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Scholarships for 2016 Youth Bike Summit
by Jason Tanzman 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Hi all - I wanted to share this with everyone - Cycles for Change is excited to offer at least five $325 scholarships (plus free registration) for youth aged 14-22 from out-of-state to visit St. Paul, MN for the 2016 Youth Bike Summit, which will be held May 27-29! While we understand this might not cover the full amount of travel and lodging costs, it should provide significant support for people wishing to come to the YBS. Youth and/or organizations attending the YBS for the first time will get priority. http://youthbikesummit.org/2016-scholarships/ We also are able to offer ten scholarships, thanks to the MnDOT and MN Safe Routes to School program, for youth within Minnesota, but outside the Twin Cities metro area, to travel to the Youth Bike Summit. Thanks!

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Policies and Procedures
by Jayme Zobrist 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Hello, Would any of you or your bike collectives be willing to share your policies and procedures? I'm about to put some together, but don't want to recreate the wheel! Thanks, Jayme Zobrist Board President Columbus Bike Co-op <http://www.bikeco-op.org/>

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Inventory/Members/Sales Tracking System - Anyone???
by Cristian Sandoval 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Any suggestions on a fairly decent system to track, inventory, members and sales? Barcode enabled that integrates to QuickBooks would be ideal. Cristian Sandoval Founder C. (210) 441-9980 <%28573%29%20823-9728> cristian(a)earnabikecoop.org <edithlopezestrada(a)matt.org> http://www.earnabikecoop.org/ https://www.facebook.com/eabcoop https://www.facebook.com/wwnsa

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Good short bike film recommendations
by LaBikery 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hello Think Tank, We would like to screen a short bike film or 2 at our upcoming agm. Any suggestions? Ideally films we can get permission to screen, we can afford a bit to cover fees. Cheers, Amanda On behalf of La Bikery *Coopérative La Bikery Co-operative* *Centre de vélo communautaire * *Community Bicycle Centre* *120 boul. Assomption blvd,* * Moncton NB* Rental hours/DIY shop hours//Location de vélos/atelier libre: Wed – Sun 10am – 6pm/Mercredi – Dimanche 10 h à 18 h <http://labikery.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/LaBikery> <https://twitter.com/LaBikery> *CHECK US OUT BY CLICKING ON THE LINKS ABOVE*

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need examples of expected shop behavior policies
by Jim Sheehan 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Friends, We have always had a maximally inclusive approach for anyone who wants to volunteer, and have recently opened up public shop-use to walk-ins (after eliminating membership as too exclusive and cumbersome). We have worked hard to be directly engaged in each visitor's endeavors to meet their goals no matter their situation, and it has worked out well except for very occasional situations (less than 5 over 10 years) when someone was unruly, combative, or stole things. With growing demand still handled by a small staff of employees and key volunteers we need a clear and firm policy to make our expectations (and the consequences for disregarding them) more clear than just explaining our principles of "respect, resourcefulness, and reciprocity." And, as our staff grows, a consistent policy will be even more needed. So we're asking for any behavior policies that your organizations have written, and your thoughts on their effectiveness and/or any unforeseen costs or benefits, so that we all can benefit from your collective experience -- and perhaps expand https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Rules Thanks! Peace, Jim Jim Sheehan Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op 1840 Columbus Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216 830 2667 OhioCityCycles.org jim(a)ohiocitycycles.org

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Speaking & Teaching Tour: Advancing Pedal Powered Technology
by Charlotte Fagan 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Bikes Not Bombs <https://bikesnotbombs.org/> and Bici-Tec <http://bicitec.org/language/en/> are excited to announce the* Advancing Pedal Power **Technology** Speaking and Teaching Tour!* In Fall 2016, we will invite Carlos Marroquin, a world renowned pedal-power innovator, to North America where he will be traveling to speak and teach about his work. Carlos Marroquin is the owner of Bici-Tec, a social enterprise in Guatemala which operates the School of Appropriate Bici-Technology. The school teaches students from all over the world how to design and build bicimáquinas, or pedal powered machines, within the context of rural, indigenous Guatemala. Carlos will be speaking about his 15+ years of experience designing bicimáquinas, as well as teaching workshops about this appropriate technology. If you are interested in having Carlos come speak or lead a workshop at your organization, please email info(a)bicitec.org for more information! -- Charlotte Fagan International Programs Director 617-522-0222 ext 108 she/her/hers (what's this?) <http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/09/correct-gender-pronouns-to-be-trans-all…> <https://bikesnotbombs.org/bike-a-thon-2014> Register to ride the Bike-A-Thon on June 5th <http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/bike-a-thon> Read our 2015 Annual Report <http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/annual-report/2015> Sign up for our monthly email newsletter <https://bikesnotbombs.org/civicrm/mailing/subscribe?reset=1>.

