[TheThinkTank] Women and Trans Night

[Macho Philipovich]

hey.  we have a women + trans night during the summer months.  i'd 
second what others said, but emphasize to tell people that women and 
trans nights happen all over the continent, and that they happen IN 
RESPONSE to unbalanced access to bike shops, not to increase it.  you 
can mention that it lets more people use the space than would otherwise.

i think that is the right way to look at things, but people already 
opposed to women's nights may not, so...

another thing you could consider if you are not already open 7 days a 
week:  tell the complainers if they want more shop time, they can always 
become volunteers to try help keep the shop open more days for everyone, 
rather than trying to limit women & transfolk's access.  this could 
always backfire, i suppose, if they became volunteers and then tried to 
argue to eliminate women's night inside the organization...

macho