as much as &#39;dirty south community bike shop jamboree&#39; has the dual advantages of a catchy ring to it and useful letternym DSCBSJ, it seems to me that y&#39;all should simply call it &#39;regional bikebike!&#39;; I think that we all agree that these types of events will be growing in size and, probably, frequency, as more and more community tool spaces get set up and more and more of our comrades hear how much fun we have at conferences. This is, of course, only my opinion, but I can see no reason why regional conferences &#39;take away&#39; anything from the national one. On the contrary, it could prove a useful structure for making BikeBike more effective at generating (inter)national strategy.<div>
meanwhile.... the national BikeBike! is in fairly serious need of donations, mostly b/c of the cost of doing anything in San Fransisco. Many member shops at 2007 bikebike! committed to hosting (local) fundraisers to help foot the bill. Now would be a great time to follow through on that.</div>
<div>One model that might motivate folks is to host events at which the money generated is split b/t bikebike! and the hosting shop; then the host shop can use their half to defray the costs of travel to SF.</div><div>Finally, folks who plan to attend could start registering online now (&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bikebike.org/">http://www.bikebike.org/</a> ) AND, potentially, mail in some money to&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">PO Box 423911 San Francisco CA USA 94142</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:50 AM, rachael spiewak &lt;<a href="mailto:rachael@sopobikes.org">rachael@sopobikes.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hiya, friends.<br><br>We&#39;re kicking around the idea of hosting a Southeast Regional BikeBike here in Atlanta in January.&nbsp; Being centrally located in the region and having a little bit of shop success, we&#39;ve been hosting visitors and fielding questions from people in the very beginning stages of community bike shoppery (ranging from Columbia, SC to Savannah, GA, as well as neighborhoods around the Metro Atlanta region).&nbsp; We thought it would be nice to get everyone in this part of the woods together to have conversation-style workshops designed to help folks tackle the practical issues of getting started, especially within the socio-economic and political context of the South.&nbsp; We&#39;ve got an amazing community arts center at our disposal, and it&#39;s down the street from our shop, making things awfully convenient and affordable.&nbsp; Food not Bombs has even agreed to help keep us fed.<br>

<br>This is not meant to detract from BikeBike.&nbsp; We could call it the Dirty South Community Bike Shop Jamboree if it needs to have a different name.&nbsp; We just thought it would be nice to have something designed to help folks who are just starting out and who might not be able to make it to Cali in September.&nbsp; Plus, we like to party.<br>

<br>So...if you&#39;re interested in participating, please let us know!&nbsp; Of course, everyone is invited.<br><br>-rachael<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Sopo Bicycle Cooperative<br>404-425-9989<br><a href="http://www.sopobikes.org" target="_blank">www.sopobikes.org</a><br>

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