Hi Ann,

I have studied effective communication for 20 years, I have found a few issues with digital forums verse Oral forums. A digital forum requires that everyone has great written communication skills to clearly and fully express complex conversations. Not everyone has great writing skills, how many engineers have well written product manuals that are easy to understand? How many great bicycle mechanics are stunning writers? 

Oral communication can have hundreds of back and forth ideas to grow a thought in a half hour, digital may take a year or two to have the same back and forth dialog. 

I could go on and on but it takes too much of my time to complete this thought. Ah the power of digital communication



Christopher Wallace
Holistic Cycles
140 Harrison St
Oak Park, IL. 60304


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Subject: [TheThinkTank] New SF Cycling Forum
From: Alaine Anhalt <aanhalt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, April 22, 2013 9:50 am
To: Thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org

Hello everyone!
I just launched a new cycling forum for SF bike riders as part of a graphic design thesis. The website is still under construction but the forum is up and running. It's purpose it to create a resource for cyclists who have qualms about riding around the city because they think it's too hard or too dangerous. It's my hope that by offering solutions, people will choose to ride their bikes more!

I would love for anyone with a moment to check it out and add some content. These types of forums are only as valuable as their level of activity. Already in the past two days I have a ton of posts from new riders with questions about riding, but my problem is that I have less people with expert knowledge who can provide answers. I have noticed that this thinktank has a fantastic collective wealth of knowledge and it's my hope that if only a few people share some insight on the forum it will be a much more valuable resource to the cyclists of SF.

You don't have to be from SF to know the answers to most of these questions. Your help means a lot to the cycling community!

In addition, I have a soft design of an app and a series of events, all hypothetical pending the proper funding. In the meantime I'm hoping the forum is a useful resource :)

http://biketheresf.com/forums/

http://biketheresf.com/register/

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Cheers,
Alaine
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