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Spokes Canterbury is the main cycling advocacy group in Canterbury, New Zealand. It was established in November 1998, as a successor to the former Canterbury Cyclists' Association (established in the 1970s). Cycling Advocates' Network is the parent organisation for Spokes Canterbury.〔(About Spokes ) (from the Spokes Canterbury website, accessed 2 March 2010)〕 It has about 1,300 members, including "everyday" cyclists, road cyclists and mountain bikers. Spokes Canterbury works closely with the local branch of Living Streets Aotearoa. == Structure == An annual meeting of members is generally held in May each year; at this event the annual financial report and a general report of the organisation's activities in the previous year is presented. Elections of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive committee are conducted. General business from members is also considered. For the rest of the year the organisation is governed by the Executive committee which meets as necessary to conduct any formal business requiring attention. Below the Executive is the Core Group, this group carry out the advocacy work of SPOKES. Membership of this group is by request and approval is given by the Executive. Meeting monthly, generally on the first Thursday of the month, the Core Group do the advocacy and promotion work. This work includes preparing and presenting submissions, organising and taking part in cycling promotion events and other advocacy work. SPOKES is an incorporated society and operates under a constitution. Elected Officers of Spokes Other people who have served on the Executive at various times include Axel Wilke, Dirk de Lu, Robin Delamore, Fiona Whero, Andrew Macbeth, and John Lieswyn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spokes Canterbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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