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Artistic Bicycle Performers
by Civitron 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Ahoy, ThinkTank-ers! I'm coordinating a community bicycle event in New Bedford, Massachusetts and would like to feature as many local bike organizations as possible. This will be a full day family-friendly celebration, filled with games, workshops, films and music. The entire event will kick-off with a bicycle parade led by SCUL (We're a local chopper bicycle gang based in Somerville, MA with a chapter in New Bedford, MA. - www.scul.org). Additionally, we would like to invite local artists and performers who use bicycles in their work. I'd love to have a bicycle dance team like the "Sprockettes" in Portland, OR or the "Bay Area Derailleurs" in San Francisco. Ideally, these acts would come from the Southeastern Massachusetts area but all groups are welcome. Unfortunately, there is very little funding so there will be no monetary compensation but I'm willing to buy everyone lunch. Does anyone have any information regarding bicycle performing artists? I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks! Civitron Fleet Admiral, 4th SCUL Fleet: "Starchasers" www.scul.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Youth Bike Summit - Program Announced
by Aryn Gaslowitz 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

I think I'm going to be able to get to New York for this, is there any chance there are some folks there who may be have a little floor space to lend Friday and/or Saturday night? Aryn > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:54:49 -0800 > From: Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Youth Bike Summit - Program Announced > Message-ID: > <CAAr69eXpnXHyypABRn2ih8= > DLHDBKtTJROhuFCz01F0KMc05hw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I wissssssshhhhhhhhh. Looks amazing! > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Loretta Masiello < > lorettamasiello(a)gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Exciting line up! > > > > On Jan 17, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Pasqualina Azzarello < > > pasqualina(a)youthbikesummit.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > The Youth Bike Summit is just four weeks away and we're expecting our > > biggest gathering yet. Take a look at this year's line-up! > > > > http://youthbikesummit.org/youth-bike-summit-2014/program/ > > > > Best, > > Pasqualina > > > > > > > > Youth Bike | Director > > *Youth Bike Summit @ The New School Feb 14-16, 2014* > > www.youthbikesummit.org | Facebook< > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Bike-Summit/230384430374509> > > | Twitter <https://twitter.com/youthbikesummit> | #YBS14 > > > > *Youth Bike transforms our local communities and strengthens our national > > movement by empowering bicycle leaders.* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > <a href=" > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ">Unsubscribe > > from this list</a> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > <a href=" > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ">Unsubscribe > > from this list</a> > > > > >

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Bike! Bike! Volunteer Exchange Network Spreadsheet
by Gladys Nobriga 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Good evening, I started working on a database for the Volunteer Exchange Network<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArYR0yO0znVAdG84MllYY01lbEdBVD…>. I've set the options to "Anyone With the Link Can Edit." I gathered what you see on there from the emails that have been circulating since Bike!Bike! If your collective is interested in joining the network, please feel free to click the link and add your information to the spreadsheet. Many of us are now in the stages of figuring out what constitutes being in the network, what the requirements are for users and so forth. Thank you so much! Cheers, Gladys N. -- Gladys Nobriga 786-899-9934

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Washington DC area Earn A Bike Programs
by Katie Lupo 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

Greetings, Longtime viewer, first time poster :) In response to some questions about an Earn A Bike Program / Nonprofit Bike Shop in Washington D.C., I wanted to let you know that Gearin' Up Bicycles is getting ready to open in Northeast D.C. at the beginning of April. Gearin' Up is a nonprofit (501c3) community used bike shop, and we will be offering EAB programs as well as running a workforce development program that re-purposes donated used bicycles. If anyone out there is reading this in the D.C. area and is interested in getting involved, please contact me at KatieLupo(a)GearinUpBicycles.org. For more info about the shop, check out the website at www.GearinUpBicycles.org <http://www.gearinupbicycles.org/> and be sure to 'like' us on Facebook! The others in the area are like everyone said: Phoenix Bikes <http://www.phoenixbikes.org/> (nonprofit bike shop in Arlington) Velocity <http://velocitycoop.org/> (Coop in Alexandria) The Bike House <http://www.thebikehouse.coop/> (Coop in D.C.) Mount Rainier Bike Coop <http://mrbikecoop.blogspot.com/> (Coop just outside DC in Maryland) The Old Bike Shop <http://theoldbikeshoparlington.com/>(a pretty sweet used bike shop in Arlington) and WABA <http://waba.org/>is always up to come pretty awesome stuff. Katie Lupo Gearin' Up Bicycles 952.484.2567 (m) Follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/GearinUpBicycles> Visit us at www.GearinUpBicycles.org <http://www.gearinupbicycles.org/>

