Let's move the start time 9:30.  Hopefully the showers will has passed through.

There is a little rain now, but the forecast is for sunny weather, temperature in the 50's from 10:00 AM on. The ride is on. Jerry Ross

"But Fernando Mateo, president of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, issued a statement calling the crash a “tragic accident” and suggesting that the appropriate response would be stricter regulation of cyclists."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/nyregion/no-charges-against-cabby-in-c...

Just watched on the news...large fire in Orangeburg involving Greenbush Rd./Clausland Mt. Rd.  Woods are glowing.  Very, very sad.

This article is on the front page of the 11/14/2013 Idaho Statesman newspaper:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/11/13/2868667/how-can-cyclists-motori...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/opinion/caution-danger-in-the-traffic-lanes.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The last letter, by a Mazkak Bradberry, asserts a driver who has killed a cyclist is haunted forever by having done so. Having witnessed Priya Nanda, the hit-and-run driver-killer of former NYCC member Maxim Vickers, in court and the conduct of her family there and in the courthouse, I sense this may not always be true.

I am cancelling this morning's ride. Jerry Ross

Signature Cycles, Seven, and Parlee are partnering with World Bicycle Relief to mobilize a school in Zambia. Please join us on Wednesday, November 20, 6pm – 9pm in our Manhattan Studio, and Thursday, November 21, 6pm – 9pm
in our Greenwich Studio, where our goal will be to provide 100 or more "Buffalo Bikes" to the students of a school in Zambia.

The highlight of our fundraising effort will be raffle drawings for one complete Parlee bicycle, one complete Seven bicycle, and one dream cycling trip to Signature’s 2014 Majorca Spring Training Camp.

Okay, it's late and this is unrehearsed, so apologies in advance for it being not particularly eloquent... but congratulations to the winners of tonight's hotly contested elections (Gal, Membership Director, Susan, Treasurer, and Neile, President), to their worthy opponents Timothy, Barry, and Gerry, to new Board members Gwynna, Brian, and Sabina, and to returning Board members Jeff, Israel, John, Kate, Skip, Manuel, Ellen, and Eden. Extra special thanks to George and his team for running the election fairly, squarely, and sans drama/dangling chads.

I hope I can be the first to congratulate Neile Weissman on his election to the presidency of our club. I have come to know Neile during this election period and know that he will be an excellent president. The task that falls to the rest of us is to do everything we can to make his term and consequently our club a success.

Jerry Ross