Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across, and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that are free to use.
I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use.
--Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Dear Ryan,
Thanks for initiating this. I have seen several requests on this
listserve for curriculum material over the past year go unanswered.
Bicycles for Humanity- Thunder Bay has some university student
volunteers that are in teachers college that have an interest in doing
a project to organize a curriculum that could possibly be used not
only in a co-op bike shop but also in high school tech/mechanic
courses. Please keep us in the loop.
Steve Klassen Bicycles for Humanity Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7 CANADA
work (807) 622-3737 fax- (807) 623-1969 paging (807) 623-7451 tbaybikes@mac.com
www.b4hthunderbay.org
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead
steve, you bring up a great point. lots of people asking for curricula, but not that much posting/sharing.
i'm very interested in collaborating with as many folks as are interested in getting to it and coming up with one. whether that means researching others from other groups, or coming up with something from scratch, let's put our heads together and do it.
who's with me? i don't know what the first step is, other than getting the interested people talking about it, and divvying up tasks. a set of goals would be nice.
of course, each of us brings something different to the group as far as skills, knowledge, resources, as well as things like customers we serve, and reasons we're doing this, and what is most important in a curriculum. that will need to be hashed out, i suppose but i think it's doable.
this task, i think, is one that is ripe for a seperate list, or something...i'm imagining a lot of correspondence to get something like this done, and i wouldn't want to bother people who aren't interested in this with our day to day drivel of class content, etc.
so, who's with me?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Steve Klassen sklassen@mac.com wrote:
Dear Ryan,Thanks for initiating this. I have seen several requests on this listserve for curriculum material over the past year go unanswered. Bicycles for Humanity- Thunder Bay has some university student volunteers that are in teachers college that have an interest in doing a project to organize a curriculum that could possibly be used not only in a co-op bike shop but also in high school tech/mechanic courses. Please keep us in the loop.
Steve Klassen Bicycles for Humanity Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7 CANADA
work (807) 622-3737 fax- (807) 623-1969 paging (807) 623-7451 tbaybikes@mac.com
www.b4hthunderbay.org
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
wow, everyone, this rules.
is there a way for us to collaborate/share curriculum? even something as simple as putting up documents on a server somewhere would be a start.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:50 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
steve, you bring up a great point. lots of people asking for curricula, but not that much posting/sharing.
i'm very interested in collaborating with as many folks as are interested in getting to it and coming up with one. whether that means researching others from other groups, or coming up with something from scratch, let's put our heads together and do it.
who's with me? i don't know what the first step is, other than getting the interested people talking about it, and divvying up tasks. a set of goals would be nice.
of course, each of us brings something different to the group as far as skills, knowledge, resources, as well as things like customers we serve, and reasons we're doing this, and what is most important in a curriculum. that will need to be hashed out, i suppose but i think it's doable.
this task, i think, is one that is ripe for a seperate list, or something...i'm imagining a lot of correspondence to get something like this done, and i wouldn't want to bother people who aren't interested in this with our day to day drivel of class content, etc.
so, who's with me?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Steve Klassen sklassen@mac.com wrote:
Dear Ryan,Thanks for initiating this. I have seen several requests on this listserve for curriculum material over the past year go unanswered. Bicycles for Humanity- Thunder Bay has some university student volunteers that are in teachers college that have an interest in doing a project to organize a curriculum that could possibly be used not only in a co-op bike shop but also in high school tech/mechanic courses. Please keep us in the loop.
