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Free Cycles Missoula Needs Help
by Bob Giordano 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

FREE CYCLES MISSOULA NEEDS COMMUNITY HELP: KEEP OUR WHEELS TURNING AND DONATE NOW 6 Days To Secure Our Home Free Cycles started in 1996 with a goal of reducing air pollution and congestion. What started as environmental clean-up has transformed into a social movement to improve the fabric of a diverse community support system. We now have an amazing opportunity to grow a world class community bicycle center. Since December 2015, we have been running a grassroots capital campaign <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> to raise $1.1 million to buy the space we have rented for the past 11 years. Located in the heart of Missoula, the two acre property is an ideal place to continue to the work of Free Cycles. In order to secure our home, we need your donation now. Gaining the entire 28,000 sq. ft. building (we currently rent one third of the space) will allow for a strengthening of core programs and an expansion to three additional programs: a fabrication center for those with mobility challenges, a bike share for short term lending, and a transportation learning center with a focus on health. You can read more about our history and property vision here <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> . Check out our Facebook page <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> to view all upcoming events. Please don't wait to send people to www.crowdrise.com/SupportTheBike <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> or www.freecycles.org <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> Our Open Shop has brought 200,000 people from all backgrounds through our doors to fix and build bicycles. 18,000 free bikes have been earned, built, and ridden away by people seeking a pedaling lifestyle. BikeWell classes have provided 5,000 participants with safety and maintenance skills. We have until July 1st to raise funds to secure the property. The plan is to preserve existing buildings and transition to 100% renewable energy. The Cycles of Change campaign sparked a fundraising fire with an all day celebration in December 2015. During this effort, we've partnered with local people, groups, and businesses, We've hosted concerts, raffles, bicycles rides, door knocking, and more. The overwhelming support we have received fills us up to the brim and inspires continued action. Let's celebrate 20 years of people power, honor the passion of collective community spirit, heighten awareness, and unite for a cause in which we truly believe! 3 Ways To Donate: - At the shop in the trusty red tool box @ 732 S. 1st St. W. - Online at our crowdfunding site by clicking here <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/click?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0A2&tar…> . - In the mail at 91 Campus Dr. Box #1412, Missoula, MT 59801 If you no longer wish to receive mail from us, you can unsubscribe <http://tracking.strans.org/tracking/unsubscribe?msgid=GfKFHSgnKv2Qaktrx57x0…> MIST, 91 Campus Dr. #1412 , Missoula, MT, 59801

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Executive Director position open: Bicycle Collectives of Utah (Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective)
by David Davis 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Hi All, We are excited to announce we're looking for a new executive director! This is a life-changing chance to lead one of the largest Bike Collective/Community Bike Shop/Bike Co-Op Organizations in the US. We have grown tons in the last 14 years but we need YOU to continue to do great work. Please see my resignation and link to the job posting here, and feel free to reach out with any questions. http://www.bicyclecollective.org/component/k2/item/487-david-e-davis-resign… We've found that personally recruiting people that would do an excellent job has served us well in the past, please reach out to individuals in your network as well as posting on job boards and in your media. We very much appreciate it. Thank you! Davey -- -- David Eyer Davis Executive Director Bicycle Collective www.bicyclecollective.org The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.

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Abandoned Bike Ordinance?
by Jeff DeQuattro 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Greetings! Through the Delta Bike Project in Mobile, Alabama we are working with city leaders and the Mobile Police Department to update certain ordinances that have neglected to meet the needs of our city. One of those ordinances we seek to create is an ordinance that allows the City/Police to recover abandoned bicycles that have been chained up for some (unknown) extended amount of time. We hope that the Delta Bike Project could be the recipient of those bikes for inclusion into our Time is Money Program <http://www.deltabikeproject.org/time-is-money-program/>. It's also a way to clear up our very limited amount of bike parking - something we're also working on through various fundraisers and agreements of understanding to install fixit stations and bike racks. Are there examples from this group of ordinances in your city that allow public safety officials or others to recover abandoned bikes? Do you have examples of that language that you can share? Also, are there other similar ordinances that are good to accompany these? We are lucky to have the ear of the City Leaders and the Police Department, so we would be ever grateful for feedback on this issues. Thank you, Jeff -- Warm regards, Jeff DeQuattro Executive Director Delta Bike Project 561 St. Francis Street Mobile, AL 36602

