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Fundraising Ideas?
by Jake Liefer 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Myself and several students from the local college are starting up a bike co-op in our town and are looking to raise funds to buy tools and acquire space. The college's homecoming event is next week and we were able to get a vendor booth for free. While we primarly want to get the word out about what we're doing and get some bikes, this seems like an excellent opportunity to raise some funds. There will be several other vendors there selling coffee, drinks, and food. Do you guys have any ideas about what we can sell that will set us apart from the others? We are not limited to food, so if you have any non-food ideas that would be great too! Thanks, Jake The Hub - Beaver Falls, PA

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e-mail list management
by mike eng 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hey, does anyone have recommendations for e-mail list management systems at low cost? Of course there are always Google Groups and Yahoo Groups, but any other options for a system to manage subscriptions / unsubscriptions to a list? Thanks. -- Mike Eng Recycle-a-Bike 27 Sims Ave. | Providence, RI 02909 www.recycleabike.org

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parts pricing
by freeridemp＠riseup.net 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hey all, We sell a lot of parts to people fixing up their bikes and some of our newer head mechanics have been asking for a suggested price list for used parts. Anybody have a good one they could email? Hell you could even post it to POB 196 Montpelier, VT 05601-0196 Thanks! Colin Gunn Freeride Montpelier www.freeridemontpelier.org freeridemp(a)riseup.net

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GOING TO VEGAS - LETS GET TOGETHER & RIDE!
by Kim Jensen 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hello everyone, It is Kim from the Bicycle Kitchen. In the spirit of what I do here in LA.....bike rides a la good times- who is going to Vegas- please email me your cell, I am going to organize a midnight ridazz a.k.a. hell on wheels while I am out there- probably Wed. night. So grab your quarters and lets roll!! If anyone you know is down for this sort of fun please let them know and pass this on. If you don't know what a ridazz is then check it out. midnightridazz.com Ride on! Kimchi

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program evaluation
by rachael spiewak 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi, everyone. We're working on grant seeking these days, so I'm wondering if anyone has ideas about how to do program evaluation. Can it be as simple as number of participants, number of bikes distributed/repaired, short narratives from participants..? Anyone doing pre and post tests or using SPSS? Can you count social change on your fingers? : ) Thanks! rachael

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Contract Language for Fiscal Sponsorship
by Edward France 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Velo-rutionaries, So, similar to Bike Pittsburgh and Free Ride, many of our collectives use our local bike advocacy organizations as their fiscal 501(c)3 sponsor. We're going to do the same over here in fair santa barbara, but we want to be clear about our autonomy and that we will be reviewing and need to renew the agreement every two years. In our agreement with the Bike Coalition we'd like to lay this all out so the terms of the relation don't get muddyed later on. Is anyone with this fiscal sponsorship arrangement down to share the terms of their agreement (contract)? many thanks, Ed France BiciCentro.org

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DC-VA project hiring Youth Programs Director
by Colin Dixon, Phoenix Bikes 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Phoenix Bikes in Arlington, VA, a young youth development focused, community bike shop just outside DC is looking for a part-time Mechanic / Youth Programs Director. Contact me for qualifications & responsibilities. and please pass on! Thanks to all. -- Colin Dixon Phoenix Bikes Barcroft Park 4100 S. Four Mile Run Drive Arlington, VA www.phoenixbikes.org (703) 575-7762

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Booth at Interbike - I NEED YOUR MATERIALS ASAP.
by Jonathan Morrison 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

I will be setting up a 10' x 5' curtained booth with a 6' table at Interbike this year and I encourage anyone that can attend to contact me (below). However if you can't attend but would still like your organization's materials show to representatives of companies that could give you tools, parts, bikes, distributor accounts or money. Then please mail them to the address below. Pictures of smiling kids and other eye candy that would catch the short attention of attendees is ideal. ** -- 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 On 7/12/07, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan(a)slcbikecollective.org> wrote: > > All, > > Interbike (www.interbike.com) is an incredible opportunity for bike > collectives, do we (as a collective of collectives and co-operatives) want > to set up complimentary advocacy booth there? This would be next to IMBA, > Thunderhead Alliance, LAB, Adventure Cycling, etc.,... > > The main concern is that we can get the materials created for the booth > and then have enough people to staff the booth through the event. So in > order to commit to this, we need people to commit to going now. Hopefully > we can come up with booth materials at Bike!Bike! > > -- > 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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Bikes Not Bombs HIRING! youthwork! development! shop! (boston)
by jasmine laietmark 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

hi bike orgs: BIKES NOT BOMBS now seeks to fill THREE POSITIONS in Boston!!!: ******** -Major Gifts and Grant Officer (contact: hiring(a)bikesnotbombs.org) - Girls' Programming and Bike Safety Coordinator (contact: learn(a)bikesnotbombs.org) -Bike Shop and Voc. Training Center Mechanic (contact: shop(a)bikesnotbombs.org) ********* Please see attached descriptions and check out our new, improved website: www.bikesnotbombs.org * Bikes Not Bombs promotes bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war and environmental destruction.* For 23 years, BNB has been a nexus of bike recycling and community empowerment both in lower income neighborhoods of Boston and in the nations of the Gobal South. BNB's programs involve young people and adults in mutually respectful leadership development and environmental stewardship, while recycling thousands of bicycles. * *Lasting peace and social justice require equitable and sustainable use of resources. BNB provides community-based education and assists development projects with recycled bicycles, related technologies and technical assistance, as concrete alternatives to the militarism, over-consumption & inequality that breed war and environmental destruction. Our organization is part of a worldwide movement for peace and responsible stewardship of the earth. We currently receive approximately 5,000 used bicycles and tons of used parts each year. We ship about 3,500 of these bikes to economic development projects (micro-enterprise bike businesses, sustainable technology projects, and youth training programs) in South Africa, Ghana, and Guatemala every year. BNB also sends technicians and tools for start-up projects to these same countries. (In the past we have worked in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and El Salvador, and we continue to accept new requests for assistance from projects in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa.) We use the remainder of our collected bikes at our Jamaica Plain Center; some are used in our co-ed youth Earn-A-Bike programs, and others are repaired by teenage mechanics as part of our Vocational Training programs and are for sale in our bike shop. BNB also offers girls-only programs all year round. We operate a full-service bike shop <http://bikesnotbombs.org/?q=bikeshop>, staffed by local teen graduates of BNB training programs and supervised by professional adult bike mechanics. The shop repairs customer bikes, offers hard-to-find used parts and sells new parts, locks, accessories and refurbished bikes with a warranty. Shop specialties include renovated upright-bar 12 speeds, single-speed coasting and fixed-gear bikes, reconditioned mountain and hybrid models of all brands, and higher-end touring and road bikes. We sell frames alone, including used Titanium Merlin frames.The BNB Bicycle Shop and Training Center opened the doors of its new location in February, 2007. Please PASS THESE POSTINGS ON!

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Insurance issues
by Andrew Bushaw 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

So I called American Specialty Insurance, the Insurance Provider for the League of American Bicyclists, as recommended in the wiki and was told that they only offer insurance for club rides, not for organizations. We aren't interested in doing rides or races or anything like that, we basically just need insurance for the shop. (I think i've seen $1M in liability recommended on the list). Am I being fed a line by Am Specialty? I emailed LAB directly and have not received a reply in two weeks, nor do I see a phone number telling me it wouldn't be very good insurance if I can't even get a hold of them. Did I read all this wrong? What am I missing? If i'm not missing anything where do you shops go to get the liability coverage? Thanks, Andrew

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