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★LOVE our WIKI CONTEST WINNERS★
by Angel York 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

✨THE WINNERS✨ <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=February_2016_Wiki_Con…> *Top Editor*: *Eugene <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Eugene>* raced into the lead halfway through the month and then stayed there. A new editor with a background in wikis, they hopped right in to the thick of things, cleaning up edits, making new pages <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Women_and_Trans_Progra…> (with a focus on gender inclusivity), welcoming new users, and more! *Top Editor *of the* Community Bicycle Organizations <http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Bicycle_Organ…> page*: *Recumbent Rider <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Recumbent_Rider>* took advantage of their time difference to make edits early, January 31st PST but February 1 Australia time, and made the Australia section more comprehensive and up-to-date. BIKERS UP This is a pun on "runners up". It means you didn't win a chocolate bar, but your wiki edits were noteworthy. Thank you for your awesome contributions. - Bikefarm <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Bikefarm&action=e…> for sharing a new sign-in app <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sign_In_App> - DarinWick <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:DarinWick> for updates to the Bike Farm Handbook <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Farm_Handbook> - FCCB <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:FCCB> for creating a lovely page for Falls City Community BikeWorks <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Falls_City_Community_B…> - Hajenso <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Hajenso> for creating a lovely page for Bike Concord <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Concord> - PositiveSpin <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:PositiveSpin> for welcoming new users and reassuring us that that weird error message was really no big deal - *you*, dear reader AND A BIG OLE THANK YOU to everyone who edited the wiki and/or added to the Community Bike Shops <http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Bicycle_Organ…> page this month!

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Student interviewing women, trans*, non-binary mechanics
by Lauren Warbeck 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hey folks! This is a friend of mine from my days in Victoria. If you're interested in talking to a researcher about experiences as a woman, trans* or queer mechanic, this is a cool opportunity. ----- Hi, My name is Courtenay Nielsen and I am a fourth-year undergraduate student in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Victoria. I am also a woman and a bike mechanic; I work and volunteer in two community bikes shops in Victoria. I am conducting research for my graduating project which seeks to explore the experiences of women/trans/non-binary bike mechanics working/volunteering in community bike shops in various locations across Canada. I would like to invite anybody who identifies as a woman/trans/non-binary bike mechanic who is at least 19 years of age to participate in my study. In a nutshell, I would like to ask said mechanics about their experiences navigating bike shops, about the reception they have received from customers and co-workers, whether their bike shop hosts women and trans exclusive hours, and what they notice about the demographics of the shop (who are the customers? Who works there?). Drawing on multiple, varied perspectives, I hope to identify barriers to full participation in this field and to illuminate the creative strategies already being employed by those currently participating in it. Participation in this study will include an audio-recorded interview via skype or telephone with me at a date/time that is most convenient for the participant. I anticipate that the interview will last between 30 and 60 minutes. With the interviews I collect, I will be producing a radio documentary which is to be broadcasted via Uvic’s on-campus radio station, CFUV. If the participant so chooses, I will protect their anonymity through the use of a pseudonym and the removal of all identifying information. Or, if they do not want their voice on the radio, I am happy to read aloud the parts of their interview to be included in the documentary. Alternatively, if they do want their voice on the radio, this is their chance! F.Y.I: Dr. Annalee Lepp in the Department of Gender Studies is supervising my project and you may contact her regarding any questions you may have about the research at 250.721.6157 or at alepp(a)uvic.ca. Any potential participants may contact me directly with their response at cnielsen(a)uvic.ca. Please do consider this invitation :) I would love to hear from you! Sincerely, Courtenay Nielsen

