These are the build checklists we use here at B!KE. I strongly advocate for people to do them in order.
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- Re: Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor (BikeConcord)
- Repair checklists (Dennis Wollersheim)
- Re: Repair checklists (Scott Long)
- Re: Repair checklists (Ainsley Naylor)
- Re: Repair checklists (Jack Murphy)
- Re: Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor (Jack Murphy)
- Re: Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:16:09 -0700 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor We pay professional (In the Trade) mechanics, musicians and sometimes photographers.
On Sep 24, 2019, at 11:39 AM, Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Josh We are right in the middle of this process ourselves. Your pain is our pain, it seems.
My friend says "paid labour does what needs to be done, and volunteer labour won't do". We would add policy and procedures to your initial list.
I've attached a wack of collected job descriptions, courtesy of this very list.
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:41 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/ ____________________________________
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:43:53 +1000 Subject: [TheThinkTank] Repair checklists HI All
One of our vollies is putting together repair checklists for use by volunteers and repairing public. Apart from the one on the wiki ( https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Community-cycles-r...) , do you have other examples of repair checklists?
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scott Long scott.m.long@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:59:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Repair checklists This is the one we use at our shop. 2 sided.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:44 PM Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com wrote:
HI All
One of our vollies is putting together repair checklists for use by volunteers and repairing public. Apart from the one on the wiki ( https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Community-cycles-r...) , do you have other examples of repair checklists?
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ainsley Naylor needleandthread@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:07:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Repair checklists Bike Pirates has been using this Bike Build Sheet for many years (after stealing something similar from Recycle-Cycles in Ottawa...)
I have a modified version I use for Build-A-Bike at Charlie's FreeWheels which has slightly different content since we build bikes through programs, and don't sell them :)
We don't have step-by-step checklists for anything other than bike building.
Ainsley (Toronto)
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:00 PM Scott Long scott.m.long@gmail.com wrote:
This is the one we use at our shop. 2 sided.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:44 PM Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com wrote:
HI All
One of our vollies is putting together repair checklists for use by volunteers and repairing public. Apart from the one on the wiki ( https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Community-cycles-r...) , do you have other examples of repair checklists?
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jack Murphy jack@bikewalkwichita.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:24:45 -0500 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Repair checklists Bike Walk Wichita went to this 2-sided checklist, as many of our volunteers are not strong printer readers. One side is the typical text list, the other has much the same content but in a more graphical way. We encourage folks to use the more detailed side, but the picture side removes the barrier, intimidation of a page full of tiny text. Jack Murphy
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 8:44 PM Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com wrote:
HI All
One of our vollies is putting together repair checklists for use by volunteers and repairing public. Apart from the one on the wiki ( https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Community-cycles-r...) , do you have other examples of repair checklists?
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jack Murphy jack@bikewalkwichita.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:06:07 -0500 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor We got a small grant that allowed us to pay a volunteer coordinator 15 hrs/week. That position (me) has allowed us to improve the backbone of the organization, as I do a lot of behind the scenes work including managing data, website, operations, etc. After the year the grant paid for we continue to pay out of general funds. We recently got another grant to hire a part time shop lead, that's allowed us to pursue outreach to different groups, as well as open Friday afternoons.
Jack Murphy Bike Walk Wichita On Sep 24, 2019, at 11:41 AM, Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Rosenbaum gnuser@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:58:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Dividing Paid vs Volunteer Labor
Sweet, Dennis, well done! Those files should definitely be put up on the Wiki.
-Jonathan
On 2019-09-24 14:39, Dennis Wollersheim wrote:
Hi Josh We are right in the middle of this process ourselves. Your pain is our pain, it seems.
My friend says "paid labour does what needs to be done, and volunteer labour won't do". We would add policy and procedures to your initial list.
I've attached a wack of collected job descriptions, courtesy of this very list.
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:41 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/ ____________________________________
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