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Light giveaway structure (Andy Fry)
by Genevieve Parker 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

At Reno Bike Project we did public giveaways of light sets (not the best, they were free from the DOT, but better than none). We had them available at our community bike shop and gave them away during 2-3 hour pop-up events in public places (bus stations, popular intersections, university campus) with an RBP brochure and some bike safety literature. Our only rule was that we'd only give one set away per person with their bike (no extra sets for friends who weren't present or without seeing the bike). We also gave a few away to people using wheelchairs, no problem. We had a lot of success in distributing them and talking to/educating passers-by. Unfortunately, we found out after a couple years that the front light wasn't, in fact, bright enough to meet the NRS on bike lights at night, and people were getting ticketed by the cops. So NDOT kind of screwed up on that one. I digress; am attaching the survey we asked recipients to complete in return for their lights. Genevieve Parker RBP Program Director http://www.renobikeproject.com/

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Light giveaway structure
by Andy Fry 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Howdy, I've heard other folks share that they give away headlight or taillights through their programs. Do you have any sort of structure to that? Paperwork? Rules? Guidelines? We are hoping to give away quality light kits that'll be used long term so we are trying to seek out how others have approached similar situations. So any ideas on light giveaways and how you've implemented them "structured" or otherwise, we'd love to hear how you did it! Thanks! --Andy Fry Topeka Community Cycle Project

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Has anyone done a Memorandum of Agreement?
by Randi Park 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

Our organization has been asked to come up with an MOA for a bike mechanics education program that we provide to at-risk youth and adults. One of the features of the program, is that we've been able to place at least one of the participants who was unemployed long term before the program in a job at a local bike shop. We also do an earn-a-bike with the participants. It seems like a really good idea to have a boiler plate MOA that we could use when we do elementary school bike clubs (we've done two), and high school earn-a-bike and mechanics programs. Does anyone have an MOA that you've used for similar programs? We don't want to be too rigid and scare partners away, or make it too difficult for ourselves to stick to them. But we also need to get an idea of what should be covered and how specific and binding an MOA needs to be. Thanks in advance, Randi Direct email Randi(a)hjfw.org

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Away on Vacation
by director＠communitybike.net 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

Hi, I will be away from the CBC starting 3:15 PM, June 15 and returning on Monday, June 27. Contact Andrew Burnell for programming and volunteering questions (programs(a)communitybike.net) or Carol Meader for resource development and communications questions (development(a)communitybike.net). The CBC phone number is 282-9700 and our website is www.communitybike.net. Take care, Andy

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insurance for bike valet
by Falls City Community BikeWorks Community BikeWorks 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Hiya Does anyone have good liability coverage for running bike valet for an event? Bicycling for Louisville can't seem to find the special event overage it needs to enter a contract with a local festival to park about 500/day for 3 days. Any leads appreciated. Thanks, Bella Falls City Community Bikeworks

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Away on Vacation
by director＠communitybike.net 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Hi, I will be away from the CBC starting 3:15 PM, June 15 and returning on Monday, June 27. Contact Andrew Burnell for programming and volunteering questions (programs(a)communitybike.net) or Carol Meader for resource development and communications questions (development(a)communitybike.net). The CBC phone number is 282-9700 and our website is www.communitybike.net. Take care, Andy

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Away on Vacation
by director＠communitybike.net 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hi, I will be away from the CBC starting 3:15 PM, June 15 and returning on Monday, June 27. Contact Andrew Burnell for programming and volunteering questions (programs(a)communitybike.net) or Carol Meader for resource development and communications questions (development(a)communitybike.net). The CBC phone number is 282-9700 and our website is www.communitybike.net. Take care, Andy

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