Cycling_Advocates'_Network

Cycling Action Network

Cycling Action Network

Cycling advocacy organisation in New Zealand

Cycling Action Network (CAN) is a national cycling advocacy group founded in November 1996[1] in Wellington, New Zealand. They lobby government, local authorities, businesses and the community on behalf of cyclists, for a better cycling environment. It aims to achieve a better cycling environment for cycling as transport. Major initiatives are the annual Cycle Friendly Awards and support for a biennial Cycling Conference. The organisation was originally named Cycling Advocates' Network until it was formally changed at the annual general meeting on 20 March 2016.[2]

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Goals

CAN's goals are:[3]

  • Promote integrated cycle planning
  • Promote the benefits of cycling
  • Improve safety
  • Encourage the creation of a good cycling environment
  • Develop cycle advocacy and cycle action

Chairpersons

The group is led an executive committee. Chairpersons of these committees are shown in the table below.

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Activities

NZ Cycling Conference

Main article: NZ Cycling Conference

CAN has made a major contribution to the establishment and ongoing success of the NZ Cycling Conference[17] series (15 October 1997, Hamilton; 14–15 July 2000, Palmerston North; 21–22 September 2001, Christchurch; 10–11 October 2003, North Shore; 14–15 October 2005 Hutt City; 1–2 November 2007, Napier; 12–13 November 2009, New Plymouth). Since 2012, the conference series has been combined with the previous NZ Walking Conference series and rebranded "2WALKandCYCLE" (February 2012, Hastings; October 2014, Nelson; July 2016, Auckland; Jul/Aug 2018, Palmerston North; March 2021, Dunedin).[18][19]

Cycle Friendly Awards

Main article: Cycle Friendly Awards

Since 2003, CAN has been organising the annual Cycle Friendly Awards, celebrating initiatives to promote cycling and create a cycle-friendly environment at both a national and local level in New Zealand.[20] The event has since received public recognition, with government representatives attending the award ceremonies.[21]

Chainlinks is the magazine of the NZ Cycling Action Network (CAN), which as of 2017 is published three times a year as an electronic newsletter. About a 1000 copies are distributed to members of CAN and a number of supporting organisations such as local government authorities and cycling industry organisations.[22] Published since 1997, until 2015 it was a full-colour paper magazine,[22] whose back issues are available online.[23]

Association with other groups

CAN is the parent organisation for some 20 local cycling advocacy groups around the country,[24] including Cycle Action Auckland and Spokes Canterbury.

CAN was a member of BikeNZ and provided one board member from BikeNZ's inception in July 2003. CAN resigned from BikeNZ in October 2007,[25] but continues to work with BikeNZ on advocacy issues.[26]

CAN works closely with Living Streets Aotearoa, the national walking advocacy group.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Stevens is listed as chairperson in the impressum
  2. The AGM was held on 17 July 2000.[5]
  3. Axel Wilke & Glen Koorey were co-chairs in 2008 and 2009.[9]
  4. At the 8 March 2010 committee meeting, Bevan appears to have still been the chair.[11] The 12 April 2010 minutes say: "Liz suggested Glen take on the chair role (since Bevan's resignation) until the May workshop. Glen ... agreed to do this".[12] However, Graeme Lindup appears to have taken over as chair instead and he signed, on 25 May 2010, a document for changing the group's rules as "Chair" of CAN.[13]
  5. Graeme Lindup stood down, nobody put their name forward, and David Hawke pointed out that the deputy chair would take over in such a situation. It does not say in the minutes who the deputy is.[15] The 2016 chair's report explains the situation: "When Will came free from being the stand-in for Patrick, he agreed to take more of a lead role on the committee. So Graeme and Will shared the Chair role through to the next AGM."[16]

References

  1. [1]
    "10 Year Anniversary Issue" (PDF). Chainlinks. Cycling Action Network of New Zealand. November 2006. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    Hawke, David (5 March 2016). "CAN AGM minutes 2016". Hamilton: Cycling Action Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    Cycling Action Network CAN website
  4. [4]
    "'Impressum'" (PDF). ChainLinks. Wellington: Cycling Advocates' Network. Summer 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Minutes of Annual General Meeting" (PDF). ChainLinks. Wellington: Cycling Advocates' Network. September–October 2000. pp. 12–14. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Introducing The CAN Executive" (PDF). ChainLinks. Wellington: Cycling Advocates' Network. September–October 2000. p. 6. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. [7]
    "CAN AGM 2003" (PDF). ChainLinks. Wellington: Cycling Advocates' Network. December 2003. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. [8]
    "Cycling news from around New Zealand" (PDF). ChainLinks. Wellington: Cycling Advocates' Network. December 2004 – January 2005. p. 7. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. [9]
    Croucher, Adrian (13 October 2008). "CAN AGM 2008 minutes". Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  10. [10]
    Croucher, Adrian (23 November 2009). "CAN AGM minutes 2009". Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. [11]
    Croucher, Adrian (11 March 2010). "CAN committee meeting minutes 8 March 2010". Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  12. [12]
    Croucher, Adrian (13 April 2010). "CAN committee meeting minutes 12 April 2010". Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  13. [13]
    "Certificate – alteration of rules" (PDF). Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  14. [14]
    Lindup, Graeme (October 2010). "Chair's report" (PDF). Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  15. [15]
    Hawke, David (2 February 2015). "CAN AGM minutes 2015". Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  16. [16]
    Lindup, Graeme; Andrews, Will (March 2016). "Co-Chairs' Report of CAN's activities since the 2015 AGM" (PDF). Cycling Advocates' Network. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  17. [17]
    "2009 NZ Cycling Conference". Archived from the original on 16 December 2009.
  18. [18]
    http://can.org.nz/nz-cycling-conference-series Conference series on CAN website; accessed 5 January 2010
  19. [19]
    http://cyclingconf.org.nz/ Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Cycling Conference official website, accessed 5 January 2010
  20. [20]
    CAN Awards Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine CAN Awards web page
  21. [21]
    Cycling Advocates Network Cycle-Friendly Awards Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine (speech by Lianne Dalziel, 7 October 2008) (from the New Zealand Government website, accessed 14 December 2008)
  22. [24]
    "Local Groups – Cycling Action Network NZ". can.org.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  23. [25]
    "CAN leaves BikeNZ" (PDF). Chainlinks. Cycling Action Network of New Zealand. December 2007. p. 16. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  24. [26]
    "Advocacy Toolkit". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
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