Free Ride is run by a consensus based collective council of volunteers. Anyone who volunteers 24 hours of time in a season is eligible for council membership. The council meets once a month, but there are several committees that handle specific aspects of the program. These include finance, programs, open shop, and shop facilities. We also select, on a rotating basis, individuals to act as liaisons to other organizations (i.e. our landlord, our 501(c)3 sponsor, etc). Currently, committee's decisionmaking autonomy is granted on an ad-hoc basis by the collective council. We are in the process of setting up budgets for each committee so that they can operate with a bit more freedom.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Community Bicycle Shop Omaha omahabike@gmail.com wrote:
Community Bike Shop Omaha, a 501(c)3 has monthly board meetings and we're starting task-force type committees on the off weeks.
Our meetings are consensus-based and we generate an agenda and minutes. We try to have the directors report (volunteers, programs, development, chair, &c). In our group, the chair helps the board establish our top three priorities which set the tone for the meeting.
Stuart
On 5/15/08, info@re-cycles.ca info@re-cycles.ca wrote:
re-cycles is run by a core group of volunteers. We communicate on a daily basis via an email list. We call a meeting when more detailed discussion is required or when a major decision needs to be taken. Meetings happen as often as once a month but usually every 2-4 months (and sometimes slide to every 5-6 months if all is quiet). A little less than half our core volunteers will make it to a meeting. The agenda is pre-published and adjusted on the email list. Meetings usually begin with informal socializing then we proceed through the agenda items trying to stay more or less on topic. Minutes and action items are recorded and later published to the email list. We almost never vote on items as we are an agreeable group and almost always reach a consensus. In January we usually have a bigger meeting where we review the previous years financial and statistical reports as well as chart our course for the upcoming busy season (we are under snow up to 6 months of the year, although that does not stop several of us from riding ;-)
Unfortunately we will be moving to a slightly more formalized environment as we move to incorporate and register as a non-profit. We hope to retain our casual attitude but there will be a lot more titles and paperwork.
Chris
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:42 AM, rachael spiewak rachael@sopobikes.org wrote:
Hiya, Bike Collectives.
I'm wondering.. what kinds of meetings do you have? How are they structured and facilitated?
Thanks! rachael
-- Sopo Bicycle Cooperative 404-425-9989 www.sopobikes.org
Chris Wells (Head Mechanic & Email Handler)
re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op 477 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
re-Cycles is open 6pm-10pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays (for volunteering, DIY, bike & parts sales & donation drop off) AND SUNDAYS 3pm-6pm for Volunteering and Donations! :-)
Bike sales and donation drop off also available during Cycle Salvation hours: 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturday
(IMPORTANT: Please remember that while Cycle Salvation will be using our shop during the day, any public bike repair, whether volunteer or do-it-yourself, is still only during regular re-Cycles hours in the evenings.)
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