So this is my last newsletter...
GMCC News6 - Summer14 by Mike Armstrong
It will give me more time to spend campaigning for better conditions for cycling in Manchester...
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Showing posts with label GMCC News. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 July 2014
GMCC News 6 - and my last one...
I have just officially resigned as the GMCC Newsletter editor, now that the person who interfered with my first GMCC newsletter has been confirmed as chair of the organisation.
So this is my last newsletter...
It will give me more time to spend campaigning for better conditions for cycling in Manchester...
So this is my last newsletter...
It will give me more time to spend campaigning for better conditions for cycling in Manchester...
Thursday, 13 March 2014
GMCC News 5 - Spring2014
Apologies for another late newsletter. This time the newsletter was delayed for the outcomes of the GMCC AGM and some promised content that never arrived.
This newsletter has been squeezed into only 8 pages to save costs as we are spending more money than we are getting in with membership fees.
We are thinking about moving towards an electronic newsletter with a much smaller print run, but that will involve a redesign of the newsletter and an overhaul of the moribund GMCC web site.
This newsletter features an even bigger calendar of cycling events from Love Your Bike and lots of great contributions from GMCC members and others.
If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter then please send text and images to newsletter@gmcc.org.uk along with your name and a short byline introducing yourself.
The deadlines for submitting copy for the 2014 newsletters will now have to be earlier in the month so that we can get the newsletters out in time for important events like Bike Week in June. The newsletter deadlines will now be the first weekend of the month, as follows:-
Summer 2014: Sunday 4th May (for Bike Week)
Autumn 2014: Sunday 3rd August
Winter 2014: Sunday 2nd November
If you like to receive the paper copy of this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
This newsletter has been squeezed into only 8 pages to save costs as we are spending more money than we are getting in with membership fees.
We are thinking about moving towards an electronic newsletter with a much smaller print run, but that will involve a redesign of the newsletter and an overhaul of the moribund GMCC web site.
This newsletter features an even bigger calendar of cycling events from Love Your Bike and lots of great contributions from GMCC members and others.
If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter then please send text and images to newsletter@gmcc.org.uk along with your name and a short byline introducing yourself.
The deadlines for submitting copy for the 2014 newsletters will now have to be earlier in the month so that we can get the newsletters out in time for important events like Bike Week in June. The newsletter deadlines will now be the first weekend of the month, as follows:-
Summer 2014: Sunday 4th May (for Bike Week)
Autumn 2014: Sunday 3rd August
Winter 2014: Sunday 2nd November
If you like to receive the paper copy of this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
Friday, 6 December 2013
GMCC News 4 - Winter 2013
By this stage I would have hoped that most GMCC members would have received their copy of the newsletter in the post. However, following a bit of a cock-up last Saturday, none of the newsletters went in the post over the weekend and the rest that are due to be distributed by local members are still being sorted out.
So, in case yours hasn't arrived yet, here is the fourth GMCC newsletter that I have compiled. It features a great new calendar of cycling events from Love Your Bike and lots of great contributions from GMCC members.
If you would like to contribute to the newsletter then please send text and images to nl@gmcc.org.uk along with your name and a short byline introducing yourself.
The deadlines for submitting copy for the 2014 newsletters will now have to be earlier in the month so that we can get the newsletters out in time for important events like Bike Week in June. The newsletter deadlines will now be the first weekend of the month, as follows:-
Spring 2014: Sunday 2nd February
Summer 2014: Sunday 4th May (for Bike Week)
Autumn 2014: Sunday 3rd August
Winter 2014: Sunday 2nd November
If you like to receive the paper copy of this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
So, in case yours hasn't arrived yet, here is the fourth GMCC newsletter that I have compiled. It features a great new calendar of cycling events from Love Your Bike and lots of great contributions from GMCC members.
If you would like to contribute to the newsletter then please send text and images to nl@gmcc.org.uk along with your name and a short byline introducing yourself.
The deadlines for submitting copy for the 2014 newsletters will now have to be earlier in the month so that we can get the newsletters out in time for important events like Bike Week in June. The newsletter deadlines will now be the first weekend of the month, as follows:-
Spring 2014: Sunday 2nd February
Summer 2014: Sunday 4th May (for Bike Week)
Autumn 2014: Sunday 3rd August
Winter 2014: Sunday 2nd November
If you like to receive the paper copy of this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Manchester Cycling Events Calendar
Ever since I took over compiling the GMCC Newsletter I have had trouble getting an up-to-date rides and events diary to include.
