[Volunteers_fosm] FOSM Membership Meeting - May 2, 2023, 7:00 PM; Sandia Ranger District Conference Room

[Joseph C. Giles]

Our first in-person get-together in 42 months was a great success, and our 2nd general membership meeting of 2023 is only two weeks away. Please mark your calendars.

Back in January 2022, your board of directors prioritized a list of organizations they thought members would like to learn more about, and that list was used to select our 2022 and 2023 guest speakers <https://friendsofthesandias.org/current-events/>. At our next meeting, Hannah Russert will tell us about the Albuquerque Mountain Bike Association (AMBA) <https://www.ambanm.org/> and their exciting plans for improving mountain biking trails on the east side of the Sandias. 

Date and Time - May 2, 7:00 PM

Location - Sandia Ranger Station conference room

Speaker bio - Hello! My name is Hannah Russert, I was born and raised in southeastern Minnesota, but have been in Albuquerque for just shy of 5 years. I escaped the Midwest to attend graduate school at the University of New Mexico, where I earned a Master of Science in both Biomedical Engineering and Project Management. Currently, I hold a full-time staff position, as the Technology Marketing Manager, at UNM Rainforest Innovations (essentially the technology transfer and economic development branch of UNM). In this position, I am responsible for providing project management and direct support in the planning, development, and coordination of marketing efforts directly related to UNM RI’s active patent, trademark, and copyright portfolios. In addition, I assist in identifying potential commercial partners and evaluating the benefits of new technologies from staff, students, and others affiliated with UNM. In my free time, I am an active Board Member and now the President of the Albuquerque Mountain Bike Association (AMBA). My primary areas of focus for AMBA include grant identification/writing, trail maintenance and advocacy, and ride leading. Besides mountain biking for exploration, hanging out with friends, and generally being outside, this year will be my first full semi-professional enduro/downhill racing season! Balancing all of that plus raising two black labs, pretty much sums up my day to day!

Talk abstract - AMBA in collaboration with the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest, was awarded the NMEDD Outdoor Rec Trails+ Grant to build upon and improve the existing downhill designated mountain biking trails on the east side of the Sandia Crest. This scalable project was scoped and approved in the USFS’s April 2021 Sandia Trails Improvement Project but required supporting labor and funding from the biking community and collaborating organizations. The project will use a hybrid development approach, pairing machine (via Rocket Ramps – contract in progress) and hand-built (volunteer) construction mechanisms, to create unrivaled progressive features, while maintaining the character and experience of the existing trails.

Live Streaming - Our experiment at using an iPhone to live stream last month's meeting for those who couldn’t make it to Tijeras was mostly successful. (PowerPoint froze preventing me from sharing slides with the Zoom audience.) Being a gluten for punishment, we’ll try to do better on May 2. Zoom particulars are:

Topic: FOSM Membership Meeting
Time: May 2, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86464181443?pwd=My9UMmR5dU9XWEI1UjI0dERxOHpXZz09

Meeting ID: 864 6418 1443
Passcode: 917116

Dial in: 346-248-7799 (Not Toll Free)
       
All the caveats from last month still apply. This remains very much an experiment. Zoom participants will have their microphones muted and video feed disabled. I will provide more specifics in the meeting-day announcement.


Cliff Giles
FOSM VP


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