August 2026 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Activity Reports

MORE – Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

August 10, 2026

Virtually present at meeting

• Casey Anderson – President
• Jali Fernando – Executive Director
• Alison Wells – Administrative Assistant
• David Beugelmans – Secretary
• Rob Lowe – Membership Director
• Neil Blake – Treasurer
• Michael Ullmann – VA Advocacy Director
• Kathy Mihm – Ride Programs Director

Executive Director Report (Jali)

• We just finished the ride and picnic at Patuxent. Wanted to give a shout-out to Maris. Worked really hard to get it done. Whole point of why we wanted to rotate picnic venues to show where MORE is investing in trails and promote new areas.
• Turning out to be a busy August, with two partner races that invite MORE to table at their events.
• First is Little Bennett Dog Days, which is this Sunday
• Cranky Monkey is at the end of the month at Rosaryville. Hoping to get others to table at those events.
• For MORE events, we have a new coach to teach drops and jumps. Asked to do a clinic and we are facilitating it. Filled spots very quickly. Will donate all funds to Windy Ridge and MORE. There is clearly a demand for this.
• Lake Accotink Event – longer rides will loop into Wakefield
  • That weekend, we are also going to do interviews with liaisons. It’s when IMBA will be in to get footage.
  • IMBA is doing video features of their high-functioning organizations. Chose MORE as one of those groups. The theme is how we are able to manage 1,000 miles of trails. Looking at liaison model, volunteers working on trails, etc.
• Lastly, for MoCo Epic, we are in a good place in that we are all good with aid stations and sponsors with naming rights for rides, starting to do sponsor features on social media.
  • What we need more of is people signing up. Behind on numbers from 1 or 2 years ago.
  • In terms of marketing, mailed posters to all our bike shop partners. Reached out to liaisons in MoCo, been mailing some to liaisons as well, mailed a bunch to Todd Bauer. We need to spread the word.
  • A rim set will be donated that we can auction off.
  • Shenandoah Mountain Touring, which is organizing the SM100 race, is donating something, such as a cabin, etc.
  • We have some good prizes.

Financial Update (Neil)

• The biggest thing for the month that’s out of the ordinary is most of the revenue/expenses for the AACo Epic, with the net slightly less than $4,000 – a good result for a new event
• There was MoCo Epic revenue from sponsorships, about $4,000
• There were some significant donations this month – $2,100
• Some miscellaneous expenses, but nothing of note
• Kathy – idea of continuing to push items in the MORE store on social media and the weekly updates.

• $1.8k net general increase
  • $16.6k general revenues
    • $5.7k AACo Epic
    • $5.0k Memberships
    • $2.1k General donations
    • $1.8k MoCo Epic
    • $1.9k interest income
  • $14.8k general expenses
    • $10.6k staff costs
    • $2.9k AACo Epic expenses
    • $0.4k swag
    • $0.3k IT costs
    • $0.3k tools
• ($4.3k) net restricted decrease
  • $3.5k restricted revenues
    • $2.1k Kent Island (Boy Scout project)
    • $0.6k Wakefield
    • $0.5k Gunpowder Falls
  • $7.8k restricted expenses
    • $2.1k grants working capital (bridge Seneca Greenway reimbursable from a grant)
    • $2.0k various items for Schaeffer/Seneca
    • $1.5k uniforms sMOREs AACo
    • $1.3k Windy Ridge
    • $0.5k Waterworks
    • $0.3k Emmitsburg

Membership Update (Rob)

• We had a really good July
• July characterized as an excellent month overall
• Exceeded July 2025 on both membership dollars and transaction count
• Total membership dipped only slightly — down 4, to 2,044
• Strong showing on high-value membership renewals
• New joins came in below the July 2024 figure of 34, but that month is described as an anomalous spike rather than a normal benchmark
• MORE — Membership Summary, July 2026 (data as of 4 Aug 2026, 10PM)
  • Revenue
    • 2026 YTD: $51,546 vs. $53,866 in 2025 YTD — down $2,320
  • Membership
    • Total members: 2,044 (18 new + 2,026 current), vs. 2,048 in June and 2,042 in May — down 69 from 2,113 last year
    • Lapsed/expiring: 86 across June–July 2026, vs. 119 last year
  • July activity (last year in parentheses)
    • Joins: 16 (17)
    • Renewals — under 15 days: 71 (60)
    • Renewals — 15 days to 3 mo: 12 (14)
    • Renewals — 3 to 6 mo: 2 (3)
    • Renewals — 6 mo+: 7 (14)
    • Total renewals: 92 (91)
    • Large donors (annual $100+): 17 giving $2,300 (18 last year)
• Trend across months
  • Joins: 26 (May) → 14 (June) → 16 (July)
  • Total renewals: 183 (May) → 75 (June) → 92 (July)
  • Large donors: 38 @ $5,350 (May) → 18 @ $2,100 (June) → 17 @ $2,300 (July)
• Paid members (last 12 months)
  • 1,479 of 2,044 total members paid — roughly 72%
  • Estimated value: $96,210 pre-IMBA share
• Auto-renewing members (annual)
  • 905 total members-and-family, of which 627 are paying
  • Value: $41,320 — or $52,120 annual total when monthly auto-renewals are included
  • Baseline comparison: 2025 started at 597 (+28 for the year); 2026 started at 625 (+2)
• Auto-monthly members
  • 98 total, up 4 for the month
  • Value: $900/month, $10,800 annualized, $110.20 per member
  • Baseline comparison: 2025 started at 96 (+4 for the year); 2026 started at 94 (+4)

