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At it's March Board meeting, the VVCC Board voted to leave the IMBA Chapter Program and the next day gave IMBA its 60 day termination notice. As of May 8, 2017, VVCC will once again be a fully independent nonprofit corporation.

We've created a "VVCC/IMBA FAQ" which provides answers as to why the Board arrived at this decision to terminate the current Chapter Charter Agreement.

In February, the VVCC board approved two sweepings of the bike lane between the Red Rock Ranger Station and Back O Beyond road to be in compliance with our ADOT sweeping easement permit. The first sweep was conducted on February 27th and the second will be in late May. ADOT has threatened to remove the bike lane markings and signage if we let our easement expire on May 31st.  

Update: The VVCC has received an easement extension through September 30^th. We are currently fundraising for this effort and your tax- deductible donation would be greatly appreciated.

The VVCC Board will be conducting a strategic planning session at it's April 2017 meeting. Topics include: 

• Governance and Organizational Structure Review
• Mission and Vision Review
• FY18 and Long Term Goal Setting
• FY18 Budget
• Committee Chair Assignments
• FY18 Board Elections (Nominating Committee)
• Annual Meeting  (Event Committee)

The April Board meeting is scheduled for 5:30PM on April 12th at the Mystic Hills Club House at 108 East Mallard Drive in Sedona. The meeting is open to members.

The VVCC just wrapped up a successful fundraising effort at the 2017 Sedona Mountain Bike Festival. The VVCC manned a booth with information on local trails, selling memberships and beer tokens for tips and a portion of the sales. We received over $900 in cash tips that will go to our trail or SR179 sweeping funds depending on which jar the tips were deposited in. We haven’t been told the beer and credit card tip totals, but 100% of those go to our trail fund. As soon as the funds are received, we'll update.

There is a great article in the Villager paper regarding sweeping the bike lanes on SR 179. If you are interested in helping to keep the SR 179 bike lanes clean, please donate to the Clean Lanes Fund here! 

Join the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund raffle at next weekends (March 3-5, 2017) Mt Bike Festival (www.sedonamtbfestival.com). Help raise money for red rock trail maintenance! Come by the SRRTF booth (at festival entry) and donate for cool items, buy raffle tickets, & find out more about local trail care. Go to www.redrocktrailfund.com to see a list of generous sponsors. Raffle includes: Pivot Les 27.5 frame; Fox Transfer seat post; Shimano 29er wheel set; gifts from Absolute, Bike and Bean, and OTE; Canyon Cooler; Osprey packs; Enchantment dinner for 4; AZ Trail bike tour; Pink Jeep Tour; lodging at the Red Agave, Poco, Sedona Real; and more!! Your participation helps the local trails we all use! Raffle winners are announced on Sat. eve. You do not have to be present to win. Without great trails where would we be? See you at the festival! Jennifer Burns, President, Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund.

Here is the updated schedule for Red Rock Volunteer trail work days through May 2017.  Work hours will be 0900 am – 1230 pm. The meeting locations for those work days will be posted here beforehand

February 16th, and 25th.

March 2nd, 18th, and 30th.

April 8th, 20th, and 29th.

May 13th and 25th.

The January and February Trail Volunteer schedule has been changed to alternate between Saturdays and Thursdays. The new schedule is

• Saturday January 7
  
• Thursday January 19
  
• Saturday February 4
  
• Thursday February 16
  
• Saturday February 25
  
• Thursday March 2
  

The work days will go from 9am to 12:30pm. The meeting locations for those work days will be posted here beforehand

Do you love Sedona's trails? Donating to the Red Rock Trail Fund will go directly to protect and improve them. Donate here

The January and February Trail Volunteer dates will be

Saturday, December 17th

Saturday, January 7th

Thursday, January 19th

Saturday, February 4th

Thursday, February 16th

Saturday, February 25th

The work days will go from 9am to 12:30pm. The meeting locations for those work days will be posted here beforehand