Get Involved

The mission of the Chicago Cycling Club (CCC) is to facilitate recreational bicycling in a non-competitive environment in and around Chicago. The CCC seeks to promote safe bicycling habits and proper bicycling etiquette, and to provide cyclists the opportunity to communicate with other cyclists. CCC encourages bicycling as a safe and viable alternative to other modes of transportation.

To that end, we rely on our members to get involved by bringing their expertise and donating their time. Below are positions that we are seeking members to get involved. Click on the headers below for details.

Chicago Cycling Club Steering Committee & Officers, Leadership Positions

CCC encourages members to consider a leadership position, because we are an all-volunteer non-profit organization. CCC is guided by a board of six Steering Committee members elected annually by the general membership. These Steering Committee members are elected in staggered two year terms, so that three positions are elected each year. Elections are held at the end of each year.

CCC Steering Committee members have a number of roles in leading the club, including:

• Identify and recruit leadership, including steering committee members, committee chairs, steering committee officers and ride leaders;
• Represent the CCC at rides and cycling event, such as Bike to Work Rally, Bike Swap, etc
• Manage CCC business and determine annual budget.

Those elected Steering Committee members vote to fill the officer positions including President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. Those officers serve for one year beginning February 1. The duties of the 4 officers are:

President

• Preside at all CCC general and steering committee meetings
• Act as spokesperson for the CCC
• Sign contracts and agreements for CCC

Vice President

• Preside in the President’s absence
• Assist President in all work of the organization
• Supervise Committee Chairs

Treasurer

• Keep charge of all CCC accounts and pay bills
• Provide monthly and annual financial statements
• Draft the annual budget
• Obtain and file required tax and government forms
• Process membership payments

Secretary

• Record and distribute minutes of all Steering Committee meetings
• Record and distribute minutes of general meetings when business is conducted
• Maintain the organizations archives
• Handle CCC correspondence

Two Members at Large are among the six elected positions. They participate in steering committee meetings and leadership decisions.

Please send email to info@ChicagoCyclingClub.org

Additional Chicago Cycling Club Leadership Positions

Committee chairs also play an important role in the Chicago Cycling Club. CCC has numerous committees that members can lead, including:

Communication & Newsletter Committee

• Create & maintain membership newsletter and/or blog
• Edit items submitted by members and volunteers for our new online blog/newsletter
• Solicit and draft contributions for our new online blog/newsletter
• Keep members up to date via social media

Ride Committee

• Moderate ride posting on CCC website
• Organize ride leader training
• Recruit ride leaders
• Review ride schedule throughout season and suggest occasional date changes to ride leaders for better schedule coverage

Program / Education Committee

• Work with Steering Committee to develop ideas for upcoming meetings and events
• Make reservations for meeting locations when necessary
• Contact speakers or panelists regarding presentations at upcoming meetings

Membership Committee

• Maintain membership database
• Coordinate club presence (booth, etc.) at events such as Bike to Work Rally, Bike Swap, Bike the Drive, etc.

Invitational Events Liaison

• Works with our partner cycling associations to plan and execute annual invitational ride

Ride Leader

• Chooses ride date, time and route
• Lists ride on CCC website and may advertise ride on other sites such as the Chainlink
• Collects member and non-member sign in on day of ride
• Submits paperwork to Treasurer

Please send email to info@ChicagoCyclingClub.org

Social Networking and Web Application

The Chicago Cycling Club has an advanced web application based on the Microsoft stack: Window Server 2012, ASP.MVC 4, .NET, SQL server, LINQ, C# and F#.

Our goal is to make this application an information destination for Chicago area cycling and a platform for cyclist participation. As part of that goal, we'll like to add more social networking technologies (i.e. Facebook, blogs), mobile technologies and other features to increase member participation and interaction and to attract and retain members.

You do not have to be an expert in these areas but you should have a desire to learn and have fun. Time committment is variable.

If you are interested in working with advanced web application technologies and are interested in social networking (any Economist?), this would be a fun, educational and career building opportunity.

Please send email to info@ChicagoCyclingClub.org