Now things are looking up because the people over at Love your Bike have started a Cycling Events Calendar for all of Manchester.
So if you are organising a cycling even in Manchester then let Love your Bike know by filling in this form and then it should also get included in the following GMCC Newsletter.
Now that's what I call progress...
Now things are looking up because the people over at Love your Bike have started a Cycling Events Calendar for all of Manchester.
So if you are organising a cycling even in Manchester then let Love your Bike know by filling in this form and then it should also get included in the following GMCC Newsletter.
Now that's what I call progress...
Sunday, 8 September 2013
GMCC News 3 - Autumn 2013
This is the third GMCC newsletter I have put together, and the content is definitely getting better with a wider range of writers and photographers and lots going on in Greater Manchester to write about. Unfortunately, at the moment, it isn't getting any easier and I could do with some help with the diary section in particular *.
This is a packed newsletter, the last 3 months have been very busy, and I ended up dropping some content to avoid going up to 16 pages.
There are several contributions by new writers and photographers, a couple of community projects, two bike arts pieces, and three different views of the Velocity 2025 money and what it means for Manchester.
If you like this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
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Update: * Love Your Bike have just started a new Greater Manchester Cycling Events Calendar which will sort out most of the problems I have been having getting this information out of the GMCC web site.
This is a packed newsletter, the last 3 months have been very busy, and I ended up dropping some content to avoid going up to 16 pages.
There are several contributions by new writers and photographers, a couple of community projects, two bike arts pieces, and three different views of the Velocity 2025 money and what it means for Manchester.
If you like this newsletter, then join GMCC - it's currently free for the first year, so there is no reason not to and you can receive a full resolution copy of the newsletter in the post.
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Update: * Love Your Bike have just started a new Greater Manchester Cycling Events Calendar which will sort out most of the problems I have been having getting this information out of the GMCC web site.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
GMCC News - Spring 2013
Hopefully this newsletter will be the first of many, despite efforts by one GMCC member to take over at the last minute and make a dog's breakfast of it all. This individual was so determined to take control that he bombarded me with emails, phone calls and even rang up the printers to try and get it changed. I was so stressed out by it all that I ended up in A&E a few days later.
However, it seems to have been worth the effort and the newsletter gone down well with readers. A big thank you to all the contributors for their writing, photos and advice. When I took a few round local bike shops the staff immediately opened it and started reading. Photos from the second Coffee Cranks Film Night show several people reading it.
In fact the newsletter has been so successful that it has already gone to a second print run to provide more copies to be distributed to bike shops and Cllr Kate Chappell, chair of the Manchester Cycle Forum was so pleased with it she has been handing out copies herself, even giving one to the transport minister....
So here it is, the first of a new era for the GMCC Newsletter, I hope you enjoy it. It has not been uploaded to the GMCC web site, so I have uploaded it to Scribd instead. Unfortunately Scribd cannot handle Courier New font correctly, so page 2 is a bit of a mess, but I hope you get the idea.
We'll be aiming to get the next newsletter out before the end of May, in time for June's events. Please send your contributions to nl(at)gmcc.org.uk. Please try and keep them to half a page of text, or less, and include your photos or artwork and your full name and a line to introduce yourself to the readers.
However, it seems to have been worth the effort and the newsletter gone down well with readers. A big thank you to all the contributors for their writing, photos and advice. When I took a few round local bike shops the staff immediately opened it and started reading. Photos from the second Coffee Cranks Film Night show several people reading it.
In fact the newsletter has been so successful that it has already gone to a second print run to provide more copies to be distributed to bike shops and Cllr Kate Chappell, chair of the Manchester Cycle Forum was so pleased with it she has been handing out copies herself, even giving one to the transport minister....
Btw @madcyclelanemcr I gave Norman Baker a copy of #gmcc newsletter this morning. Can I have some more?!
— kate chappell (@ChappellKate) March 13, 2013
So here it is, the first of a new era for the GMCC Newsletter, I hope you enjoy it. It has not been uploaded to the GMCC web site, so I have uploaded it to Scribd instead. Unfortunately Scribd cannot handle Courier New font correctly, so page 2 is a bit of a mess, but I hope you get the idea.
We'll be aiming to get the next newsletter out before the end of May, in time for June's events. Please send your contributions to nl(at)gmcc.org.uk. Please try and keep them to half a page of text, or less, and include your photos or artwork and your full name and a line to introduce yourself to the readers.
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