Andy, Bruce,
Please check your comments here. Have you investigated this enough to
say the things you did, or are you broadcasting your 'gut reaction'?
If someone said those same things about your organization without
really checking out the facts first would you be offended?
We are all trying to do what we think is right. We are all trying to
help other people. Creating unwarranted innuendo can have a crushing
effect on projects like this.
Bruce, rather than asserting 'simple math', look into this and return a
thoughtful informed report back. Everyone would love $5 million, but
could you deliver 1 million bikes? That math does not look so good in
that light.
Andy, I totally disagree with your assessment. I followed the links
and read something about the people that are doing this. To me, it
looks like this is being taken on by people who ARE aware of collective
bike shops, and have a record of succeeding at local organizing
projects. Read into this, they are building a national movement by
doing just what you suggested - becoming more organized and creating a
national event and awareness. They ARE relying on you to do this! The
$5 is to incorporate the masses to participate.
You people are doing great things out there as collective bike shops!
Whenever you encounter someone: a sponsor, a customer, another
organizer, think well of them and treat them with the respect they
deserve. They will see your optimism and react to you in a different
way!
Rock on!
Wilbur Ince
Sibley Bike Depot
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bruce Lien wrote:
I think the essence of this lies in the fact that each
person is to register and pay $5 to do so. Simple math says that this
times one million will equal $5,000,000. I wish I thought of this. Bruce
--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Andy Dyson <andy@neighborhoodbikeworks.org>
wrote:
From:
Andy Dyson <andy@neighborhoodbikeworks.org>
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] one million bicycles?
To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 7:56 AM
I registered.
Remains to be seen if it's a scam. Looks like it's done by people who
are not aware that there are people who are already distributing free
bikes (possibly by the million...perhaps we should be more organized
and collectively compile our achievements somewhere.. another Bright
Idea from Someone who Doesn't have Time to Do It Themselves....).
Either that or they are aware of us and don't care
Who is going to renovate those million bikes? I try to look at
everything as having the potential to be a good partnership for NBW.
This certainly could be, but I can't seem to find a non profit with
that name or address. Anyone can get a .org e-mail.
Certainly would like to see this take off, at least in the form that I
imagine it could
Andy
veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
have
any of you heard of www.onemillionbicycles.org?
seems like something people on this list could maybe get behind/help
out in a big way with...
i just came across the website, and the mission sounds solid. i dunno
about the delivery/project specifics.
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