Steve Klassen Bicycles for Humanity Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7 CANADA
work (807) 622-3737 fax- (807) 623-1969 paging (807) 623-7451 tbaybikes@mac.com
www.b4hthunderbay.org
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
you can see ours, and one other that's in spanish on the bike collectives wiki, which is here. http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teaching_Resources
i'd love to see a lot more up there. it would be amazingly beautiful to collaborate and come up with some kind of universal curriculum (hell, while i'm shooting for the moon...) that includes lesson plans, games, activities, etc. i think we could easily all agree on what the 10 most important bike things are to teach, but coming up with fun and creative and interesting ways to get those ideas across sometimes is one of our shortcomings.
i think that in order to post something to the wiki, you must create an account, but that's free and easy...
i do look forward to seeing some more additions in light of this conversation.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Boson Au instructions@gmail.com wrote:
wow, everyone, this rules.
is there a way for us to collaborate/share curriculum? even something as simple as putting up documents on a server somewhere would be a start.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:50 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
steve, you bring up a great point. lots of people asking for curricula, but not that much posting/sharing.
i'm very interested in collaborating with as many folks as are interested in getting to it and coming up with one. whether that means researching others from other groups, or coming up with something from scratch, let's put our heads together and do it.
who's with me? i don't know what the first step is, other than getting the interested people talking about it, and divvying up tasks. a set of goals would be nice.
of course, each of us brings something different to the group as far as skills, knowledge, resources, as well as things like customers we serve, and reasons we're doing this, and what is most important in a curriculum. that will need to be hashed out, i suppose but i think it's doable.
this task, i think, is one that is ripe for a seperate list, or something...i'm imagining a lot of correspondence to get something like this done, and i wouldn't want to bother people who aren't interested in this with our day to day drivel of class content, etc.
so, who's with me?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Steve Klassen sklassen@mac.com wrote:
Dear Ryan,Thanks for initiating this. I have seen several requests on this listserve for curriculum material over the past year go unanswered. Bicycles for Humanity- Thunder Bay has some university student volunteers that are in teachers college that have an interest in doing a project to organize a curriculum that could possibly be used not only in a co-op bike shop but also in high school tech/mechanic courses. Please keep us in the loop.
Steve Klassen Bicycles for Humanity Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7 CANADA
work (807) 622-3737 fax- (807) 623-1969 paging (807) 623-7451 tbaybikes@mac.com
www.b4hthunderbay.org
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
i stand corrected. in order to post a picture or a file, you need an account. to post only text, you don't need an account.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:15 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
you can see ours, and one other that's in spanish on the bike collectives wiki, which is here. http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teaching_Resources
i'd love to see a lot more up there. it would be amazingly beautiful to collaborate and come up with some kind of universal curriculum (hell, while i'm shooting for the moon...) that includes lesson plans, games, activities, etc. i think we could easily all agree on what the 10 most important bike things are to teach, but coming up with fun and creative and interesting ways to get those ideas across sometimes is one of our shortcomings.
i think that in order to post something to the wiki, you must create an account, but that's free and easy...
i do look forward to seeing some more additions in light of this conversation.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Boson Au instructions@gmail.com wrote:
wow, everyone, this rules.
is there a way for us to collaborate/share curriculum? even something as simple as putting up documents on a server somewhere would be a start.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:50 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
steve, you bring up a great point. lots of people asking for curricula, but not that much posting/sharing.
i'm very interested in collaborating with as many folks as are interested in getting to it and coming up with one. whether that means researching others from other groups, or coming up with something from scratch, let's put our heads together and do it.
who's with me? i don't know what the first step is, other than getting the interested people talking about it, and divvying up tasks. a set of goals would be nice.
of course, each of us brings something different to the group as far as skills, knowledge, resources, as well as things like customers we serve, and reasons we're doing this, and what is most important in a curriculum. that will need to be hashed out, i suppose but i think it's doable.
this task, i think, is one that is ripe for a seperate list, or something...i'm imagining a lot of correspondence to get something like this done, and i wouldn't want to bother people who aren't interested in this with our day to day drivel of class content, etc.
so, who's with me?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Steve Klassen sklassen@mac.com wrote:
Dear Ryan,Thanks for initiating this. I have seen several requests on this listserve for curriculum material over the past year go unanswered. Bicycles for Humanity- Thunder Bay has some university student volunteers that are in teachers college that have an interest in doing a project to organize a curriculum that could possibly be used not only in a co-op bike shop but also in high school tech/mechanic courses. Please keep us in the loop.
