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Cycling Action Network

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]

CAN
Cycling Action Network
Formation1 November 1996; 28 years ago (1996-11-01)
TypeNGO
Legal statusIncorporated Society and Registered Charity
PurposeAdvocacy
HeadquartersNew Zealand Wellington, NZ
Location
  • 8a Horner St, Newtown, Wellington
Region served
New Zealand
Membership
Private Persons & Organisations
Official language
En
Chair
Alex Dyer
Main organ
Board
Staff3
Volunteers
dozens
Websitecan.org.nz Edit this at Wikidata

Goals

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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

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

Chairpersons
Start End Name
? 17 July 2000 Sally Stevens[a][4]
17 July 2000 11 October 2003 Jane Dawson[b][6]
11 October 2003 October 2004 David Laing[7]
October 2004 4 October 2008 Robert Ibell[8]
4 October 2008 14 November 2009 Axel Wilke & Glen Koorey[c][9]
14 November 2009 March or April 2010 Bevan Woodward[10]
April 2010 29 March 2015 Graeme Lindup[d][14]
29 March 2015 20 March 2016 Graeme Lindup & Will Andrews[e][2]
20 March 2016 July 2018 Will Andrews

Activities

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NZ Cycling Conference

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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

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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]

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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

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CAN is the parent organisation for some 20 local cycling advocacy groups around the country,[24] including Bike 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

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Footnotes

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  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

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