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Blackstone Bicycle Works and the Experimental Station Union
by Experimental Station Union 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Hi all, Some of you might have heard that us workers at Experimental Station recently unionized! The union includes mechanics and workers from Blackstone Bicycle Works, a beloved youth program bike shop on Chicago's South Side! Unfortunately, rather than listen to the support of an overwhelming majority of staff, tenants, elected officials, and community members and recognize our union, our Board is trying to union bust ([here's an email we sent out to supporters](https://mailchi.mp/2639ff8e740d/the-es-union-needs-your-support)). Even more unfortunate, Blackstone is in a pretty bad spot—all the mechanics have been fired or left within the past few months, so all the solidarity we can get is really really appreciated. You can read more about our efforts at esunion.org and follow us on instagram, twitter, and facebook! We'd love to have the support of our bike collective partners in getting the word out, helping us build community support, and pressuring our board to do the right thing. You can find ways to support at esunion.org/#support. Love and Solidarity, J. Michael

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Executive Director Job in London, Ontario
by Daniel Hall 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hey folks, Please take a look at this amazing opportunity <https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/news/executive-director-2021> to lead London Cycle Link, a member-supported not-for-profit dedicated to helping Londoners ride more. We host events, teach cycling skills, launch advocacy campaigns and operate a community bike shop (Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-op) to achieve our goals. I've been in this role for two and a half years and have thoroughly enjoyed the work and the people involved and am now moving into a municipal cycling role. The Executive Director will lead London Cycle Link’s operations and play a key role in shaping the cycling culture in London, Ontario. The Executive Director is responsible for implementing the organization’s strategic plan and for overseeing all programs and administrative duties. This role is highly collaborative—reporting directly to the Board of Directors, supporting volunteer committees and leading a small staff team. The Executive Director takes initiative and is a flexible leader, taking on a variety of roles such as: grant writer & fundraiser, volunteer & events coordinator, media spokesperson, community connector, and cycling advocate. Full job posting here <https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/news/executive-director-2021> - applications are due by April 30th. Best, *Daniel Hall *(he/him) Executive Director [image: londoncyclelink.ca] <https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/>

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 175, Issue 5
by Jane Voodikon 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

Here's is Bikerowave's (Los Angeles): https://bikerowave.org/bylaws/ We also have a set of policies that provides additional guidance. On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 07:23 <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? (Nicole Muratore) > (Nicole Muratore) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nicole Muratore <nicole(a)bikesaviours.org> > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 11:50:11 -0700 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? (Nicole > Muratore) > Here's a link to ours: > https://www.bikesaviours.org/BYLAWS%20-%20approved%209-6-2020.docx.pdf > > Cheers, > *Nicole Muratore* > Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective > > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 6:03 AM < > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > >> Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to >> thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? (Aaron Shaw) >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Aaron Shaw <atshaw(a)ucdavis.edu> >> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 12:20:31 -0700 >> Subject: [TheThinkTank] What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? >> Hey Bike Collective fam, >> >> I’m trying to find some examples of bylaws/constitutions from other >> community bike projects. Can you share your bylaws with us? Our collective >> is interested in how other bike collectives are structured and guided >> through their foundational documents. >> >> Here are the Bylaws from the Davis Bike Collective: >> https://davisbikecollective.org/bylaws/ >> >> Thanks! >> Aaron >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thethinktank mailing list >> Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org >> >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >> > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? (Nicole Muratore)
by Nicole Muratore 04 Apr '21

04 Apr '21

Here's a link to ours: https://www.bikesaviours.org/BYLAWS%20-%20approved%209-6-2020.docx.pdf Cheers, *Nicole Muratore* Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 6:03 AM < thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? (Aaron Shaw) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aaron Shaw <atshaw(a)ucdavis.edu> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 12:20:31 -0700 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] What are your Constitutions/Bylaws? > Hey Bike Collective fam, > > I’m trying to find some examples of bylaws/constitutions from other > community bike projects. Can you share your bylaws with us? Our collective > is interested in how other bike collectives are structured and guided > through their foundational documents. > > Here are the Bylaws from the Davis Bike Collective: > https://davisbikecollective.org/bylaws/ > > Thanks! > Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] What are your Constitutions/Bylaws?
by Gordon Hamachi 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

https://bikex.org/about/svbe-bylaws The Silicon ValleyBicycle Exchange is led by an unelected board. A steering committee meets periodically and provides input to the board.