Steve Klassen Bicycles for Humanity Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7 CANADA
work (807) 622-3737 fax- (807) 623-1969 paging (807) 623-7451 tbaybikes@mac.com
www.b4hthunderbay.org
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Hey all,
Along the line of instructor sheets, I was able to obtain a copy of Bike Not Bombs' *Instructor Training Manual* before they took it off the web*--*the one they use in their Instructor Training Course http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/node/302. It is 13 chapters, all in .pdf, and very well put together with clear language (the copy I have is in english) and nice drawings. However, I'm not sure I feel comfortable in handing it out since they have stopped sharing it. Is a representative from Bike Not Bombs on this list? If so, would your organization feel comfortable if I submitted this to the wiki? If not, what do y'all think? In the interest of collaboration and team spirit I'd love to share it, but I definitely didn't develop this manual and it has a copyright clearly on each page.
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
Drew @ Back In The Saddle 512.573.0408
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Guzy ryanguzy@gmail.com wrote:
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across, and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that are free to use.
I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use.
--Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Bikes Not Bombs is still posting the manual here:
http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/EarnABike
Note this just above the download links:
"We make our training manual available for people wanting to run youth bicycle programs in other places. This is the mechanics manual we use to train the volunteers who will become assistant teachers in Earn-A-Bike."
I'm guessing BNB won't get upset if we use their copyrighted manual to teach adults as well as youth.
Dave Bourgeois Bici Centro Santa Barbara, CA http://www.bicicentro.org/
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:50 PM, John Gatlin johngatlin@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Along the line of instructor sheets, I was able to obtain a copy of Bike Not Bombs' Instructor Training Manual before they took it off the web-- the one they use in their Instructor Training Course. It is 13 chapters, all in .pdf, and very well put together with clear language (the copy I have is in english) and nice drawings. However, I'm not sure I feel comfortable in handing it out since they have stopped sharing it. Is a representative from Bike Not Bombs on this list? If so, would your organization feel comfortable if I submitted this to the wiki? If not, what do y'all think? In the interest of collaboration and team spirit I'd love to share it, but I definitely didn't develop this manual and it has a copyright clearly on each page.
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
Drew @ Back In The Saddle 512.573.0408
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Guzy ryanguzy@gmail.com wrote:
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across, and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that are free to use. I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use. --Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Dave, I stand corrected. However, how do you get to that page from their main site? Perhaps their reorganization of the website confused me. Anyway, it's an excellent resource that ought to be in any shop's files. Thanks for finding it.
Drew
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Dave Bourgeois stdaveb@gmail.com wrote:
Bikes Not Bombs is still posting the manual here:
http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/EarnABike
Note this just above the download links:
"We make our training manual available for people wanting to run youth bicycle programs in other places. This is the mechanics manual we use to train the volunteers who will become assistant teachers in Earn-A-Bike."
I'm guessing BNB won't get upset if we use their copyrighted manual to teach adults as well as youth.
Dave Bourgeois Bici Centro Santa Barbara, CA http://www.bicicentro.org/
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:50 PM, John Gatlin johngatlin@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Along the line of instructor sheets, I was able to obtain a copy of Bike
Not
Bombs' Instructor Training Manual before they took it off the web-- the one they use in their Instructor Training Course. It is 13 chapters,
all
in .pdf, and very well put together with clear language (the copy I have
is
in english) and nice drawings. However, I'm not sure I feel comfortable
in
handing it out since they have stopped sharing it. Is a representative
from
Bike Not Bombs on this list? If so, would your organization feel
comfortable
if I submitted this to the wiki? If not, what do y'all think? In the interest of collaboration and team spirit I'd love to share it, but I definitely didn't develop this manual and it has a copyright clearly on
each
page.
