I am part owner of a bicycle coop in Illinois and we are just getting acquainted with what we are supposed to be doing. Does anyone know if we are required to have a second hand dealer license? According to the municipal code, it appears that non-profits are exempt. Anyone have any experience with this?
Here is the wording…
Sales conducted by governmental, civic, patriotic, fraternal, educational, religious or benevolent organizations which have been in active and continuous existence for at least one year prior to the holding of the sale, or which are incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation by the state.
Chad
Bike Peoria Coop
www.bikepeoria.org
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For a now defunct start-up project I had a few years ago, we would do chain
and cable/housing replacements and true wheels on the bike when I did
repairs at a local Farmers Market, and I charged $30/hour + parts at that
time, but that is very cheap in hindsight. Basically we'd do up to what a
typical shop includes in their 'basic tune up' plus cable and minor
accessory installation and flat repairs.
*----------Joshua GoranAdministrator, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op*
1840 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667
OhioCityCycles.org
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We do a weekly new volunteer orientation. Details are here:
http://tinyurl.com/lywkttz
Unless you have very high new volunteer volume, I'd personally recommend
once or twice a month to get more folks in the orientations and to maximize
the time your staff or experienced volunteers spend training new people.
We've been doing weekly orientations for a long time but sometimes only
have 1-2 new people per week, which is inefficient and sometimes awkward,
and sometimes no one new at all which wastes our time waiting around. On
the other hand, we sometimes have ~10+ people, and more than that can get
unruly.
*----------Joshua GoranAdministrator, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op*
1840 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667
OhioCityCycles.org
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by Falls City Community BikeWorks Community BikeWorks
24 Feb '15
24 Feb '15
Hi all,
Have any of you had success with charging for maintenance classes (on-site
or hosting) for private groups? We're looking at that as a potential
revenue stream, but don't know what that would look like and would love
some feedback
<http://www.bicyclingforlouisville.org/#fccb>
Thanks
Bella
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We've had success: We have a sliding scale: zero for groups with no money,
$25/hr for small groups with small budgets, $45/hr for workshop at a
school or community location, $65/hr for a large non-profit or business.
We include one staff, 1-3 volunteers, tools and supplies. Examples of
'workshops': we are the 'fixit' station at a school bike rodeo, we help
fix bikes at an apartment building, provide oil and air at a University
event, etc
Actual hands on bike fixing help seems to be much more in demand than a
more general maintenance class, yet those work too for donations, $5 a
class or set fee for series of classes.
--
Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula
Falls City Community BikeWorks Community BikeWorks wrote:
Have any of you had success with charging for maintenance classes
(on-site or hosting) for private groups? We're looking at that as a
potential revenue stream, but don't know what that would look like and
would love some feedback
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Hi y'all,
It has been so wonderful being a part of The Think Tank. Super helpful
advice from everyone. I have a volunteer coordination question here:
We're trying to figure out how to become more sustainable in the bike shop
area and how to coordinate our volunteers better. We've now got a volunteer
questionnaire asking volunteers what their skills are, and what they hope
to learn while volunteering for us. We want to try and get more people
committed to working in the shop but we can't "hire" people because we
don't have the funds to pay anyone else. We also want to get people on the
same page before they start working in the shop and I am wondering - what
is the best way to do that? Once a month orientation? Once a week offering
classes/tutorials? What has worked for you in your beginning stages? Right
now there is a lot of pressure on our shop manager, and so we want to try
and spread out this pressure, without scaring away potential volunteers.
Thank you!
--
Laura Biren
Outreach Intern at BF Community Bike Project
bfbike.org
617 939 4330
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