Greetings

NBW has worked with this kind of project before, and would again if there is an event like this again in the Philly area. If you can cut a deal with them that benefits your agency, I would recommend it if this company or something similar is doing something like this in your city--it's a potential source of bikes, money, employment for our youth program graduates and fun for everyone. The jobs we have done already took place in conference centers or hotel ballrooms--our shop is way too small, and, as an example of what Jonathan pointed out, would have probably been below the "aesthetic expectation" of the client. NBW's role has been to backcheck the bikes that were assembled by workshop participants. We also sold them spare parts that they needed and charged them for labor and parts on bikes that had to be taken back to our shop--any set of 60-100 new bikes is going to have a couple of examples with faulty, missing or broken parts.

As for the issue of the name, of course it pisses me off. I would recommend reserving the rights to every piece of intellectual property you create at your agency. NBW does this. It doesn't mean that you can't share it-we do-it just means that if someone takes it and starts to try and make money with it you can cry "foul."

Good luck with whatever your diverse agencies decide to do with this kind of thing!

Andy

Jonathan Morrison wrote:

We rent our space out for University of Utah continuing education classes. Using shop down time for corporate retreats not only would put some more money in our pocket (and in turn fund our other programs) -- but it would revive a childhood love affair with bikes that some execs might have forgotten. If you agree or don't agree with corporations -- bike friendly corporations are better than anti-bike corporations.

I wonder if the leadership institute would partner with community bike shops as space rentals? Obviously they will have some kind of aesthetic expectation, but it is worth a shot.

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Sincerely,

Jonathan Morrison
Executive Director
Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
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Salt Lake City, UT 84115
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Andrew C. Dyson
Executive Director Neighborhood Bike Works
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