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
Drew @ Back In The Saddle 512.573.0408
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Guzy ryanguzy@gmail.com wrote:
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to
show
the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come
across,
and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working
as
assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the
class
session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts
to
go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams
that
are free to use. I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use. --Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing
I
want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to
a
multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had
one
person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3
months
so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators
rotate
classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in
other
project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up
and
want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to
leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org
To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Hi Drew,
First, I should give credit to my wife Christine Bourgeois. She's developing the Bici Centro curriculum and found the Bikes Not Bombs manual with these steps:
- http://http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/
- "Youth" tab in upper left links to http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/youth
- Under "Earn-A-Bike" section, "Find Out More!" links to
http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/EarnABike
I've been forwarding this thread to Christine. She just signed up for ThinkTank to participate herself. Josh's suggestion to split off education issues in a separate list/board/whatever would likely keep her (and others?) engaged longer. However, splitting off sub-topics might prove to be a hassle for administrators and subscribers.
dave
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:37 PM, John Gatlin johngatlin@gmail.com wrote:
Dave, I stand corrected. However, how do you get to that page from their main site? Perhaps their reorganization of the website confused me. Anyway, it's an excellent resource that ought to be in any shop's files. Thanks for finding it. Drew
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Dave Bourgeois stdaveb@gmail.com wrote:
Bikes Not Bombs is still posting the manual here:
http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/EarnABike
Note this just above the download links:
"We make our training manual available for people wanting to run youth bicycle programs in other places. This is the mechanics manual we use to train the volunteers who will become assistant teachers in Earn-A-Bike."
I'm guessing BNB won't get upset if we use their copyrighted manual to teach adults as well as youth.
Dave Bourgeois Bici Centro Santa Barbara, CA http://www.bicicentro.org/
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:50 PM, John Gatlin johngatlin@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Along the line of instructor sheets, I was able to obtain a copy of Bike Not Bombs' Instructor Training Manual before they took it off the web-- the one they use in their Instructor Training Course. It is 13 chapters, all in .pdf, and very well put together with clear language (the copy I have is in english) and nice drawings. However, I'm not sure I feel comfortable in handing it out since they have stopped sharing it. Is a representative from Bike Not Bombs on this list? If so, would your organization feel comfortable if I submitted this to the wiki? If not, what do y'all think? In the interest of collaboration and team spirit I'd love to share it, but I definitely didn't develop this manual and it has a copyright clearly on each page.
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
Drew @ Back In The Saddle 512.573.0408
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Guzy ryanguzy@gmail.com wrote:
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across, and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that are free to use. I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use. --Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
I'm curious why BNB isn't present on the Think Tank or at Bike Bike! I can think of some other groups like the Community Cycling Center in Portland. These are groups that are way more established than most of us and have a lot to offer. I think the communications we have here and at Bike Bike are what makes us a movement and these more established groups should be part of our conversations/discussions.
How can we get these groups involved?
Rich Community Cycles
There is no question there is a tremendous amount of information that the 130+ organizations on this list could use from well established groups like Bikes not Bombs and the Community Cycling Center. The question is, what do we have to offer them?
At a minimum it would be good to interview some of the longer standing members of each of these organizations and figure out what hard decisions they had to make and what the out come was.
One thing I have observed with some of the larger organizations is that they went more in the direction of a traditional non-profit. I would be curious to find out if it started out that way, or if that was an active choice.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
figure out what hard decisions they had to make and what the out come was.
this is a gem that i thought was very very important to take away from your email, jonathan.
