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San Francisco
by ronald ferrucci 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

Greetings. I need to fly to San Francisco in the next week weeks (hoping for next week, maybe the week after; wed to friday) to apply for a vis with the Italian consulate of San Francisco (I am moving there in January). I was wondering whether anyone on this list that lives in San Francisco had a couch I could surf for 2 nights (or knows someone). It would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ronald Ferrucci Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective

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spam on the wiki...
by veganboyjosh＠gmail.com 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

hey everyone, i just dropped by the wiki on bikecollectives.org, to check out what's new, and it seems there's quite a bit of spam that's been added to some articles. i dunno enough about editing, or changing articles, but if you do, and you have some time to fix that, it'd be greatly appreciated. also, if someone who can code some sort of spam filter/captcha interface into the editing login thing, that'd be swell, as well. thanks. josh. community cycles, boulder, co

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Content Management Systems
by Andrew Bushaw 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Wow, Thank you for all the replies. I had no idea there were so many nerds (myself included, I work public library IT) involved in the bike collective scene. I think that as much as I would love drupal I think it might be a little too inclusive for some of the folks that are involved. There are four of us that are now testing the waters with "crabgrass" from the riseup group, (we already have the shop email set up there) and so far I've been pretty impressed. It isn't quite as flexible as some of the other CMS but for organizing it seems very streamlined. I think it will be pretty easy to use for the non-nerds amongst us. I will update how it's going after I introduce it to the group. Thanks, Andrew

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How to pretend your organization is big and uses a professional email server...
by Jonathan Morrison 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

This is what we do... http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Email -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Wheel Dome - Help!! Community Cycles has a Wheel Problem
by Bill Wright 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

56 wheels and 26 tubes cut into thirds, and you can make a farmers market dome shelter. It is light and strong. Bill Librarybikes.org ---------------------------------------> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:42:19 -0600> From: rich(a)richpoints.com> To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Help!! Community Cycles has a Wheel Problem>> Collectives,> Community Cycles in Boulder has a wheel problem, I'm guessing your bike> collective does too. Do you have too many wheels? How do you manage> them? We're about to recycle a bunch of good wheels that we don't have> room for. How can we put them to use?>> Help>> --> Rich Points> Community Cycles Director> http://CommunityCycles.org> Rich(a)CommunityCycles.org> 720-565-6019>> _______________________________________________> Thethinktank mailing list> Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctW…

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Content Management Systems
by Andrew Bushaw 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

We have been using pbwiki.com (a free wiki, one login) for our organizing but are starting to feel the need for a tiered access control as well as for an actual website to send the public to. We have been contemplating getting a content management system such as "drupal" to serve both functions. I think the SLBC uses a similar CMS for their website and maybe others do to. How well does it work? Do regular folks have a difficult time using it? our ideal: public web page w/ donation links, a login page with a volunteer only section, then a section for core members only where we would keep fundraising info. Would like it to be easy to edit, with a wiki-like interface, preferably wysiwyg editors. Thanks, Andrew

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Content Management Systems
by omar 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

heya we switched to a drupal website last year for similar reasons. i loved the idea of using a wysiwyg interface because the point was to make the website a useful tool for staff, but we've found them pretty buggy. but even without, the website has worked well, easy to update, staff can get in there and mess around comfortably. not many of them do, but you can only lead a horse to water. . . we also back up our files on the website, use it to store and transfer stuff, for communication, etc. a work in progress but from our experience so far i'd recommend it. -- omar bhimji project manager pedal bike depot p. 604.708.4992

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Content Management Systems
by omar 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

heya we switched to a drupal website last year for similar reasons. i loved the idea of using a wysiwyg interface because the point was to make the website a useful tool for staff, but we've found them pretty buggy. but even without, the website has worked well, easy to update, staff can get in there and mess around comfortably. not many of them do, but you can only lead a horse to water. . . we also back up our files on the website, use it to store and transfer stuff, for communication, etc. a work in progress but from our experience so far i'd recommend it. -- omar bhimji project manager pedal bike depot p. 604.708.4992

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PLEASE DISREGARD MY PREVIOUS EMAIL.....
by Ariel raymon 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

SORRY!! That was meant solely for kyle, of Bicas... how embarassing! It wont happen again.

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1023 forms:ATTN BIKE KITCHEN AND SOPO
by Ariel raymon 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hey there, Ariel from portland Bike Farm Inc. We met with our lawyer to file the 1023 forms, and there were a couple things we forgot to ask him. there's a section that says, if you'll be making over $10,000 in Revenue in a year, the fee to file te forms to the IRS is $750, but if you'll be making less, then its only $300. If our organization hasn't projected to be making more than $10,000 the first and second year, but possibly the 3rd, should we be paying the $750 or $300? let us know... as we're in the process of doing it all, and may need to get money quick. thanks, Ariel

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