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March TERRIFIC Bike Collection
by The Rockville Bike Hub 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Bike Donation Collection, March 6th, 2016, Rockville Civic Center Park View this email in your browser (http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e682688c30c&id=e37b4e371…) Donate a used children’s bike & Make a Child Smile The Rockville Bike Hub is running a bike donation collection on Sunday March 6^th from 10am until 1pm at the Rockville Civic Park (603 Edmonston Drive). This collection drive is supporting the City of Rockville’s 2016 TERRIFIC Rockville Citizen – Bike Award Program, a program to benefit elementary school students in the City of Rockville. Help us reward a child for good deeds and service. Bikes ranging in sizes from small 14 inch wheel kids bikes, all the way up to bikes with 26 inch wheels and ~13 inch frames are needed. The children, grades 1 through 5, typically range in height from just under 4 foot tall up to just over 5 foot tall. If you cannot make it to the Civic Center on March 6^th, feel free to contact Steve Andruski or Connie Bertka at rockvillebikehub(a)gmail.com (mailto:rockvillebikehub@gmail.com) to donate a bike. The Rockville Bike Hub is a social-profit community bike shop in Rockville Maryland. For more information about us, find us on the Web at www.rockvillebikehub.org. We are also on Facebook and Twitter. Rockville Bike Hub has IRS 501(c)(3) status, so your donation is also tax-deductible. ============================================================ ** (http://rockvillebikehub.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e…) ** (http://rockvillebikehub.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e6…) ** (http://rockvillebikehub.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e6…) Copyright © 2016 The Rockville Bike Hub, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive periodic udates from the Rockville Bike Hub. Our mailing address is: The Rockville Bike Hub PO Box 10696 Rockville, MD 20849 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (http://rockvillebikehub.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e68268…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (http://rockvillebikehub.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=cf46cf6b3fc701e6…) Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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Instruction for Marginalized Communities: Women on Wheels and Multilingual Nights
by Lauren Warbeck 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Oh HEYYYY again... It's a double email kinda day. 1) Multilingual Nights We're hosting our first ever multilingual nights YAYYYYY! We now have a posse of rad mechanics who are fluent in English, Spanish, French, Cantonese, and Mandarin and we are planning to hold a series of multilingual instruction nights. We're about to have our first sub-committee meeting about how we're going to go about the planning of these nights (ie: Do we have a strictly Spanish night, or a Spanish & French night? What is the role of Anglo mechanics in these nights? What are the underlying needs of these communities beyond language instruction?), but first I wanted to find out if any of you have feedback or resource materials about your own experiences hosting multilingual nights. What did you set out to do? Did it work? What did you learn? 2) Women on Wheels We're in the process of reconsidering the reach and name of our women's night, Women on Wheels. This name has been revisited several times by our collective, and again we're feeling the need for change. Those of you who commit energy to thinking about providing services across the gender/sexuality spectrum...I'm looking for your input. The key challenges for us, (and maybe all of us?) I think, are two-fold: First, it's about holding space for those who adhere to identity politics (tangible and named - Woman, Lesbian, Dyke, sometimes Transwoman etc) while also holding space for folks who exist all along the gender and sexuality spectrum (intangible and variably named - Queer, Tomboi, sometimes Transwoman, Genderqueer, etc ). As in, how do we hold safer space for butch grandmas and trans women and gender queer folks all at once? Is it feasible or possible to hold safer space strictly around gender variance? Or is it presumptuous as fuck to try to lump these diverse communities together? Or reductionist to assume gender experience is the key connecting factor between these individuals (and not race, or class, or ....)? Second, it's about negotiating the instances of inclusion and exclusion that emerge as a result of differing levels of awareness and knowledge around these varied philosophies and ways of identifying. This is the crux of why we've called it Women's Night for so long. While in practice our "women's night" is attended by trans-women, cis-women, femmes, masculine-identified genderqueers, tombois, etc etc, we have continued to call it women's night to make sure that people who aren't familiar with the world of post-modern gender identity know they are welcome, and cis-men know easily and clearly that it is not for them. I guess, to make it legible to mainstream communities, while still welcoming to non-mainstream communities. Meanwhile, we've also had interest from femme-identified cis-men and trans men in having services for masculine-presenting folks or folks who are presumed masculine (which again, is on a really broad spectrum). We're in convo with folks about their needs and wants, but it would also be great to have input from other shops. Where I'm really seeking is input about how your shops are drawing the lines around participation in nights for marginalized communities (including communities bonded around race, ethnicity, ability, etc) and/or how to meld diverse communities in appropriate and supportive ways. I know that Plan B has Ladies, Trans, and Sissies Night, and BICAS has Women, Trans, and Femme night. Where are folks at with their organizing process around this? What are other shops doing? You are all so great. Lauren

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