hi ariel,<br>just to let you know, there is already a bike collective that has free workshops certain nights of the week open to anyone to work on any project with experienced mechanics to guide you.&nbsp; North Portland Bike Works, on Mississippi.&nbsp; not to say don&#39;t do your own thing, but it&#39;s a hell of a lot of work if there&#39;s already resources you may not know about!
<br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ariel raymon</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bikefarm@gmail.com">bikefarm@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear bike enthusiasts, <br>Hello from Portland, OR. I may have already contacted some of you, but decided this was a better route to go. My name is Ariel or RaRa. I&#39;m hoping to start a bike mechanic collective here in Portland, as we don&#39;t yet have an affordable space for the public to go to work on bikes and learn from experienced mechanics for free. I&#39;ve come up with 6 questions that would help me on my way to actualizing this idea. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your interest in this project.
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<p>Questions for Bike projects:</p>

<ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li>How
     did your project begin? (tell me as much or little about what was involved
     to get you started…. From idea to actualization)</li><li>What
     was the process of filing for a 501c3 and if you&#39;re using an umbrella
     organization, how did you find them?</li><li>Do you
     have a lawyer, or lawyer friends that might give me some legal advice
     pro-bono?</li><li>Where
     did you get your funding?</li><li>How
     did you enlist volunteers and keep them?</li><li>What do you wish you had known going into this process ahead of
time?</li></ol>



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