14 Aug
2012
14 Aug
'12
10:06 p.m.
SPOKES has the same question I am starting a group called the Community Bike Collaborative . The idea is to be a finding or grant making organization that supports community bike shops and programs and offers technical assistance and group privileges including insurance and 501c3 fiscal sponsorship. I'd like to be much more involved in this conversation as it is one of the barriors anc challenges community bke projects have.
Brian Drayton Executive Director SPOKES National , Richmond 322 Harbour Way #5 Richmond, CA 94801 brian@richmondspokes.org Google voice (510) 545-2243 http://www.richmondspokes.org FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/richmond.spokes Join our mailing list and get a subscription to our monthly news letter (SPOKE ~N~WORD ) *http://tinyurl.com/sp0ke-n-w0rd*
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Ken <kjleibold@frontier.com> wrote:
> The Martin Bike Co-op and Repair in Martin, TN would be interested in what
> you find out.****
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> Thanks.****
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> Ken Leibold, CEO, Chief Everything Officer****
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> *From:* thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:
> thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] *On Behalf Of *Yellow
> Bike Program
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:01 PM
> *To:* 'The Think Tank'
> *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Interested in developing group insurance
> plan?****
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> The Yellow Bike Program and Reconditioned Bikes for Kids, Inc. of Rapid
> City, SD would be interested in what you find out. Thank you.****
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> *Dale Bishop*****
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [
> mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org<thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Eric Montgomery
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:58 PM
> *To:* The Think Tank
> *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Interested in developing group insurance
> plan?****
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> www.brockvillebikeministry.com is very interested
> Eric Montgomery
> Executive Director ****
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> On Aug 14, 2012 2:39 PM, "Thomas Labenski" <labenskit@gmail.com> wrote:***
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> Count me in!! ****
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> Tom L.****
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> Two dogs bike recycle****
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> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Jameel Alsalam <jalsalam@gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Hello ThinkTank, ****
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> Earlier this year I helped the organization I volunteer with, The Bike
> House (thebikehouse.org) to search for general liability insurance. The
> motivation was the offer of a free space, but we needed to have insurance.
> At the time, we were an unincorporated group, no 501c3 status, small
> budget, no employees, etc. I did a bunch of searching. The League of
> American Bicyclists said that their program is really just for bike ride
> clubs and advocacy groups, not for co-ops. A lot of the insurance options
> only work if you are 501c3, which we were not. While we eventually found
> insurance that works for us (for now anyway), the experience led me to
> believe that there is a gap in insurance options for small/newish community
> bike repair groups.****
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> To address this gap, I would like to work with the League of American
> Bicyclists or other national group to come up with a plan that would work
> for community bike repair groups. They are going to want to know that there
> are interested groups out there. So I am throwing this out there - would
> you or your group be interested in helping to shape a plan and possibly
> purchasing it in the future if it met your requirements?****
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> There are a lot of possible variables - groups with space or without
> space, groups with employees or without, groups that work with kids or
> don't, groups that just do teaching and repairs/groups that also do rides
> or other activities. I may send out a survey later if there is significant
> interest to start to get a sense of what requirements are most common.****
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> (Also: I just updated/expanded the insurance article on the bike
> collectives wiki<http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance>with new info from our search. I hope you all like it)
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> best,
> Jameel
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> Jameel Alsalam
> (510) 717-9637
> jalsalam@gmail.com****
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