Bike Collectives, an International Effort Deserves Press

Rich Points

10 Jun 2008 10 Jun '08

2:28 p.m.

Collectives, As you know there are over 110 collectives in North America. As I learned at Bike Bike last year no two bike collectives are the same.
Despite our differences we have a common goal, we're all working in our own way to get more people riding bikes more often.

That being the case I think our work merits national and international media attention. I've been thinking for a while about how we might get our work into the media.

Bike Bike offers us a great opportunity to do this. Before Community Cycles heads out for this years conference we'll distribute a press release discussing the conference, why we're going with an emphasis on the international movement. I think if all the collectives attending this years conference should do something similar. Maybe we can create some buzz and get picked up by the AP or something.

I personally would like to see the bike collectives to be as well known other re-use places like Salvation Army, Value Village and others. When it comes time to get rid of a bike or pick one up on the cheap the local bike collective should be first on the list.

I think using the national media is a great way to show the world that bike collectives are more than your local co-op.

What do you guys think?

-- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich@CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019

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Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE

10 Jun 10 Jun

4:21 p.m.

Rich,

You bring up excellent points/ideas. Do you or any other collectives have some sample press releases to share with Think Tank or on the wiki? We've had pretty good luck contacting people we know to get media attention but have struggled to put together an actual press release. It would really help to see examples of what others have done.

Brian

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote:

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Collectives, As you know there are over 110 collectives in North America. As I learned at Bike Bike last year no two bike collectives are the same. Despite our differences we have a common goal, we're all working in our own way to get more people riding bikes more often.

That being the case I think our work merits national and international media attention. I've been thinking for a while about how we might get our work into the media. Bike Bike offers us a great opportunity to do this. Before Community Cycles heads out for this years conference we'll distribute a press release discussing the conference, why we're going with an emphasis on the international movement. I think if all the collectives attending this years conference should do something similar. Maybe we can create some buzz and get picked up by the AP or something.

I personally would like to see the bike collectives to be as well known other re-use places like Salvation Army, Value Village and others. When it comes time to get rid of a bike or pick one up on the cheap the local bike collective should be first on the list.

I think using the national media is a great way to show the world that bike collectives are more than your local co-op.

What do you guys think?

-- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich@CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019

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Jonathan Morrison

4:27 p.m.

If you don't see your organization listed in the directory please get it listed ASAP! There are only 79 of 120 listed...

http://www.bikecollectives.org/component/option,com_sobi2/sobi2Task,search/I...

We (Community Bike Shops) might be getting on NPR talk of the nation, if so we will be referencing Bike!Bike! AND that directory as a place people can go to find their local community bike shop.

-- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org Get Addicted to Crank! http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/ The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote: > Collectives, > As you know there are over 110 collectives in North America. As I learned > at Bike Bike last year no two bike collectives are the same. Despite our > differences we have a common goal, we're all working in our own way to get > more people riding bikes more often. > > That being the case I think our work merits national and international > media attention. I've been thinking for a while about how we might get our > work into the media. > Bike Bike offers us a great opportunity to do this. Before Community > Cycles heads out for this years conference we'll distribute a press release > discussing the conference, why we're going with an emphasis on the > international movement. I think if all the collectives attending this years > conference should do something similar. Maybe we can create some buzz and > get picked up by the AP or something. > > I personally would like to see the bike collectives to be as well known > other re-use places like Salvation Army, Value Village and others. When it > comes time to get rid of a bike or pick one up on the cheap the local bike > collective should be first on the list. > > I think using the national media is a great way to show the world that bike > collectives are more than your local co-op. > > What do you guys think? > > -- > Rich Points > Community Cycles Director > http://CommunityCycles.org http://communitycycles.org/ > Rich@CommunityCycles.org > 720-565-6019 > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... >

Geoffrey B

6:17 p.m.

In canada we have two free bicycle mags. One is Momentum and is based in Vancover, funded by PEDAL, and the up and-comming Dandyhorse will be based in Toronto, produced by the Toronto Cyclist Union.

Our local shop has been trying our hand at local media producing elements such as panthlets, litrature and zines...but also film? Making a doc about your collective and send it around. Or even make a short fun bike film.

Soyez le Media !! Geoffrey B

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:

...

If you don't see your organization listed in the directory please get it listed ASAP! There are only 79 of 120 listed...

http://www.bikecollectives.org/component/option,com_sobi2/sobi2Task,search/I...

We (Community Bike Shops) might be getting on NPR talk of the nation, if so we will be referencing Bike!Bike! AND that directory as a place people can go to find their local community bike shop. -- Sincerely,

Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org

Get Addicted to Crank! http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/

The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote:

...
Collectives, As you know there are over 110 collectives in North America. As I learned at Bike Bike last year no two bike collectives are the same. Despite our differences we have a common goal, we're all working in our own way to get more people riding bikes more often.

That being the case I think our work merits national and international media attention. I've been thinking for a while about how we might get our work into the media. Bike Bike offers us a great opportunity to do this. Before Community Cycles heads out for this years conference we'll distribute a press release discussing the conference, why we're going with an emphasis on the international movement. I think if all the collectives attending this years conference should do something similar. Maybe we can create some buzz and get picked up by the AP or something.

I personally would like to see the bike collectives to be as well known other re-use places like Salvation Army, Value Village and others. When it comes time to get rid of a bike or pick one up on the cheap the local bike collective should be first on the list.

I think using the national media is a great way to show the world that bike collectives are more than your local co-op.

What do you guys think?

-- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich@CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019

Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org

http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...

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