Strategic Plan
Revised January 2024
Introduction
Recognizing the need to review, update and establish goals for the San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club, the Board of Directors engages in an annual envisioning meeting in January of each year. After reviewing the club’s mission, vision and values statement and existing Strategic Plan, the board edits and updates the plan to reflect accomplishments and add new goals.
The following categories of Goals and Strategies were set:
Members are encouraged to review the Strategic Plan and email comments and suggestions to the Board at board@slobc.org.
Mission, Vision and Values
Mission: To promote safe and legal bicycle riding for recreation and transportation
Vision: A community that encourages and supports bicycling and respects the shared and courteous use of roadways, trails and paths.
Values:
- Creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive cycling Community
- Riding our bicycles with friends
- Exploring our environment by bicycle
- Sharing our transportation system with motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians
- Organizing cycling programs and events
- Promoting bicycle safety
- Funding bicycle-related organizations and programs
- Advocating for laws and infrastructure improvements that support safe cycling
Goals and Objectives
Financial Management
The club encourages and supports responsible budget management for all club expenditures including its events, programs and rides. The financial management goals are:
- Develop policies and procedures for establishing dues, preparing the annual budget, and determining and dispensing surplus funds.
- Fund capital projects such as bike racks and other infrastructure.
- Fund contributions (mainly to bicycle related organizations).
Partnership
The club reaches out, supports, and partners with local bicycle related organizations and businesses to further cycling opportunities and events in San Luis Obispo County.
- Work closely with Bike SLO County to enhance the effectiveness and success of both organizations in monitoring and obtaining bicycle related improvements and programs.
- Have SLOBC members serve on the Bike SLO County Advocacy Team
Volunteer Enhancement
The SLOBC recognizes the importance of maintaining the energy, skill, knowledge and commitment of its volunteers.
- Encourage Century Ride Captains to mentor others in the role with the purpose of expanding the Ride Captain pool.
- Identify incentives to encourage general volunteer participation.
- Provide specific rewards and acknowledgement for the volunteer efforts.
- Address barriers to volunteer involvement.
Safety
A culture of safe cycling exists within the club and safe cycling practices are consistently modeled by members taking part in club rides.
- Training ride leaders in safety issues by offering and encouraging attendance at ride-leader training classes.
- Continue safety suggestions as a regular element of the SLO Coaster and in membership emails as needed.
- Update club members on changes to CA DMV regulations pertaining to cyclists.
Club Rides
The club encourages recreational rides to provide enjoyable cycling experiences for members and help them become more proficient riders.
- Encourage and support several riding groups so that club rides are accessible to all levels and locations of members.
- Have Ride Series Coordinators maintain a weekly or monthly series of rides. Each ride will have a responsible ride leader.
- Encourage members to become ride leaders by providing tools and training, such as RideWithGPS and Club Express forums.
- Conduct an annual ride leader appreciation lunch.
- Organize a few club-wide rides during the year to which all members are invited.
- Offer a bike handling training class.
Membership Retention
The SLOBC actively seeks new members to maintain club vitality and to support its mission of safe and legal bicycle riding for recreation and transportation.
- Encourage ride leaders to recognize new members and ensure that someone accompanies them on their first ride with the group and shares the club’s safety practices.
- Recognize new members at meetings and social events and introduce them to other members.
- Make membership fun by continuing to carry out social opportunities and events for club members.