All good points.

Here is an idea of what the Exchange experience could be like in a manner that takes it beyond the mailing list, gives it a space on bikecollectives.org as a link and an explanation.  

http://robertgrossmandesign.com/community-bicycl…hange-storyboard/


How to make it sustainable?





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Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Ideas for places to Stay During an Exchange
From: cyclista@inventati.org
Date: Thu, November 16, 2017 12:24 am
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>

This sounds great! That kind of vacancy would be perfect.

But again, a primary missing device here is a consistent and sustainable
way to post availability in both directions.

Doing it informally, i.e. just by habitualizing it as a mailing list
thing, can be easy, but also easily atrophy, with new members of the
community completely unaware it was ever a practice or possibility.

Understood re: Godwin. I'd prefer to wait for their attention and do it
via bikecollectives.org. Is there a way to get word back if it can get
on their itinerary, even if only at some distant future point?

-Cyclista


On 2017-11-15 19:47, Paul Fitzgerald wrote:
> I'm hoping we can use a community organization's dormitory to host
> people.
> They have a dorm between two or three campuses in which they house
> first
> generation college students from families who have recently settled in
> the
> states... someone from their org mentioned that it was a shame that no
> one
> used the space during the summer.
>
> -p
>
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Robert Grossman <
> rob@robertgrossmandesign.com> wrote:
>
>> Noah, what do you mean by mailbox?
>>
>> Cyclists, all great input!
>> - community organizations
>> - campus housing
>> - airbnb special deal
>>
>> Just getting together some ideas of placesd for shops to consider
>> approaching to arrange a place to stay for a visiting exchange.
>>
>> This won't go on bikecollectives.org anytime soon. Godwin has his
>> hands
>> full.
>>
>> Keep the ideas coming!
>>
>> How about:
>> -YMCAS
>> -retired community member's homes
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2017 6:25 PM, "Noah Chubb-Silverman"
>> <noah@renobikeproject.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is mailbox a correct answer?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 4:24 PM, <cyclista@inventati.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I mean I guess why not use bikecollectives.org as the channel? Like
>>>> a
>>>> space/checkbox/description field/whatever set aside on every org's
>>>> page?
>>>>
>>>> -Cyclista
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-11-15 00:22, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So I guess the main step here would be a channel, hopefully a
>>>>> consistent and sustainable one, where regional CBS's could signify
>>>>> they have ready and arranged accommodations. The second thing would
>>>>> be
>>>>> a way to use that or a similar channel to announce when they are
>>>>> soliciting an exchange. In reverse that channel could be used by
>>>>> Directors or mechs or specialists of whatever type to announce they
>>>>> had availability in their schedule to travel, or even advertise
>>>>> types
>>>>> of info they had prepared for exchange.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even then we still get stuck at travel expenses. But we can tackle
>>>>> that separately.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Cyclista
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-11-15 00:14, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking for myself, if I was being hosted I'd like choices.
>>>>>> Camping
>>>>>> in someone's backyard might be an excellent and preferable option
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> times of the year, while being hosted in someone's actual house
>>>>>> might
>>>>>> be nicer at other times or in other circumstances.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember at the regional BikeBike! in Troy they had a huge
>>>>>> repurposed church (which I believe was The Center For Independent
>>>>>> media?) and they had a huge sleepover for at least fifty of us in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> huge congregation chamber (it was a lot of fun). They had a huge
>>>>>> kitchen and everything. Places like that exist in a lot of towns
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> are often ready to step up as hosts as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know Cornell here in Ithaca has small apartments withing the
>>>>>> campus
>>>>>> often not attached to any dormitory explicitly set aside for
>>>>>> visiting
>>>>>> professors and speakers. Accommodations like that are probably a
>>>>>> good
>>>>>> thing for all of us to start setting up ot just for this project,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> for all kinds of other exchanges as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even a place that usually does AirBNB but which had an standing
>>>>>> agreement with organizations to reserve the space for visiting
>>>>>> exchangers would be effective. I think the options are fairly
>>>>>> diverse
>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Cyclista
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2017-11-14 23:05, Robert Grossman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Think Tank
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How might we house visiting our shops to help for extended
>>>>>>> periods?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please reply to the thread with ideas.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is a start :
>>>>>>> - volunteers with spare room
>>>>>>> -hostels
>>>>>>> -Catholic Ministries
>>>>>>> -CAIN in Cincinnati
>>>>>>> -airbnb
>>>>>>> -camp in a backyard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What else could go on this list?
>>>>>>>
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