Merri-bek BUG

Here are the BUG’s meeting dates for 2008, which are usually held on the fourth Thursday of the month.

21 February
27 March
17 April
22 May
26 June
24 July
28 August
25 September
23 October — Annual General Meeting
27 November — last meeting of the year
No December meeting

The plan this year is to alternate meetings between Brunswick at Caffe Mingo (600 Sydney Rd, Brunswick) and a location in the north of Moreland Council (to be confirmed).

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The April Moreland BUG meeting is a week early (to avoid a clash with the ANZAC day long weekend).

It will be held on 17 April at 7.30pm at the Pascoe Vale RSL, 40 Cumberland Rd, Pascoe Vale (at the corner of Cumberland Rd and O’Heas St).

The meeting will be held in a room out the back, so if you are late, ask the bar staff to direct you to the back room. There is a bistro if you want dinner; we think the bistro is open from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

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The March Moreland BUG meeting is on Thursday, March 27.

The venue will be the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, cnr of Albion St and Sydney Rd, Brunswick, from 7:30pm (not Caffe Mingo, as previously advertised).

We’ll be discussing:

• the sell-off of the public land at Anstey Station by VicTrack and the subsequent impact on the Upfield bike path (and hear why some councillors think that cyclists should just be using Sydney Road)
• the council’s call for tenders at 815 Nicholson St and the impact on their promise to fix the safety issues on the neighbouring bike path
• our involvement in the upcoming Glenroy Festival
• other advocacy issues and a council update from Nicholas

Hope to see you there!

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The Victorian Government is currently assessing the need for and developing options into a east-west transport link across inner northern Melbourne. The findings of the Eddington Inquiry (as it is known) are due shortly.

The Moreland City Council is opposed to the proposal for a tunnel under the Melbourne cemetery and Carlton/Fitzroy/Collingwood joining the Tullamarine and Eastern Fwys.

A public meeting will be held on Sunday 13th April at 2pm (immediately following the Cyclovia) at the Brunswick Town Hall (corner Sydney Rd and Dawson St, Brunswick).

Guest Speakers are Cr Janet Rice from the Metro Transport Forum, local State MP Carlo Carli and the Mayor Joe Caputo.

Moreland City Council has made a submission to the inquiry.

The next Moreland BUG meeting has been brought forward one week and will now be held on Thurs 21st Feb, so that we can confirm all the details for the Sydney Rd Street Party (which is on Sun 24th Feb, 12pm-7pm).

The venue will be Caffe Mingo, 600 Sydney Rd Brunswick, from 7:30pm – hope to see you there.

Well it hardly seems possible, but it’s almost the end of January – and that means it’s meeting week! Yikes!!! Hope to see you at Caffe Mingo, 600 Sydney Rd Brunswick from 7:30pm on Thursday, 24th January.

We’ll be dedicating most of the meeting to planning for the Sydney Rd Street Party, which will be held in Feb and is Moreland BUG’s biggest day in terms of the number of people we talk to and add to our email list.

We’ll need to organise all sorts of things, including fundraising activities and beneficiaries, merchandise, bike valet service, posters and materials, maps, maybe even a bike fix service for members old and new…

Bring along your ideas and enthusiasm, and we will make it our best Street Party yet!

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As you know, Moreland BUG’s inaugural AGM will be held this Thursday 22nd November in the back room of Caffe Mingo, 600 Sydney Rd, Brunswick from 7:30pm.

Following the AGM we will stick around for a few drinks/hot chocolates, as this will be our LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR – there is a distinct possibility that this part of the evening will take place in a nearby pub :-).

Please join us, and if you were thinking about nominating for a position on the Committee of Management the ordinary member positions are still up for grabs – because we didn’t receive any nominations for them by 12th Nov, you can simply put your hand up on the night if you wish.