Good point. Among volunteers we refer colloquially to our facility as "the shop," but whenever addressing a member of the public who asks "what goes on here?" I call it an "all volunteer-run community bicycle garage where people can work on their bikes and learn how to work on their bikes." 

There's no legal-formal term that accurately describes a category for us, probably because we emerged without a legal form. 

We are not-for-profit by nature but not incorporated (housed legally in a non-profit fiscal agent), the issue of who we are or who speaks for us is very iffy.  

It might be best said that the Bike Project (what we call ourselves) is what happens when people come together to work on and learn about working on their bikes. 

In any case (and speaking as someone with book learnin' in organizational forms), most people don't really understand or care about the distinctions between mutual benefit corporations, not-for-profit corporations, or all-volunteer informal organizations. 

They just want to know how they can either give or benefit or both. 

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On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:20 AM, "Jerry" <danceswithcars@gmail.com> wrote:

Do you call a coop a shop?

Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo

Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/

Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...


On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:

It was the coop in Ventura, CA

Enzo Loconte
Board Secretary
Bikerowave

On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis <davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:

Hi Justin, all,
we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-school-bicycle-mechanic-classes-slc


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge <oldfieldcycles@gmail.com> wrote:

At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?


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