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Intensive Ideas for Skills Training & Community Building
by Josh Bisker 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

Hiya pals, we're thinking of putting together an intensive for some core volunteers we're gearing up for public programming in spring. The folk in question average very low mechanical skills, and many are fairly new to each other. (1) Do you have activities / syllabi / suggestions for mechanical crash-course stuff that's good for this scenario? (2) Do you have activities / suggestions / prompts for the more camp counselor style parts of this -- either in the metaphoric "trust falls" realm, or in terms of building a collective social analysis, or in terms of establishing great practices for volunteers in the space. (Yes, we'll do the banana game, which I love.) Josh Bisker | 914-500-9890 | Executive Director, Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> 2021 Winter Donation Drive is ON! Support Bike Equity in NYC Today! <http://bikecoop.nyc/donate> Funkrust Brass Band <http://funkrust.com/> | Kessel Run Radio Show on Maker Park Radio <https://makerparkradio.nyc/shows/the-kessel-run-w-joshjoshjosh/>

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Op-Ed on the #BudgetBikeTrap
by Josh Bisker 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Hi pals, I wanted to share the Op-Ed of mine that's running in StreetsblogNYC today: How the ‘Budget-Bike Trap’ Creates Inequality in NYC <https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/03/24/opinion-how-the-budget-bike-trap-cre…>. It's an important story that applies to the work all of us do, yet it's an overlooked and misunderstood part of our bike equity crisis. - Please give it a read (it's short, op-ed length) and let me know what you think. I'm confident it's going to resonate with what you've experienced in your work. - Please share over your networks: here's a Twitter thread <https://twitter.com/bikecoopnyc/status/1374728405070065664> you can retweet, and a Facebook post <https://www.facebook.com/jbisker/posts/10100894832944444> to repost. (IG to come later @bikecoopnyc <http://instagram.com/bikecoopnyc>) - This StreetsblogNYC piece is an intro to this issue, and I have a more detailed ~2000-word article ready to go that examines it more closely (it also includes perspectives from bike shop owners and budget bike buyers). If you have a connection to a good place for publishing this piece, please get in touch. - If you've got an in with an organization that's working on a discussion series or panel about bike equity, I'd love to bring this perspective to it—keep me in mind. Enjoy the springing spring, everyone. Josh Josh Bisker | 914-500-9890 | Executive Director, Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> 2021 Winter Donation Drive is ON! Support Bike Equity in NYC Today! <http://bikecoop.nyc/donate> Funkrust Brass Band <http://funkrust.com/> | Kessel Run Radio Show on Maker Park Radio <https://makerparkradio.nyc/shows/the-kessel-run-w-joshjoshjosh/>

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Queen City Bicycle Collective is hiring a Communications and Support Manager
by Abby Easterly 29 Mar '21

29 Mar '21

Greetings friends, Hope spring is treating you all well! Queen City Bicycle Collective, in Manchester, New Hampshire, is in the privileged position of being able to hire additional staff to help us with our efforts, this year. Specifically, we are looking for help coordinating, communicating, and expanding our reach, beyond the walls of our shop. More information can be found here: https://qcbike.org/2021/03/19/were-hiring/ Thank you all for your work! All the best from NH, QC Bike -- Abby Easterly QC Bike Collective 35 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101 603.493.1720 www.qcbike.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 174, Issue 12
by Lawrence Mohammed 29 Mar '21

29 Mar '21

This article <https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/03/24/opinion-how-the-budget-bike-trap-cre…> is brilliant Josh and love what you're doing! Nothing comes to mind stateside, but UK-wise, can see what connections I can make re 'If you have a connection to a good place for publishing this piece, please get in touch'. UK/US similarities here, so potentially could link to UK organisations, transport press and funders striving to open access and remove barriers, championing common resources and a joined-up community approach to supporting those most in need In service, *Lawrence Mohammed* CEO and Founder Pro Bike Service C.I.C. *+44 (0)77 222 58587* *probikeservice.co.uk <https://probikeservice.co.uk>* /::Olympic Park Site:: Pro Bike Service C.I.C. Multi-Storey Car Park, Lesney Avenue Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London E20 3BS *map location <https://what3words.com/upset.habit.funds>* / On 29/03/2021 14:04, thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Op-Ed on the #BudgetBikeTrap (General Manager) > 2. Re: Op-Ed on the #BudgetBikeTrap (alejandro manga tinoco) > 3. workshop evaluation forms needed (Dominik Zylka) > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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workshop evaluation forms needed
by Dominik Zylka 28 Mar '21

28 Mar '21

G'day think tankers! Is anyone keen to share a well thought out post workshop evaluation form. I assume some of the people in this space have a great deal of experience in delivering workshops based on quality feedback and data they have collected from participants after workshops. Appreciate all efforts and time in advance! Dom Zylka Senior Mechanic Inner West Community Bike Hub Melbourne, Australia [image: image.png]

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