| 08/29/2001 | IMBA Adds Two Representatives in CaliforniaIMBA is pleased to announce that Dan Greenstadt (San Diego) and Chuck Anderson (Santa Barbara) have joined the California IMBA advocacy team to help champion mountain bicycling issues with local, state and regional land managers. Greenstadt and Anderson will join Jim and Cathy Haagen-Smit (Sacramento) as official volunteer IMBA state representatives.
Greenstadt is a long-time trail enthusiast and has worked for the preservation of trails and open space in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. He is an officer on the San Diego County Trails Council (SDCTC) and the San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA). Both are nonprofit, volunteer organizations representing the interests of non-motorized, recreational trail users in San Diego County. As a local trails leader, Greenstadt has assisted in the construction and maintenance of many miles of shared-use trails throughout San Diego County.
Anderson has been a trail volunteer and advocate in the Santa Barbara area since 1993. This spring he was elected to the Santa Barbara Trails Council. Anderson serves on the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition and was the director of the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers and president of the Cielo Velo Bicycle Club. Anderson was a founding member of the IMBA affiliated Santa Barbara mountain bike patrol and helps coordinate the popular Chris King Trail Daze events.
"California has some of the most contentious trail access issues in the country and IMBA is working to develop a strategic team of California mountain biking activists," said IMBA's executive director Tim Blumenthal. "Dan and Chuck already have an established record of advocacy and we are pleased to have them on board."
The volunteer state rep network is the backbone of IMBA's U.S. advocacy work. IMBA's advocacy team is organized in a tiered system involving IMBA headquarters, state reps, affiliated clubs and individual members. Individual members and clubs deal with most local advocacy issues. For more complex advocacy situations, state reps can offer advice and contact key decision makers in government.www.imba.org
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