Trails

• Virginia (Michael)
  • Quantico event – idea of maybe organizing a MORE event there as current organizers age out. An epic event wouldn’t work anywhere else in Northern Virginia
    • Jali: The answer for why we don’t do more epics is it’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of staff time
  • We are working with Prince William County for approval on Locust Shade project.
  • The Edgar Tillett Trail, we are ready to go. Loudoun County is reaching out. Just waiting on Brock to walk the site
  • James Long – should have three jump lines. Did one jump line.
  • Fountainhead – in limbo pending approvals
  • Lake Fairfax – did part of their jump line and waiting on approval on the final piece they are doing
• Maryland (Dave M.)
  • We are in the middle of summer, so more about riding and trimming than anything big
  • We are making progress on some of the projects; others have gone quiet
  • On the Hill Street Pumptrack, SHA has gone silent and they won’t answer any questions
  • The Greenway, we are getting ready to build three big bridges, sidewalk is done, Brock is coming in to do reroutes. Pinging him to see when he’s going to get here.
  • Rosaryville just posted the invitation for bids for that big project
  • Schaeffer has a new shed with lots of equipment. Great to see 75 kids out doing NICA race training.
  • Hashawa team seems very busy. They did a bunch of signage work.

Ride Program Update (Kathy)

• Things are just rolling. Have rides set up.
• There is a new women’s ride in West Virginia, so leading some rides there. Beginner friendly.
• There is some interest for a new ride leader in Little Bennett.

Events Update (Maris)

• People get excited for merch at events. Great way to make passive income for the organization.
• Patuxent Ride
  • We had an awesome turnout. We put in a lot of work, but it was worth it. Tons of people were happy to be there.
  • About 75% of people indicated it was their first time riding those trails
  • Built potluck into registration. We had so much food at the last event.
  • Some of the equestrian community came to the event at the end.
  • Everybody was raving about how good the trails are. People were surprised by how fun and flowy they are.
• Have another event in Accotink at the end of the month, and another one at Lake Fairfax at the bike lane
• Also have a campout coming up.
• Also emailing about the holiday lights ride in Gaithersburg. This event attracts a lot of people outside of the MORE community.

Activity Reports

President – Casey Anderson

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Jali Fernando – Executive Director

• MoCo Epic preparations (marketing, finalizing reservations with vendors, reaching out to sponsors)
• Worked on AACo post-event tasks (sponsor thank yous, participant surveys)
• Helped with the Patuxent Ride & Picnic
• Represented MORE at the adaptive MTB day in Patapsco
• Recruited new liaisons for Little Bennett, Seneca Greenway, and Rosaryville
• Planning for IMBA video shoot
• Regular donor management and communications
• Regular email, newsletter, and social media communications

Secretary – David Beugelmans

• Coordinated board meeting and finalized minutes
• Continued work on CHMP planning and started work
• Assisted with “Trail Town” news releases
• Assisted with planning for AACo Epic

MD Advocacy Director – Dave Magill

• Several trimming days
• Helped recruit and onboard new liaisons
• Obtained a Notice to Advertise for the Rosaryville RTP grant work
• Setting up meeting with Sen. Hester to pitch her on Pax phase 2B
• Submitted several requests for reimbursement under our LBI grant for work on the Greenway

VA Advocacy Director – Michael Ullman

• Working with Prince William County on an MOU to be approved by the County Board of Supervisors, which will then give the Director of Parks the ability to approve our new trail projects at the 3 County trails we have (Locust Shade, James Long and Andrew Leitch). I will distribute to the board once a draft is available.
• Assisted Locust Shade with their efforts to make a concrete pad for their Park Tool Stand
• Trail work at Andrew Leitch Park
• In contact with the trail liaisons for the 6 trails that received O’Sullivan funds. Will provide an update on our call

Membership Director – Rob Lowe

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Ride Program Director – Kathy Mihm

• Set up new women's ride at Shepherdstown, WV
• Discussed potential new ride leader at Little Bennett
• Prepared map for new Patuxent Trails
• Led women's rides and beginner-friendly rides in MoCo
• Trail trimming at Seneca Bluffs

Treasurer – Neil Blake

• $1.8k net general increase
  • $16.6k general revenues
    • $5.7k AACo Epic
    • $5.0k Memberships
    • $2.1k General donations
    • $1.8k MoCo Epic
    • $1.9k interest income
  • $14.8k general expenses
    • $10.6k staff costs
    • $2.9k AACo Epic expenses
    • $0.4k swag
    • $0.3k IT costs
    • $0.3k tools
• ($4.3k) net restricted decrease
  • $3.5k restricted revenues
    • $2.1k Kent Island (Boy Scout project)
    • $0.6k Wakefield
    • $0.5k Gunpowder Falls
  • $7.8k restricted expenses
    • $2.1k grants working capital (bridge Seneca Greenway reimbursable from a grant)
    • $2.0k various items for Schaeffer/Seneca
    • $1.5k uniforms sMOREs AACo
    • $1.3k Windy Ridge
    • $0.5k Waterworks
    • $0.3k Emmitsburg

Activities Director – Maris Finley

• Date & Venue Finalized for 2027 Winter Picnic: 3/7/2027 @ Silver Spring Civic Center
• Start of Planning for Holiday Lights Ride @ Seneca Creek State Park
• Patuxent State Park Ride & Picnic – over 70 attendees