One thing I have observed with some of the larger organizations is that they went more in the direction of a traditional non-profit. I would be curious to find out if it started out that way, or if that was an active choice.
community cycles in boulder is sort of facing that same issue currently. we've got derailer (collectively run, if my understanding is correct) in denver, and the ft collins bike coop (sort of a strange mix of city govt sponsoring a co-op run bike shop...i'm still not clear how that works, rafael, do you read this list?) in our close proximity, and we all get along great (colorado regional bikebike next year...) but we've got several folks on our board who have extensive experience in other non-profits, and bring a lot of that experience to our table. boulder is an interesting city demographic and politic wise.
i have done some volunteer work at the CCC in portland, and that place was a well oiled machine. i'm in awe of how much work they get done, and the efficiency with which they get it done.
-- 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 Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote:
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
I'm curious why BNB isn't present on the Think Tank or at Bike Bike! I can think of some other groups like the Community Cycling Center in Portland. These are groups that are way more established than most of us and have a lot to offer. I think the communications we have here and at Bike Bike are what makes us a movement and these more established groups should be part of our conversations/discussions.
How can we get these groups involved?
Rich Community Cycles _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Hi Y'all,
This thread popped up in my email box just now and I think my ears are burning, too.
The Community Cycling Center has always had more a flavor of a nonprofit than a bike shop. We are even starting call our shop the community center. To reinforce our mission, which is to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits, we've done alot of work in the past few years to focus on programs and beef up the education side of things. We're just starting to venture into developing our cultural competence. Biking is a typically middle-class and majority white activity, but the reality with rising gas prices and a crashing economy more diverse people will see bikes as a transportation option and we want to know how to meet their needs.
I'm happy to continue the conversation, but I imagine I should sign up for the list and not just email the group. Apologies if this is spammy.
Thanks, Alison Community Cycling Center
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:15 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
figure out what hard decisions they had to make and what the out come was.
this is a gem that i thought was very very important to take away from your email, jonathan.
One thing I have observed with some of the larger organizations is that they went more in the direction of a traditional non-profit. I would be curious to find out if it started out that way, or if that was an active choice.
community cycles in boulder is sort of facing that same issue currently. we've got derailer (collectively run, if my understanding is correct) in denver, and the ft collins bike coop (sort of a strange mix of city govt sponsoring a co-op run bike shop...i'm still not clear how that works, rafael, do you read this list?) in our close proximity, and we all get along great (colorado regional bikebike next year...) but we've got several folks on our board who have extensive experience in other non-profits, and bring a lot of that experience to our table. boulder is an interesting city demographic and politic wise.
i have done some volunteer work at the CCC in portland, and that place was a well oiled machine. i'm in awe of how much work they get done, and the efficiency with which they get it done.
-- 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 Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote:
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
I'm curious why BNB isn't present on the Think Tank or at Bike Bike! I can think of some other groups like the Community Cycling Center in Portland. These are groups that are way more established than most of us and have a lot to offer. I think the communications we have here and at Bike Bike are what makes us a movement and these more established groups should be part of our conversations/discussions.
How can we get these groups involved?
Rich Community Cycles _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
someone grab her! don't let her leave until we get the answers we've all been looking for!
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Alison Hill Graves < alison@communitycyclingcenter.org> wrote:
Hi Y'all,
This thread popped up in my email box just now and I think my ears are burning, too.
The Community Cycling Center has always had more a flavor of a nonprofit than a bike shop. We are even starting call our shop the community center. To reinforce our mission, which is to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits, we've done alot of work in the past few years to focus on programs and beef up the education side of things. We're just starting to venture into developing our cultural competence. Biking is a typically middle-class and majority white activity, but the reality with rising gas prices and a crashing economy more diverse people will see bikes as a transportation option and we want to know how to meet their needs.
I'm happy to continue the conversation, but I imagine I should sign up for the list and not just email the group. Apologies if this is spammy.
Thanks, Alison Community Cycling Center
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:15 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
figure out what hard decisions they had to make and what the out come was.
this is a gem that i thought was very very important to take away from your email, jonathan.
