Save the date for Annual Club Spring Event and Charitable Mixer-May 6th, 2017 Dear CVC Member, Save the date: Saturday May 6th to celebrate CVC’s Annual Club Spring Event and Charitable Mixer. Preliminary plans include a CVC organized club ride, unlike any other ride of the year, followed by a delicious gourmet Food Truck lunch. Many club members attended the Cruisin’ meeting last August where we held an in-depth discussion about the future of the event. At that, and other follow-up meetings, we brainstormed together on how we might reformat the event while simultaneously continuing to organize a fun and meaningful social event for CVC members that meets the club’s charitable goals. As a result of feedback from those meetings along with numerous informal discussions with many members since August, the CVC Board has determined that Cruisin’ the Conejo will be taking a hiatus. Our plan this year is to make the same kind of charitable impact in the community while creating a more intimate and social club event that is geared toward CVC Members. We see this as an opportunity to create an exclusive and fun CVC members-only event that will have a greater charitable impact on our local community, as well as strengthen the connections between CVC club members. CVC’s Annual Club Spring Event and Charitable Mixer will be limited only to current members of CVC and will require a donation. By limiting participation and creating a club event, we are cutting many of the expenses that were unavoidable and rising each year with Cruisin the Conejo. Fewer expenses translate to a higher percentage of each participant’s registration fee being freed up to go directly to local charitable organizations. Which local charities? We will be sending out a survey with a list of charitable candidates soon so that CVC members can help us with the charity selection. We are still working out the details of this new and exciting event. Some ideas that we are working on include roaming “SAG” support along with stocked and supported regroup spots on routes that rival Cruisin the Conejo. And for after the ride, we will celebrate our club members, our friendships we have forged, and our community with a festive lunch and silent auction. We want everyone to be involved and will need your help! Although this year’s event will be smaller in size and complexity than Cruisin the Conejo was, we will still need volunteers, (members, family and friends) to help out with pre-event planning, tasks, and the event. Please be on the lookout for an e-mail announcing the date of our first 2017 committee meeting that you can attend to learn more about how everyone can help out. Let’s enrich others through OUR own Conejo Valley Cyclists community. Sincerely, Sheri Leiken CVC President And the rest of your Spring Charity Mixer Ride Team