Annual Meeting and Holiday Dinner
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club will be holding its Annual Meeting and Holiday Dinner this year at the Waters Edge Giovanni's right on the Darien/Stamford town line on Saturday, December 7th from 6:00p – 10:00p. Cost for the dinner is $45.00.
The night starts at 6:00p-6:45p with a cash bar and pass-around hors d'oeuvre, which will be Fried Calamari Cones, Chicken Teriyaki Skewers, Stuffed Mushroom (vegetarian).
Between 6:45p-7:00p we will be moving into the main room where the election will begin at 7:00p. Following the vote, salad will be served mixed green salad with gorgonzola with garlic bread. Dinner will be served at 8:00p. Entree choices are: NY Strip Steak, Chicken Piccata and Vegetarian Eggplant Parmesan with pasta. Dessert and dancing will follow.
Registration will be open until November 27th. After that time you will no longer be able to register. If you have registered, thanks for registering for the Holiday Dinner. We'll see you on December 7th at 6:00. If you have any special dietary needs please let Ron Tyson know by contacting him at rontysonjob@yahoo.com.
Note: Some members have had issues with signing up for paid events. Signing up is a 2-step process. First sign up for the event and then be sure to choose CONFIRM RESERVATION AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN PAY THROUGH PAYPAL. If you do not choose CONFIRM CONFIRMATION and pay, you show as pending. After paying via PayPal, a screen will pop up showing your payment. If you do not see this, you did not complete the reservation. You will also see the reservation when you log into Your Account page.
Also, please be aware that Tony Suppa and Phyllis Lodata-Suppa are kindly collecting donations of canned and dried foods for area food banks. Remember to bring nonperishable items like pasta, rice, cereal and canned items such as vegetables, beans, tuna, cooking oil, etc.
Voting for the election of Officers and Directors will be held this evening. The nominations committee has worked to establish a slate of candidates and nominations are now closed.
If you cannot attend the meeting and would like to vote, you can download an electronic PDF file to do so. All absentee ballots should be sent to Sheila ODonnell at: secretary@soundcyclists.com. You have access to the ballot by clicking on the small illustration of the form here on the right or on the main SCBC website's home page (not from your personal account page).
Ballot Directions:
- DO NOT use this ballot if you are attending the meeting.
- Click on the ballot illustration/button and download the PDF file to your desktop. It is strongly advised to use a laptop or desktop. Note: Using mobile devices require you to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your device.
- Click on each box beside each of the candidates.
- Type your name where indicated.
- For your signature, just retype your name again where indicated.
- Make sure you SAVE the file!
- At the bottom of the form, click on the E-mail address, which will open up a fresh E-mail with the secretary's address inserted in the to window, and "Absentee Ballot" inserted into the subject window.
- Drag or attached the saved file on your desktop to this E-mail and send.
- Click on the ballot illustration/button and the PDF file should appear on your phone or tablet. Note: You cannot make any selections from this version of the document.
- Find the "share icon" on the page that is displaying the form and click on that. It can look something like this:
- You will have to find your Adobe Acrobat Reader app to share it with. This will display a new form that you will be able fill out. Make all your selections.
- Find the "share" button on that page and send it via an E-mail to secretary@soundcyclists.com. You may have to hand enter the address.
Location and Directions: The Waters Edge Giovanni's is located at 2748 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 on Route 1, right at the Darien town line with Stamford, which is close to Exit 9 of I-95.