One thing I have observed with some of the larger organizations is that they went more in the direction of a traditional non-profit. I would be curious to find out if it started out that way, or if that was an active choice.
community cycles in boulder is sort of facing that same issue currently. we've got derailer (collectively run, if my understanding is correct) in denver, and the ft collins bike coop (sort of a strange mix of city govt sponsoring a co-op run bike shop...i'm still not clear how that works, rafael, do you read this list?) in our close proximity, and we all get along great (colorado regional bikebike next year...) but we've got several folks on our board who have extensive experience in other non-profits, and bring a lot of that experience to our table. boulder is an interesting city demographic and politic wise.
i have done some volunteer work at the CCC in portland, and that place was a well oiled machine. i'm in awe of how much work they get done, and the efficiency with which they get it done.
-- 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 Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com wrote:
So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
I'm curious why BNB isn't present on the Think Tank or at Bike Bike! I can think of some other groups like the Community Cycling Center in Portland. These are groups that are way more established than most of us and have a lot to offer. I think the communications we have here and at Bike Bike are what makes us a movement and these more established groups should be part of our conversations/discussions.
How can we get these groups involved?
Rich Community Cycles _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
-- Alison Hill Graves Director of Community & Programs Community Cycling Center
Office 3934 NE Martin Luther King Blvd. Suite 202 Portland, OR 97212 Office: 503-288-8864 Fax: 503-288-1812
Bike Shop 1700 NE Alberta Street Portland, OR 97211 Hours 10am - 7pm Tuesday through Sunday Shop: 503-287-8786
www.CommunityCyclingCenter.org The bicycle is a tool for empowerment and a vehicle for change.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Hey everyone, If you need a liason to the CCC, I can be that. We started Bike Farm a year ago here in portland and have a really awsome relationship with the CCC. They donated so many tools to us when we started, we wouldn't have been able to open without them. I've had a few conversations via e-mail with Alison, and have met with the CCC director, Susan Remmers.
let me know what you all want... (also... we have a few ccc employees at BF as volunteer mechanics).... and its no conflict on interest... just different organizations with different stuff to offer.
Hey, if anyone wants to ask me a question, feel free. I just changed my subscription to daily digest cuz I can't keep up.
Plus, whoever subscribed our whole organization to the list, we didn't entirely appreciate it. We love invitations, but auto-subscribes aren't that nice.
email me directly: alison@communitycyclingcenter.org
Thanks, Alison
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM, maintenence collective bikefarm@gmail.comwrote:
Hey everyone, If you need a liason to the CCC, I can be that. We started Bike Farm a year ago here in portland and have a really awsome relationship with the CCC. They donated so many tools to us when we started, we wouldn't have been able to open without them. I've had a few conversations via e-mail with Alison, and have met with the CCC director, Susan Remmers.
let me know what you all want... (also... we have a few ccc employees at BF as volunteer mechanics).... and its no conflict on interest... just different organizations with different stuff to offer.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
(This note is from Carl Kurz, Bikes Not Bombs' founder, which Carl
had sent directly to Jonathan at SLC in response to question about
whether we started as a traditional nonprofit or chose that direction
later. I'm now posting to the whole list in case it is interesting/
useful. -Arik)
We are honored, to be sure, to think that there are groups out there
that could glean info from our experience. Its interesting to note
that Bikes Not Bombs had very anarchistic, affinity group style roots
that had evolved out of the organizing strategies of the Anti Nuclear
movement in the late 1970's. We didn't start as an institution or a
501 c 3 organization. From there it was my intention to spread our
mission wide and include and involve as many people that would be
interested in rejecting the Reagan Admin onslaught against Central
American movements for self determination. I was looking for a way
to involve the environmentalists, the cycling community, the nascent
