October 2017 activity report

Ohio Department of Health employees participating in a Ride Buddy ride. Photo credit: Deo Martinez

Ohio Department of Health employees participating in a Ride Buddy ride. Photo credit: Deo Martinez

Welcome to the monthly feature in which we round up all our events, earned media, program delivery, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Representation and outreach like this is what you fund with your membership dollars and major gifts, folks! Behold, October:

October 2

Attended an introductory meeting with a Lime Bike representative

Chaired the regular meeting of the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission's Community Advisory Committee

October 4

Athens NEWS: Advocates: Make Athens bike again

October 5

Sentinel-Tribune: BG adds graphics to remind drivers to share the road with bikes

October 6

Joined an Engineer's Ride with City of Columbus engineers, to look at portions of the proposed Clintonville Bikeway Network

Led a Ride Buddy ride with 3 Ohio Department of Health employees

Participated in the CoGo Bike Share quarterly stakeholders meeting

October 7

Yay Valet! @ OSU v Maryland

Spoke about effective advocacy on a "Fireside Chat" panel at the 2017 G.I.R.L. Conference

October 10

Coffee with Catherine

Attended the annual Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference

October 11

Led a Ride Buddy ride with 2 Ohio Department of Health employees

Drop In with Deo

October 12

Showcased bicycling at a "Career on Wheels" event at Liberty Elementary School

October 13

Delivered 2 Professional Development Rides for Elyria professionals

October 14

Year of Yay!, "First Dates" theme

October 15

Yay Valet! @ Columbus Marathon

October 16

Delivered 2 Professional Development Rides for Kettering professionals

Yay Bikes! board meeting

October 18

Candidates Forum, in partnership with DRAC (the Downtown Residents' Association of Columbus) and the Franklin County Consortium for Good Government

October 22

Led a How We Roll ride

October 23

Delivered a Professional Development Ride for Marietta professionals 

October 24

Delivered 2 Professional Development Rides for Marietta professionals 

October 26

Delivered a Professional Development Ride for McConnellsville professionals 

October 27

Led a Ride Buddy ride with 5 United Way of Central Ohio employees

Delivered a Professional Development Ride for Marietta professionals 

October 28

Yay Valet! @ OSU v Penn State

October 30

Participated in the Community Shares of Mid Ohio Audit Committee meeting

Chaired the regular meeting of the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission's Community Advisory Committee

October 31

abc6onyourside.com: New bill could stiffen distracted driving penalties, some safety advocates want more