Tag: chuck ayers

March 4, 2015

Will Cascade ditch election advocacy? Members and the Board will decide this month

Cascade Bicycle Club members will gather twice in the next week to discuss a proposal from the Board of Directors to end direct candidate election advocacy. As we have reported previously, the club is considering moving to a non-profit charity model, which prohibits them from directly funding or assisting political candidates (Full disclosure: My fiancé…
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tagged: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers, elizabeth kiker, save cascade
March 2, 2011

Meet the candidates for Cascade’s Board

There are 14 candidates for the nine soon-to-be-vacated seats on the Board of Directors for Cascade Bicycle Club. Aside from reading about candidates online, members can meet the candidates at the Seattle Bike Expo and at the Candidate Forum March 22, which is the last day for voting. The current Board said in January they…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers
January 15, 2011

Cascade board will resign after March elections

In a move that will hopefully bring an end to the turmoil at Cascade Bicycle Club, nearly all members of the club’s Board of Directors will offer their resignations after the March 22 elections. The club has been in something of a leadership limbo ever since the Board decided to fire (then rehire) popular Executive…
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tagged: bike club rescue squad, cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers
October 22, 2010

Cascade Director: If I get fired for protecting my staff, then so be it

The Cascade Bicycle Club members meeting last night got a little ugly. But through the yelling and demands, it came out that the club’s Board had advised Executive Director Chuck Ayers to fire Advocacy Director David Hiller, and Ayers decided not to. “If I get fired for protecting my staff, then so be it,” said…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers, david hiller
October 12, 2010

Ousted director reportedly back at Cascade, at least in the interim – UPDATED

Though I could not get any official confirmation or denial from Cascade, Publicola (with more investigation by Biking Bis) reports that ousted Executive Director Chuck Ayers is back in charge at Cascade after a rough split from the organization. Originally, the Board terminated Ayers and appointed Board member Peter Morgan as super-interim director while they…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers, tim hennings
October 8, 2010

Cascade Director change proves a little rocky: The Board and Ayers explain their rough split

Cascade Bicycle Club has been knocked off-balance this week after the Board of Directors ousted 13-year Executive Director Chuck Ayers, launching speculation, accusations and uncertainty around the 13,000-member politically-powerful club. I spoke with Tim Hennings, interim Vice-President of the Board, and former-Director Ayers to get a better idea of what is happening at the club…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers, david hiller, puget sound business journal, the stranger, tim hennings