Hey Chris!
San Francisco is your best choice in terms of proximity and public transportation (the BART train goes into the airport and drops you off near useful parts of the city). It is possible to transit from San Jose airport, but it is unpleasant and long-- I would avoid it. The last time I flew from Oakland it was similar, but things might have changed. Anyone know?
We are still putting together the workshop schedule, but it things go anything like they did last year in Pittsburgh it is sure to be an inspiring and informative event. I don't have a complete list from last year, but you will be able to attend/participate in workshops focusing on subjects such as: different coop/collective/non-profit shop structures, legal and monetary matters, building educational programs and curriculum, technical matters of mechanics, non-violent communication and anti-oppression strategies, organizing your shop effectively, bike projects and development/social change, bike advocacy in your community and more, and more. . . AND fun events/rides, AND great folks from all over AND . . .
Let me know if you'd like more specifics, Ann
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Cris Shirley cgshirley@gmail.com wrote:
Hey! I'm really excited to go to bike!bike! this year but it's on the other side of the country for me, so i'd need to fly. Anyone have any suggestions for cheap flight to get there (i'll be flying out of JFK should I definitely flight to the san francisco airport? or is there a better one?) please lemme know! I also thought about flying standby with airtran ($99 one way, but no guarantee how long i'll wait and they first fly me to atlanta, i believe anyone know any other standby flight options?) but don't know people that have done it, anyone tried this before? (http://www.airtranu.com/airtran_u.aspx#how)
I assume I can get from the airport to the location by public transportation, but i haven't found anything on the website on how to do that, if anyone knows that'd be great to know how to do.
Also, i'd really either like to see the work shops being offered this year, or at least see the workshops that were offered last year if anyone has that info, it'd be really helpful for me (especially if i'm going to ask another student organization to pay for me to go).
I've been starting this bike collective in new haven, but we are in transition (new location) and should revise our operations significantly so i hear this would be a great thing to attend (right?) and that it'd be worth the money I spend rather than buying more tools for the collective.
xoxo cris
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