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Today's Topics:

   1. tracking of bikes (Kim Schaffer)
   2. Re: tracking of bikes (Earn-A-Bike)
   3. Interbike Badges 2016 (Tiff Mueller)
   4. Interbike Dates 2016 (Tiff Mueller)
   5. Re: Interbike Badges 2016 (Stephen Andruski)
   6. BICAS is hiring! (BICAS Hiring)
   7. Fwd: Working Bikes Communications Coordinator     Position
      Available (Paul Fitzgerald)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kim Schaffer <kim@communitybikeworks.org>
To: "'The Think Tank'" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:58:08 -0400
Subject: [TheThinkTank] tracking of bikes

Hi, all!

 

We are Community Bike Works, a youth development program in Allentown, PA. We plan to serve about 500 youth in our Earn a Bike and Junior Earn a Bike programs this year.  

 

Often our students will report that their bikes have been lost or stolen within several months of their earning them. Has anyone implemented any shop procedures that work well to track the bikes that leave their shop, or otherwise to prevent/deter thefts, especially for young people?

 

Thank you for any thoughts you may have,

Kim Schaffer

 

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Kim Schaffer, Executive Director

Community Bike Works

235 N. Madison Street

Allentown, PA 18102

610.434.1140 | www.communitybikeworks.org

 

 

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Earn-A-Bike <cristian@earnabikecoop.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:16:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] tracking of bikes

Kim,

Our experience on the West Side in San Antonio.  Im not saying that this happens to all but to give you a perspective on what could be happening.

1. They are trading the bikes. - Like adults, kids get bored of their bikes and they start trading their bikes for others with their firends.  Once the notice that the one they trades is not in good condition, they come back to us for another bike.  They fear that if they tell us that they traded the bike we will not let them participate in the program again and they tell us that someone stole it. How do we know.  We conduct follow up interviews with the parent and they tell us what happended.

2. Most of our kids live in small apartments and parent will not let them keep the bikes inside the house. They leave them out and of course, someone will come by and take it.  In this situation there is little you could do.

3. Sadly but true, some of our kids parents pawn them and sell them to get a beer.  They are so embarassed to tell us that telling us it got stolen is a better option.

WHAT TO DO.

This has worked for us.  You want to look at your kids and see if it applies.  

1. We beleive them - we assume that they are telling the truth and help them out.

2. We have loaner bikes - We have a higher demand of black and dark color bmx bikes and less demand on pink and purple.  So we duck tape the Pink and Purple Bikes and offer them as loaners until they can earn another bike.  Funny, those dont get traded, stolen, lost or pawned.  Condition to start Earn A Bike is to bring the loaner back.

3. We worked a deal with the city in that they provided us with Helmets, lights and starting this year, locks.  They are inexpensive locks but they make it a bit more troublesome to steal it.

4. We have friends of the Co-op visiting flee markets, pawn showps, looking on craigslist and facebook market place, but only once have we recovered a bike.

I hope this helps trigger some ideas.  If you come up with something let us know.

Forgive the spelling mistakes,  need to get back to work. :)

On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Kim Schaffer <kim@communitybikeworks.org> wrote:

Hi, all!

 

We are Community Bike Works, a youth development program in Allentown, PA. We plan to serve about 500 youth in our Earn a Bike and Junior Earn a Bike programs this year.  

 

Often our students will report that their bikes have been lost or stolen within several months of their earning them. Has anyone implemented any shop procedures that work well to track the bikes that leave their shop, or otherwise to prevent/deter thefts, especially for young people?

 

Thank you for any thoughts you may have, 

Kim Schaffer

 

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Kim Schaffer, Executive Director

Community Bike Works

235 N. Madison Street

Allentown, PA 18102

610.434.1140 | www.communitybikeworks.org

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tiff Mueller <comedytiff@hotmail.com>
To: "thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:52:08 +0000
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Interbike Badges 2016

Hi All!

Interbike's way, way around the corner, September 14th-18th with the

Outdoor Demo the two days before. As you probably know, the industry's

dog-and-pony show is a great environment for Collectives to meet retailers

and shop owners and let them know about all the great ways to get involved

with what we do on a local and national level.

Last year we didn't get a ticket confirmation until the LAST MINUTE, which

was annoying, so I wanted to reach out to the network early this year with

two things.

1. Would you like to go and get a (free) ticket through us?

2. What resources should we bring to bear and share with the cycling

industry?

If you'd like to go, sign up on this sheet and fill out the relevant

tabs.

Going to Interbike with us comes with responsibility:

Firstly, everyone attending has to sign up for two shifts at the Bicycle Collective Network

booth (third tab below), where we'll be representing the Bicycle Collective

and the Alliance for Walking and Biking.
Secondly, we will not tolerate

conduct that doesn't represent us favorably to the rest of the bicycling

industry. Being inconsiderate of an exhibitor's time, heckling for swag or

deals from people you haven't developed a relationship with or who haven't

clearly offered that sort of thing, or generally behaving like a child will

earn you a boot from the show. We're not willing to jeopardize the

reputation of the Bicycle Collective Network.

Barring major conflicts, we'd also like to do a night out for Collective

folks on Tuesday night, the night before the show, where we would briefly

go over our responsibilities formally and then just kick back, catch up

across the city, state, and national lines between our different shops.

Sign up:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ryv4e0wSR21-9LXoMRrLxjHbG6eafAzTmg4CSmVANx8/edit#gid=6

*2. How should we represent the Bike Collective Network? *

In years past, the question we're most asked at the booth is "Who's the

local collective in our neck of the woods?"

