Bikerowave also uses CAN for insurance, I had mentioned the importance of providing collective access to insurance at the meeting with the alliance for biking and walking at bike bike. I hope something comes of this as there are several unincorporated bike collectives in the Los Angeles area that would benefit. The alliance wants a way to help the coop community so I think approaching them would be a good start. Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave DIY Bike Collective

Ken kjleibold@frontier.com wrote:

The Martin Bike Co-op and Repair in Martin, TN would be interested in what you find out.

Thanks.

Ken Leibold, CEO, Chief Everything Officer

From: thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of Yellow Bike Program Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:01 PM To: 'The Think Tank' Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Interested in developing group insurance plan?

The Yellow Bike Program and Reconditioned Bikes for Kids, Inc. of Rapid City, SD would be interested in what you find out. Thank you.

Dale Bishop

-----Original Message----- From: thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of Eric Montgomery Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:58 PM To: The Think Tank Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Interested in developing group insurance plan?

www.brockvillebikeministry.com is very interested Eric Montgomery Executive Director

On Aug 14, 2012 2:39 PM, "Thomas Labenski" labenskit@gmail.com wrote:

Count me in!!

Tom L.

Two dogs bike recycle

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Jameel Alsalam jalsalam@gmail.com wrote:

Hello ThinkTank,

Earlier this year I helped the organization I volunteer with, The Bike House (thebikehouse.org) to search for general liability insurance. The motivation was the offer of a free space, but we needed to have insurance. At the time, we were an unincorporated group, no 501c3 status, small budget, no employees, etc. I did a bunch of searching. The League of American Bicyclists said that their program is really just for bike ride clubs and advocacy groups, not for co-ops. A lot of the insurance options only work if you are 501c3, which we were not. While we eventually found insurance that works for us (for now anyway), the experience led me to believe that there is a gap in insurance options for small/newish community bike repair groups.

To address this gap, I would like to work with the League of American Bicyclists or other national group to come up with a plan that would work for community bike repair groups. They are going to want to know that there are interested groups out there. So I am throwing this out there - would you or your group be interested in helping to shape a plan and possibly purchasing it in the future if it met your requirements?

There are a lot of possible variables - groups with space or without space, groups with employees or without, groups that work with kids or don't, groups that just do teaching and repairs/groups that also do rides or other activities. I may send out a survey later if there is significant interest to start to get a sense of what requirements are most common.

(Also: I just updated/expanded the insurance article on the bike collectives wiki http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance with new info from our search. I hope you all like it)

best, Jameel

-- Jameel Alsalam (510) 717-9637 tel:%28510%29%20717-9637 jalsalam@gmail.com

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