Maybe self-recorded videos, maybe a text response.

Suggestion by @david

Sponsor / subsidise e-bike rental via a 3rd party at quiet times.

Suggestion by @JohnJohn

We need a clear mission and strategy that we publicise and stick to.

Relationships with bike shops

This is something that would be very helpful.
Really needs an individual who takes this on as a responsibility

Next meeting

An informal meeting at
Inch Bar 2025-08-10T12:00:00Z

Inch Bar | Dunedin

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