sounds like a good idea for a workshop at bike!bike! I bet it would be a great discussion if different groups all offered their suggestions & experience. Anyone want to coordinate?
-Jessica (Free Ride)
--- Macho Philipovich macho@resist.ca wrote:
we've been having a similar experience at the bike dump. a few folks stuck around from our volunteer workshop series this spring, but not as many as i'd hoped. volunteer pot lucks and special events have worked all right at getting new folks feeling comfortable in the space, in getting older volunteers to come back who haven't been around for a while, and generally helping volunteers to feel appreciated and like the shop is a fun space. but all in all, i think we also need more and better strategies. i'd be really interested in hearing in things others have tried, or even ideas about what else might work.
macho http://bike-dump.ca
rachael spiewak wrote:
hiya, folks.
something sopo's always struggled with is finding
volunteers and
convincing them to stay. many people who visit
our shop would rather
have a hands on demonstration than look up how to
do repairs in our
manuals. we tried having a few bike maintenance
101 classes to get
people feeling like they have the capacity to help
others with basic
repairs, but that didn't stick. does anyone have
ideas or experience
in this department? or is it sufficient for us to
tell people that
reading about repairs in our manuals is part of
their process at our
shop? i tend to doubt the success rate of the
last one. i'm thinking
food incentives might be a good idea.
love/peace/bicyclegrease, rachael
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