To answer this question, we have a print-out of the organizations listed on

the Bicycle Collectives Wiki:

http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Bicycle_Organizations#United_States

Is this the most current and representative list? Or is there a more

current resource out there, like the organizations tab on

bikecollectives.org? http://www.bikecollectives.org/#organizations

What else would allow us to better connect the industry to our needs and

interests this year?

For example, the Salt Lake/Ogden/Provo Shop is always looking for

(utility) tube sealant donors and companies that make solid tubes. When I

find out a company has a distributor in a given area, I try to get their

blemished/overstock/recall items donated to local collectives.

Beyond that, let me know if there's anything else we should try and tout!

And I'll send a follow up out later when tickets are secured.
Thank you all and I'm excited for another great year!

-Tiff Mueller
San Francisco Bicycle Rescue and Yellow Bike Project

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tiff Mueller <comedytiff@hotmail.com>
To: "thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:56:02 +0000
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Interbike Dates 2016

Sorry about that, I got the dates wrong from last year.

The dates are September 19th and 20th for the Outdoor Demo and September 21st to the 23rd for the Indoor Expo.

Thanks!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen Andruski <swandruski@gmail.com>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:04:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Interbike Badges 2016

Is there a way to get added to the list? My group, The Rockville Bike Hub, in Rockville MD is not there. Here's our website: www.rockvillebikehub.org

Also, except for running bike donation collections, Bikes for the World no longer has a presence in Rockville.

Steve Andruski

​

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Tiff Mueller <comedytiff@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi All!

Interbike's way, way around the corner, September 14th-18th with the

Outdoor Demo the two days before. As you probably know, the industry's

dog-and-pony show is a great environment for Collectives to meet retailers

and shop owners and let them know about all the great ways to get involved

with what we do on a local and national level.

Last year we didn't get a ticket confirmation until the LAST MINUTE, which

was annoying, so I wanted to reach out to the network early this year with

two things.

1. Would you like to go and get a (free) ticket through us?

2. What resources should we bring to bear and share with the cycling

industry?

If you'd like to go, sign up on this sheet and fill out the relevant

tabs.

Going to Interbike with us comes with responsibility:

Firstly, everyone attending has to sign up for two shifts at the Bicycle Collective Network

booth (third tab below), where we'll be representing the Bicycle Collective

and the Alliance for Walking and Biking.
Secondly, we will not tolerate

conduct that doesn't represent us favorably to the rest of the bicycling

industry. Being inconsiderate of an exhibitor's time, heckling for swag or

deals from people you haven't developed a relationship with or who haven't

clearly offered that sort of thing, or generally behaving like a child will

earn you a boot from the show. We're not willing to jeopardize the

reputation of the Bicycle Collective Network.

Barring major conflicts, we'd also like to do a night out for Collective

folks on Tuesday night, the night before the show, where we would briefly

go over our responsibilities formally and then just kick back, catch up

across the city, state, and national lines between our different shops.

Sign up:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ryv4e0wSR21-9LXoMRrLxjHbG6eafAzTmg4CSmVANx8/edit#gid=6

*2. How should we represent the Bike Collective Network? *

In years past, the question we're most asked at the booth is "Who's the

local collective in our neck of the woods?"

To answer this question, we have a print-out of the organizations listed on

the Bicycle Collectives Wiki:

http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Bicycle_Organizations#United_States

Is this the most current and representative list? Or is there a more

current resource out there, like the organizations tab on

bikecollectives.org? http://www.bikecollectives.org/#organizations

What else would allow us to better connect the industry to our needs and

interests this year?

For example, the Salt Lake/Ogden/Provo Shop is always looking for

(utility) tube sealant donors and companies that make solid tubes. When I

find out a company has a distributor in a given area, I try to get their

blemished/overstock/recall items donated to local collectives.

Beyond that, let me know if there's anything else we should try and tout!

And I'll send a follow up out later when tickets are secured.
Thank you all and I'm excited for another great year!

-Tiff Mueller
San Francisco Bicycle Rescue and Yellow Bike Project

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: BICAS Hiring <hiring@bicas.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:14:02 -0700
Subject: [TheThinkTank] BICAS is hiring!

BICAS is currently hiring Shop Mechanics/Collective Members! We are willing to consider applicants from out of town who are willing to relocate to Tucson by September and who have specific skills, knowledge, &/or experience, which may include:

• Collective decision-making experience
• Experience working/volunteering in similar bike collective environments
• Knowledge of the southern border region
• Native speakers of Spanish, French, &/or various African languages
• Experience working with refugees
• Experienced DIY/DIT (Do-it-Yourself/Do-it-Together) style teachers
• Experience working with volunteers
• Experience with youth programming

Please see the link below for further details and application instructions:

http://bicas.org/jobs/

Thank you!

~The BICAS hiring team

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Fitzgerald <paul@workingbikes.org>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Cc: 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:51:46 -0500
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Fwd: Working Bikes Communications Coordinator Position Available

Please forward as appropriate:

Working Bikes is looking to fill the position of Communications Coordinator.  This person would be responsible for all communications with our existing and potential bicycle donors, event coordination and social media.  They should be a self-starter with excellent communication skills, both written and spoken. The position is full-time with a flexible schedule, pays 28-32k annually, has a health insurance stipend beginning at 6 months and includes 2 weeks paid time off after a year.  Full description is attached.  

Interested applicants should email their resume and a cover letter to jobs@workingbikes.org.  Please do not hesitate to reach out to me with any questions.  

Thanks!

-- 

Paul Fitzgerald

General Manager, Working Bikes

2434 S. Western, Chicago, IL 60608

773-847-5440

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