KCA

Name: Dan Messina

KCA Board Position: Media and Communications Coordinator

A Little About Me:

I’ve been active in the Kansas City cycling community since 2006 when my neighbor encouraged me to ride a bike again after a 30 year hiatus. After dropping 50 pounds and working 15 years of heavy smoking out of my lungs, I discovered racing and became hooked on the energy and pageantry of race day.

In 2017, I combined my passion for cycling with my favorite store and joined the Natural Grocers Cycling Team. Within eighteen months, I was knee deep in our social media campaigns and sponsor management/development eventually performing team VP duties and having responsibility for our social media strategy. Then the pandemic changed everything…leading me to launch a podcast series interviewing cycling legends like Ashton Lambie, Brad Huff and Hannah Jordan Cyclist (to name a few), live streaming Zwift races and developing deep relationships with several local promoters – all planning for a new day – post pandemic.

I’m focused on reopening lines of communication with our local race promoters by understanding their needs, developing sponsorship dollars from likeminded folks and encouraging new race promoters to resuscitate our area’s rich racing history.

Let’s go do great things together….

 

Name: Sam Loring

KCA Board Position: Race Calendar Coordinator

A Little About Me:

I have been active in the KC racing scene since 2015 but have been an avid cyclist all of my life. I grew up here in the area and my first local bike shop was Leawood Bikes, where I would go in and listen to great stories of cycling’s glory days from Ariel Mendez. My interest in cycling continued off and on through college, moving to New York City, and moving back home where I now race for GripNRip.

We are all aware about the decline of road racing in the region over the past several years and my goal for this year is to get a race calendar out early to racers so that we can all plan our season. I plan to work with promoters to get events penciled in early so that we can start to build momentum to bring racing back to our community.

 

Got an upcoming event? Contact Sam at samloring@gmail.com

Last week, the KCA elected four new members to the board in addition to the dedicated folks staying on for another term. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be highlighting them starting with….

Name: Doug Campbell

KCA Position: President/Treasurer

About Me:

I became hooked on bike racing in Kansas in 2013 when I tried my first road and cyclocross races. As much as the events themselves I was drawn to our bike racing community. There have been many exceptional individuals who have contributed to creating this welcoming community, and my hope is to keep it moving forward. We’ve encountered a number of headwinds the past several years but I’m optimistic our new board can help facilitate a rebound after a couple of difficult years. All of us would like to see more events on the calendar and more racers enjoying them!

Got pictures from the 2021 racing season just sitting in your phone’s camera roll? Would you like to share them with us for a video montage year-in-review project?

Send them to us at kscyclingmedia@gmail.com Tell us your name, racing category, team and the event.


**All submissions must be received by 2/15/22 for consideration. If you didn’t take the photos submitted, please indicate who did for proper credit. Please do not submit copywritten material.

The KCA Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, January 13 at 7pm, and is open to any interested KCA member.  If you would like to attend please email Doug Campbell at dcampbell@kc.rr.com and he will send you a Zoom link.

Interested in helping to reinvigorate bike racing in our area?  Elections for the KCA Board of Directors are coming up!

Nominations for the Board are due by January 3, 2022.  Each nominee should submit by the 3^rd a brief write-up about themselves and their interest in the Board.  All current Board members who wish to remain on the Board will be included in the election process.  A list of nominees along with their write-ups will be emailed to club presidents for voting.  Votes from each club in good standing may be made during the annual meeting to be held via zoom at 7pm on January 13, but we would prefer to accumulate votes in the 10-day period prior to the meeting.  Requirements for a club to be considered “in good standing” are listed in the KCA bylaws posted under “About KCA” above.  (The race promotion requirement will include 2019 due to COVID disruptions.)

Per KCA Bylaws, the Board may have from 5-9 Directors.  Members are elected to serve two-year terms, with no term limits. Once the Board is elected, the new Directors will appoint officers.  Officers may consist of a President, Treasurer, Equipment Coordinator, Media and Communications Coordinator, Race Calendar Coordinator, Junior Coordinator, Official’s Coordinator, and State Championships and Series Coordinator.  In the past there have also been an Upgrade Coordinator and a Permits Coordinator, but USAC is currently fulfilling those roles.  Directors may hold more than one office.  If nominees have a strong interest in a specific office, they may want to note it in their submission.

Please send nominations and write-ups by January 3 to Doug Campbell at dcampbell@kc.rr.com.

Any club presidents who believe their club is in good standing but have not been contacted about these elections should also contact Doug Campbell.