The Bicycle Kitchen's "policy" about political stances is NOT because
of our nonprofit status (this only legally applies to 501c3's not
being able to lobby for political candidates.) it's more about
focusing our "advocacy" on the bicycle so that cyclists of all kinds
and political backgrounds feel welcome. IMHO. there is NO official
"policy." this is not an excuse or relevant in any way to the current
Occupy movement. If any of our Cooks wanted the Bicycle Kitchen to
take a public stand with regards to Occupy they could bring it up at a
monthly Board meeting, a Quarterly Cooks meeting OR on our internal
listserve.
On Oct 11, 2011, at 5:42 PM, james bledsoe wrote:
speaking for my self and not the bicycle kitchen in los angeles i
have been at the occupation several times in the last weak and have
helped out with fixing a couple of bikes also one of our "cooks"
has move out of his apartment and into the occupation. but the kitchen per-sey has a policy of not being political due to
our non-profit (education mission)i will take the time to advocate for an action to be taken buy
everyone on this list. open a credit union account both for your co-op and your personal
banking, and DUMP YOUR BANK.--- On Tue, 10/11/11, MoBo Bicycle Co-op mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com
wrote:From: MoBo Bicycle Co-op mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com Subject: [TheThinkTank] Occupy Movement To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 5:17 PM
Is any other bike co-op considering making a statement in support of
your local Occupy movement? Many of our volunteers are involved and
are curious if we are planning to do so as an organization so we are
sending out feelers.Thank you!
Ellie Jones MoBo
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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