Bob Sanderson - 1996 Ottawa-Carleton Cyclists' Award of Merit recipient

Bob Sanderson phoned the CfSC answering machine in early 1995. "Hi, I'm new in Ottawa, but I've done cycling skills training in Halifax and I hear your group does it here. How can I help?" And, before he knew it, Bob was an integral and important part of the CfSC team.

Besides being an excellent teacher of defensive cycling skills, Bob has a great gift for getting beginning cyclists on their bike and safely on the road, with confidence and skill. To the CfSC Cycling Safety and Promotion Program, where he acted as chair of the Management Committee for more than a year, he added important management skills and procedures which made the program run more effectively.

And he didn't stop there. By the end of 1995, Bob had joined the Board of Directors of CfSC, where he has consistently contributed sound ideas on how best to run the organization. In 1996, he took on the responsibility of working with bike store owners, politicians, the police, and other cyclists on the "One more bike" bike theft task force to reduce theft and increase the number of stolen number of bikes returned to their rightful owners.

And, like other CfSC members, he's available to call his councillor about cycling issues and to work on special events, like persuading cyclists to use lights while riding at night. Bob well-deserved the Award of Merit he was awarded at the 1996 CfSC Annual General Meeting.