November 12, 2011 (Hamilton, ON) – Dear Members of the Canadian cycling community, The Hamilton Velodrome Campaign Cabinet was formed in October 2011 to help build support from the business and cycling community and to raise private funds to contribute to the cost of constructing a permanent, world-class indoor velodrome as part of the 2015 Pan Am Games.

Private citizens, City Staff, and a host of professionals have completed comprehensive planning over the past 4 years to ensure that the velodrome will become a successful, sustainable and valuable asset for the City, for the cycling community and for Canada.  No other municipality has done the required work to ensure that the facility is a long-term success.

The Hamilton Velodrome Campaign Cabinet is comprised of leaders from business, from the cycling industry and from the competitive cycling world.

Mark Chamberlain, President of Trivaris Inc. is the Honourary Chair of the Cabinet.

Other members of the Cabinet include:

– Romeo Andretta – Uno Imports (Pinarello and Giordana Canada)
– Steve Bauer – Director Sportif of Team Spidertech Powered by C10 and Olympic Medalist
– Patrick Bermingham – CEO of Bermingham Construction
– Curt Harnet – Olympic Medalist and World Record Holder
– Clara Hughes – Olympic Champion
– Andrew Iler – Lawyer
– Rob MacIsaac – President of Mohawk College
– Dennis Mills – Former CEO and VP of Magna
– Kristen Sears – Ontario Youth Champion
– Gord Singleton – 3-Time World Champion
– Phil White – Co-Founder of Cervélo

The Cabinet has been working hard since its formation and has already raised several hundreds of thousands of dollars in pledges to help meet our goal of raising an initial $1 million dollars to kick off the campaign.

It is our intention to demonstrate in a meaningful way to the City of Hamilton and to the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games organization that we have both the desire and the capacity to support the velodrome here in Hamilton.

The Pledge Form is on line HERE.

Or the PLEDGE FORM is below and you can print out and return to the address provided. We will be pleased to receive both large and small pledges in support of the velodrome.

Your pledges will only be called in if Hamilton is awarded the velodrome.

Please do not delay filling out and returning your Pledge Forms. We would ask that you take a few minutes now to send in your commitment to a permanent velodrome being built in Hamilton.

We need members of the cycling community and all those who believe in improving our amateur and high performance sports infrastructure to stand up and be counted now.

Please don’t delay in making your pledge.

Thank you.

The Hamilton Velodrome Campaign Cabinet

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THE HAMILTON VELODROME CAMPAIGN CABINET

PLEDGE FORM

The Hamilton Velodrome Campaign Cabinet is dedicated to raising private sector donations in support of the development of a Velodrome to host the 2015 Pan Am games and beyond. This pledge form provides the opportunity to demonstrate your support of this exciting initiative. At this time, we are seeking your commitment to help us showcase our community‚s support. We will contact you directly to confirm your commitment, once the decision on the Velodrome has been announced.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Thank you in advance.

Mark Chamberlain,
Campaign Chair

Individual: Corporate:

Name (Co‚ or Individual) _____________________________________

Contact Name _____________________________________________

Address _________________________________________________

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Phone _________________________

Email _________________________

Pledge amount __________________
*tax receipt available for all donations

Please email pledge form to: Velodrome@Trivaris.com

Or fax: 905.667.7201