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Mechanic Exchange?
by Lauren Warbeck 01 Feb '14

01 Feb '14

Hey yall - A few of us have been talking for years about developing a mechanic exchange between shops in and between Canada and the US, so that #1 broke ass bike mechanics can travel to sweet rad places for working vacays, and #2 so that we can learn about the intricacies of how other shops run and how we can make our own shops better. Is this on anyone's radar? Was this talked about in NOLA? Did I miss a really obvious thread about it? Cause if no one's working on this, maybe it'll be my baby this yearrrr... Get at me if you want to collaborate/don't want to have to do any more work but are full of great ideas/think it would be rad so I know I'm not the only one still fantasizing about this. <3 Lauren @ OCB Vancouver

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Washington DC area Earn A Bike Programs
by Jon Sher 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

My friend is moving to DC and is looking to either earn a bike or get one cheap. She is working with Americorps.

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bikecollectives.org
by Godwin ! 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hey folks, the bikecollectives.org website is finally up again. We did a complete redesign but of course kept the wiki and thinktank links. We also cleaned up the wiki of all the spam that was on there. I removed all offending users and documents (there were thousands of them) but it is possible that I missed some or even removed some real content. I still have a backup of all the data, so if you spot a case of the latter, please let me know and I'll restore it. If you have ideas on things you'd like to see changed, feel free to let me know. A number of us spent quite a lot of time trying to negotiate the right things to say, but there's always room for improvement. .godwin

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Full Cycle in Mpls is hiring an experienced mechanic
by Crystal Brinkman 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Full Cycle is a non-profit bike shop in Minneapolis, MN and we are looking for a FT, seasonal, experienced mechanic for our upcoming busy season. Read more about our bike shop here: http://fullcyclebikeshop.org/ And more information about the position and the link to apply here: http://fullcyclebikeshop.org/now-hiring-an-experienced-bike-mechanic/ Feel free to email me with any questions! Crystal Brinkman Shop Manager Full Cycle

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 89, Issue 26
by Justin Pogge 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Bike!Bike! Southeast will be held in Tallahassee, Florida March 13th-17th. the previous message has a link to the registration page with all of the information. thanks Justin On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:34 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. bike!bike! southeast (Justin Pogge) > 2. Re: bike!bike! southeast (Ainsley Naylor) > 3. Re: Mechanic Exchange? (liz lichtman) > 4. Re: bike!bike! southeast (Godwin !) > 5. Re: Mechanic Exchange? (wormsign(a)gmail.com) > 6. Re: bike!bike! southeast (Akram F Abed) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:11:40 -0500 > From: Justin Pogge <oldfieldcycles(a)gmail.com> > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Subject: [TheThinkTank] bike!bike! southeast > Message-ID: > <CADC+y2g4eJTqG22Z1i= > bn9RyXSUPJORLxAaouTCUkLkDyu0PNA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > we have opened registration for BIKE!BIKE! Southeast! the conference is > geared toward southeastern community shops, but we would love anyone to > come, especially those willing to bottomline a workshop. there are many > fledgling organizations opening up in the southeast who could learn a lot > from people from established organizations. we have 3 locations for > workshops, Krank It Up, Bread and Roses Food Coop and the 1200 Stearns > street housing coop. all are within blocks of one another. we will be > providing food and housing along with a few bike rides(swimming!) a > probably a dance party one night. > right now we are spreading the word, so if you are interested in coming or > know of any shops or interested people in the southeast or otherwise who > would benefit from the conference, please refer them to the Bike!Bike! > Southeast <https://www.bikebike.org/conferences/Tallahassee2014/view> site > and register for the conference. > thanks a lot and we hope to see you soon! > Justin > -- > www.oldfieldcycles.blogspot.com >

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bike!bike! southeast
by Justin Pogge 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

we have opened registration for BIKE!BIKE! Southeast! the conference is geared toward southeastern community shops, but we would love anyone to come, especially those willing to bottomline a workshop. there are many fledgling organizations opening up in the southeast who could learn a lot from people from established organizations. we have 3 locations for workshops, Krank It Up, Bread and Roses Food Coop and the 1200 Stearns street housing coop. all are within blocks of one another. we will be providing food and housing along with a few bike rides(swimming!) a probably a dance party one night. right now we are spreading the word, so if you are interested in coming or know of any shops or interested people in the southeast or otherwise who would benefit from the conference, please refer them to the Bike!Bike! Southeast <https://www.bikebike.org/conferences/Tallahassee2014/view> site and register for the conference. thanks a lot and we hope to see you soon! Justin -- www.oldfieldcycles.blogspot.com

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