Andrew and ainsley, myself and sopo are into it. Andrew, I spoke with sara about an international incubator program. I'm currently on vaca, but ill be home soon and we can go from there. Glad there is lots of positive energy around this issue. tito
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2. Re: Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes (Angel York)
3. Re: Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes (Geoffrey B)
4. Re: Community Bike Shops and academic research. (Ainsley Naylor)
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:15:53 -0500
From: andrew bushaw <andrew@fmbikeworkshop.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Community Bike Shops and academic research.
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Community Bike folk,
I'm trying to settle on a topic for a masters thesis and I'm interested in
doing research into the organizational, legal and funding structures of
community bike shops. I know that at bikebike minneapolis there was a
session called "Plan Voltron" about creating a "cooperative of cooperatives"
and some of the folks from our bike shop that made it to toronto mentioned
this was also a topic of conversation this year. My first thought is that a
qualitative and quantitative overview or survey of community bike shops
would give a solid base for further work on this idea by identifying needs,
wants, strengths, characteristics, etc. that would be useful to organizing
linkages between shops.
My main focus of study so far has been the "worker centers" movement, which
seem to parallel community bike shops in some interesting ways, such as
being relatively new, decentralized, and fast growing. I think this (
http://smlr.rutgers.edu/Unions/FineWorker.pdf) study that was done of
workercenters would serve as a good model for one of community bike shops
since it's central aim is to be useful for further movement building. So,
now to the questions:
1. Does anyone know of any research done on community bike shops, academic
or otherwise?
2. Would you see this as potentially useful information? Useful enough to
participate in a survey of your shop?
3. If so, what kinds of things would you like to see research on?
I would be doing this using both traditional research methods as well as
more "strategic investigation" techniques, meaning that perspective would be
from within the movement as a participant and their would be a specific
strategic "usefulness" for the end result.
Wish I could have been at bikebike to pitch this idea personally, but I know
sara talked to a few folks about it.
Thanks,
Andrew
FM Community Bicycle Workshop
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:27:07 -0700
From: Angel York <aniola@gmail.com>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes
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Howdy,
It would be great, kickass, wonderful, and awesome if this wiki page
<http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike%21Bike%21_2010>could
get populated before you forget the fine details of how Bike! Bike! 2010
went. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear how it went and what y'all
learned.
Angel York
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Godwin! <goodgodwin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks, we talked a little about this during the thinktank workshop and
> I know Ainsley was going to send out a notice to everyone that attended but
> I thought I'd try to get the ball rolling while its still fresh in our
> minds.
>
> I have added an item for each workshop in the Bike!Bike! 2010 wiki page for
> notes. If you attended a workshop it would be great if you can put any notes
> you took into that workshop, or even if you just remember what happened that
> would be helpful as well. If there is already a writeup for that workshop,
> it would be helpful if you reviewed it and edited if you can make any
> improvements.
>
> If you're not sure how to use the wiki, do what you can or ask someone.
> Someone else will likely re-format as long as the text is there.
>
> You can find the page here<http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike%21Bike%21_2010>
> .
>
> Thanks everybody!
> godwin.
>
>
>
> PS Ainsley: I hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, but also if you're
> planning on sending out another email to all participants it would still be
> helpful to include this as there are probably a lot of people not on the
> thinktank that could help out.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:47:26 -0400
From: Geoffrey B <vous.je@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes
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My name is Geoffrey, one of the bike bike coordinators for the Toronto 2010
thingy.
Let me tell you, lots of Canadians came out to party and celebrate bicycles.
Few workshops were cancelled and fewer had no facilitation. Each workshop
had about fifty people attending. Four workshops where held at a time. Food
was organic, vegan and glutton free.
The mobile shop workshop was my favorite cause i learned about not having a
shop and be committed to helping people ride a safe bike. I think about
forty people came in from Montreal, Canada. They will be committing a
regional bike bike named velo velo in the end of September. The next bike
bike 2011 will be held in San Marcos, Texas.
Bike Bike delegates from the states where surprised to see how many cyclists
ride our narrow urban streets.
First night we had dinner picinic style in the park. Next night we had a
scavenger hunt matched with outdoor movie night in park followed by a
midnight swim on the shores of Lake Ontario. After the workshops on
Saturday, we took some delegates out on a tour of all the DIY bike spaces in
Toronto, five in all. Then after the tour we put on a party that stretched
the night away with hot steamy dance dance fun.
On sunday we had a group discussion about the4 next bike bike. We asked
Fargo to hold a winter bike bike. Some talk of New York hosting a regional
bike bike. I think LA wanted a bike bike in 2012 but that is up for the talk
in Texas. New Orleans group Plan B wishes to host the tenth anniversary of
bike bike 2013.
On a personal note. Bike Bike would have been nothing without the help of a
pack of dedicated volunteers that operated the kitchen and supplied people
with breakfest, lunch and dinner for four days.
Hopes and dreams to the flying cyclists of America and beyond.
Geoffrey B
Bike Pirates
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Angel York <aniola@gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> It would be great, kickass, wonderful, and awesome if this wiki page
> <http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike%21Bike%21_2010>could
> get populated before you forget the fine details of how Bike! Bike! 2010
> went. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear how it went and what y'all
> learned.
>
> Angel York
>
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Godwin! <goodgodwin@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks, we talked a little about this during the thinktank workshop
>> and I know Ainsley was going to send out a notice to everyone that attended
>> but I thought I'd try to get the ball rolling while its still fresh in our
>> minds.
>>
>> I have added an item for each workshop in the Bike!Bike! 2010 wiki page
>> for notes. If you attended a workshop it would be great if you can put any
>> notes you took into that workshop, or even if you just remember what
>> happened that would be helpful as well. If there is already a writeup for
>> that workshop, it would be helpful if you reviewed it and edited if you can
>> make any improvements.
>>
>> If you're not sure how to use the wiki, do what you can or ask someone.
>> Someone else will likely re-format as long as the text is there.
>>
>> You can find the page here<http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike%21Bike%21_2010>
>> .
>>
>> Thanks everybody!
>> godwin.
>>
>>
>>
>> PS Ainsley: I hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, but also if you're
>> planning on sending out another email to all participants it would still be
>> helpful to include this as there are probably a lot of people not on the
>> thinktank that could help out.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:12:35 -0400
From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread@gmail.com>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Community Bike Shops and academic
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sounds great. the *collective of collectives* is going to be a main-focus
for me within this community for the coming year. lots of ideas and projects
that need to be hatched and hashed out.
talk to VeganJosh about the spreadsheet he has started whcih has a very
large collection of data on 150+ bike collectives.
also somewhat related: what about a Bike!Bike! collective that helps
facilitate work from year to year? website, money, scholarships, archiving,
history-writing? We realized last week that B!B! needs to have a mission
statement and an anti-oppression policy, among other things. anyone want to
be a part of this work?
bike love,
ainsley.
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