recycling movement into something that was, frankly anti-
imperialist. During my work in the Anti Nuclear movement I had begun
to realize that the US nuclear weapons industry was very much part of
an imperialist arm of the US military and corporate strategy for
global hegemony. It sounds sort of dogmatic the way I'm phrasing it
here but it was a very intimate realization to me at the time and I
was seeking a way to go beyond my comfort zone with circles of white
anti-nuclear activists and venture into the world of solidarity. In
meeting activists and Nicaraguan representatives at the Survival
Gathering hosted by the American Indian Movement in South Dakota in
1979 and again in 1980 I knew that I wanted to do something and
involve as many people as possible. It wasn't until early 1984 that
I found the right folks and strategy to start to formulate Bikes Not
Bombs and then I took off for Nicaragua to see what more Nicaraguans
thought about the idea of developing a tangible aid-based bicycle
collecting US solidarity organization. Of course I was an
environmentalist, a bicycle racer, a bike mechanic and had some of my
own agenda in addition to the solidarity aspect of helping the
popular Sandinista Revolution. Throughout that process and later in
El Salvador, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico and Haiti I gained a huge amount
of respect for people that were struggling for a more just world in
their third world realities. And now after returning last week from
Tanzania and South Africa I have been enriched by meeting activists
and connecting with communities in those cultures as well. In 1985
we did begin to have leadership in Washington DC that formed a 501 c
3 non-profit to house a number of projects that were collecting bikes
and shipping them overseas. That entity was called the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy. The ITDP still exists and they
are doing great things in the international scene re transportation
policy in developing countries.
Even though we had an organizational base, and the ITDP was acting as
an umbrella for projects such as Bikes not Bombs to Mozambique, and
efforts to send bikes to Haiti, our main group, Bikes Not Bombs,
was focused on solidarity and development in Nicaragua and that
effort was taking shape more as part of a movement and not as an
organization (if that makes any sense to you as you read this.) In
other words the last thing on my mind was to patent any logo or
create a set of guidelines that were proprietary, I was trying to
show the injustice in the US foreign policy and encourage people to
join a movement through a practical step of collecting and sending
bikes to a country that was redistributing wealth and opportunities
to its people in a profound manner. And I was appealing to the
environmental aspect of the use of bicycles as a potentially
beneficial and transformative power in society. I do subscribe to
some degree in EP Thomson's concepts of technological determinism.
The BNB idea has always been to keep it tangible and yet connected to
something bigger, not shying away at all from politics but not
wallowing in political theory and diatribes - make it concrete. Soon
we had Bikes Not Bombs chapters in DC, Minn, Texas., SF and
Berkeley, LA, Oregon, Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal,
Toronto, New Hampshire, Boston, Denver, Bristol England, and even
Karlsruhe Germany, to name the more prominent groups. It really was
more like being part of a movement than part of an organization and
the backdrop was the Central American Solidarity Movement.
We really began to change in terms of growth and maturity when we
began to change the nature of our work from solidarity to a broader
yet still radical concept of "sustainable development". We also
added a youth component to our work in Boston believing that it was
even more critical to change the US transportation policy as the
worlds largest per capita energy consumer society and that we had to
start with people that were least invested in the system. ie Youth!
In hindsight, it was a naive political analysis because even though
youth are not very engaged in the system economically and have less
to lose by rejecting some of its status quo icons, we underestimated
the ubiquitous impact of the Auto-crats marketing monster and its
never-ending production of consumer ideology and cultural imaging
that transforms the individual into a fan base for idolizing the auto
regardless of any rational critique one could put forth. That's
changed with time as new paradigms have emerged and as we have become
better and more patient at working with and listening to youth and
presenting information and bike culture in a way more engaging to youth.
