2026 AGM RECAP

OAKVILLE CYCLING CLUB 2026 AGM RECAP

Dear Members,

Thank you to all members who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting, held on February 8th, 2026 at The Oakville Conference Center. Also many thanks to those who provided valuable input throughout the meeting to help make our OCC better in 2026!

Brief Meeting Recap

  • President Dane Morrison kicked-off the meeting at 9:30am welcoming members in attendance

  • The OCC Executive presented the AGM deck to members, including

    • Recap of 2025 season highlights and stats; and

    • 2025 Financial Actuals and 2026 budget

  • 2026 plans which covered among other items:

    • Maintain Club membership at 550 members and freeze our fee at $95.00

    • No new jersey design for 2026

    • More social and special rides in 2026

    • Maintain our velodrome program

    • 2 free water bottles courtesy of the Club and Oakville Cyclepath

    • Continue Ride Leader recognition and training

    • Sister Saturday rides

    • Implement first aid training

    • Continue to work on technology

  • At 10:15 am Andrew Penny managed the board election. As there was one nominee for each position, the 8 positions were filled by acclamation.

  • Meeting adjourned at 10:30 am

Top Ride Leaders

Thanks again to our Ride Leaders! 

Our top ride leaders will be acknowledged this year with a “Super Domestique” Jersey to thank them for their efforts! Our top three ride leaders were:

  • Stephane Duclos – Yellow Jersey

  • Eddie Bodbyl – Green Jersey

  • Ronaldo Mabalay – White Jersey

Thanks to our Sweeps who provide an important role on our rides.  

Our top sweeps for 2026 were:

  • Andrew McMaster

  • E. Tamari

  • Alain Daoust

The full list of our top ride leaders and sweeps can be found on attached pdf.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered as Ride Leaders, Sweeps and Ride Captains.  We appreciate your commitment and without you our rides would not be possible.

Elections

  • Dane Morrison – President

  • Dan Lundenberg – Vice President, Social and Communications

  • Joe Marangi – Treasurer

  • Andrew Penny – Secretary

  • Spencer Hoyle – Membership Coordinator

  • Emily Traynor – Clothing Coodinator

  • Ed Daugaveitis – Route Coordinator

  • Bob Pender – Ride Coordinator

We also welcome the following as Committee Members:

  • Stephane Duclos – Ride Coordinator

  • Paul Iannicca – Ride Coordinator

  • Jessica Caceres – Ride Coordinator

  • Nathalie Rivest – Safety Coordinator

We would like to thank our outgoing board members for their hard work and dedication to the Club:

  • Vice President – Monique Milewska

  • Clothing Coordinator – Charles Scime

The full list of OCC Executive members can be found at the bottom of this email.

Looking Ahead to 2026

  • Membership will remain 550 members for the 2026 season

  • Cost of membership will remain at $95, and will include two free water bottles.

  • Casual club clothing items will be available in our online clothing store.

First Aid Program/CPR

  • Nathalie Rivest, our new Safety Coordinator, will run two programs. One will be a basic seminar and the other will be a full certification program.

  • Space will be limited and more details will be provided in early Spring.

Policy Update

We discussed the Club’s policies with a focus on the revised Risk Management policy, now called the Ride Policy.

  • Ride planning – mostly weather-related

  • Equipment – lights, no headphones, drop bars only, no cell use, limited use of e-bikes, contact info

  • The ride – appropriate clothing, food, water, tools, Ride leaders to manage group sizes

Social

  • We are welcoming a new Social Coordinator to the board this year – Dan Lundenberg!

  • We are looking to continue expanding our Social (club organized) and Special Rides (Rider organized); we are looking to do more one-off special rides organized by ride leaders. If you have an idea for a special ride please reach out to the exec.

  • We will be organizing an early season social ride to welcome new members

2026 Ride Leader Program

  • We will be continuing our mentor program to match experienced Ride leaders with new Ride Leaders. If you are interested or have ever considered becoming a ride leader, please watch for more information to come.

  • The “sweep” position will continue to be a “signup” position for all rides, and we will look for ways to recognize those who volunteer for this position in our rides. The sweep position is incredibly helpful to ensure no riders get dropped or left behind, especially in larger groups.

  • We will continue with the Ride Leader competition for our 2026 season. Rules & details to follow.

  • We will be holding a special thank you dinner for our active Ride leaders at the end of the season. Qualification criteria to follow.

EXISTING MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, MARCH 1st, AND WILL BE OPEN FOR 2 WEEKS.

New member signup will open to the public on March 15th.

Our official first ride is planned for Sunday, April 12th, weather permitting.

We look forward to a fantastic 2026 season and to see you all out on the road and at our special events!

AGM Summary – Click here for the Slide Deck from the AGM

Your Oakville Cycling Club Exec

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