Here's the message that our bike group put out:
"We are suspending all group activities because we love our community and its safety is our number one priority."
Is anything more important than safety?
Kevin
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 9:00 AM Kevin Dwyer kevidwyer@gmail.com wrote:
Jack-
You ought to reconsider. We can effect the transmission rate. The way to do that is to quit getting people together. You are putting first responders and health care workers at risk. Don't believe me? Ask one. Your programs are not a matter of life or death. 20% of people who get this need hospitalization.
Kevin
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 8:46 AM Jack Murphy jack@bikewalkwichita.org wrote:
Here's what Bike Walk Wichita posted:
Official statement from Kim Neufeld, Executive Director regarding COVID-19:
Bike Walk Wichita is closely monitoring the COVID-19 Pandemic. At this time, no changes will be made to events that take place outdoors. Indoor events will open based on best practices including spacing and appropriate social distance.
Social distancing is necessary to mitigate the spread of coronavirus—but I know social isolation is not easy. Bicycling and walking, whether for everyday transportation or recreation, are still safe activities, and I encourage you to keep riding and walking in Wichita and enjoying all of the benefits they provide to your physical, mental and environmental health. I also know how important it is to stay connected to community during challenging times, and that includes our #BikeWalkWichita friends and family. So join us, virtually or in person as you feel able so we can stay connected.
*Here are our upcoming events that we are planning to continue:*
and we list our ReCycle shop hours, other walking and biking events. Our county health department is not recommending businesses shut down, but instead is focused on larger events, over 250 people, as likely vectors, so we plan to provide for the needs of our constituents as much as we can.
Jack Murphy Volunteer Coordinator Bike Walk Wichita
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 5:33 PM Cyclista Nicholas cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Sue,
We're probably going to need to do that as well. Please keep the list updated with anything you come up with? Also how many employees you have responsibility for would be interesting in that context.
Thanks!!
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2020-03-13 22:03, Sue Prant wrote:
At this point we are asking hourly folks to use PTO. Thanks to someone else's suggestion, we do have a few people building bikes at home. Salary staff is mostly admin & we are going to do all the things we never get to - update web site, writing enough blog posts to last a while, retooling reports, etc. We are running financial models on what we could pay people if this extends into April.
Sue Prant Community Cycles Boulder, CO
Sent from my phone.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 3:57 PM Cyclista Nicholas cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Bob,
Thanks for this important point. At our shop, we've had almost a thousand individual participants come through in the last three years. If we did our job, that many people out there in the community should be able to influence repair capability citywide, even without access to the shop.
All,
We're still evaluating our response, but I agree it's pragmatic to take extreme measures earlier, if for no other reason than to spread out (ease) the burden on essential medical systems.
How are shops with employees paid hourly dealing with the notion of closing? Will employees stil be paid in some fashion, or are they essentially being laid off in the case of closures?
~cyclista Nicholas (Director, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles)
On 2020-03-13 18:38, Bob Giordano wrote:
Just a quick thought on 'essential services':
I think that community bicycle shops are essential for healthy, vibrant, socially just communities, in today's 'modern' age.... especially as a long term strategy to improve our cooperative systems.
Community bicycle shops are likely not essential as far as absolute survival and in the context of remaining open during this pandemic.
Hopefully we've all done enough community work to help people learn skills to work together and fix things, with our without a dedicated space.
Just wanted to put this thought out there, as many shops are deciding how to move forward.
Thanks, Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula
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