The chaos of a movement-centered strategy ended up being a bit too
much for the ITDP, and BNB was split off and we started our own 501 c
3 in Boston in 1990. Then Nicaragua changed, the election was
basically bought with American money and threats and some Sandinista
mistakes as well. Then BNB went through another huge
transformation, while still fomenting a radical agenda around
sustainable development and shipping bikes to community partners in
other countries, we began to become a bonafide community-based
organization in the Boston inner city. We did not form another top-
down white activist bike advocacy group, although we maintain great
ties with orgs that are based on that model and we also embrace city
wide bike advocacy, but our focus was on advocacy at the community
level, school by school, community by community and person by
person. We have made a unique marriage out of building our community
base in Boston and reaching out to the communities that we work with
in other countries and our anti-militarist stance re US foreign
policy. We reject the idea that the US is rich enough and should
pursue a strategy of " bike lanes and bombs" "guns and butter" so to
speak. We flatly reject that, it is the nemesis of the spiritual
regeneration and technical evolution that America has to come to
someday on a pathway towards peace and responsible environmental
stewardship. Were not saying, don't build bike infrastructure and
bike culture until peace is secured, but on the other hand we will
not delude ourselves or anyone else into thinking that investing 700
billion dollars a year in the Department of Defense budget and the
execution of two wars isn't completely destroying the core of our
economy and our culture. That's why we're still Bikes Not Bombs.
Carl Kurz Bikes Not Bombs www.bikesnotbombs.org
On Oct 8, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Jonathan Morrison wrote:
There is no question there is a tremendous amount of information
that the 130+ organizations on this list could use from well
established groups like Bikes not Bombs and the Community Cycling
Center. The question is, what do we have to offer them?At a minimum it would be good to interview some of the longer
standing members of each of these organizations and figure out what
hard decisions they had to make and what the out come was.One thing I have observed with some of the larger organizations is
that they went more in the direction of a traditional non-profit.
I would be curious to find out if it started out that way, or if
that was an active choice.-- 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 Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Rich Points rich@richpoints.com
wrote:So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know. I'm curious why BNB isn't present on the Think Tank or at Bike
Bike! I can think of some other groups like the Community Cycling
Center in Portland. These are groups that are way more established
than most of us and have a lot to offer. I think the
communications we have here and at Bike Bike are what makes us a
movement and these more established groups should be part of our
conversations/discussions.How can we get these groups involved?
Rich Community Cycles
Why reinvent the wheel?
For mechanics I would use a combination of bicycletutor.com videos & the Park Tool School, you may be plugging a name, but they have a really convinent instructor manual and student guide (that they keep). The Big Blue Book and the instructor manual can be purchased at cost via QBP.
For Safety education, I would get the LAB to certify some of your volunteers as LCIs. They just came out with a really good version of their Road I booklet.
With both those as boiler plate options, a good instructor will be able to pick and choose what they want to teach based on time and audience.
we at community cycles in boulder are working on offering a paid-for mechanic's class, similar to bici-centro's model, and as such, would be very interested in collaborating on coming up with a cohesive, self contained curriculum that includes instructor sheets and student handouts. one thing that ed and christine from bici-centro expressed as very helpful with their model--and I'm thinking it will fit with our model as well--is that their 8 weekly classes are all very self contained, so that the class can be taught in a modular way. students can drop in take one class that they're interested in, or take all of the classes completely out of order, and still gain from the class.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
Why reinvent the wheel?
For mechanics I would use a combination of bicycletutor.com videos & the Park Tool School, you may be plugging a name, but they have a really convinent instructor manual and student guide (that they keep). The Big Blue Book and the instructor manual can be purchased at cost via QBP.
For Safety education, I would get the LAB to certify some of your volunteers as LCIs. They just came out with a really good version of their Road I booklet.
With both those as boiler plate options, a good instructor will be able to pick and choose what they want to teach based on time and audience.
-- 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, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Ryan Guzy ryanguzy@gmail.com wrote:
We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe, AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across, and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class session is over. We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a handout even though it is kind of dense. I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that are free to use.
I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can put out some really good material that we can all use.
--Ryan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
Hello! Our nonprofit, Pedals2People, just got its 501c3. As we are trying to develop projects and determine our focus under our new status we thought it would be great to get some insight from all of you that have more experience (been around for a while). Anyone that would like to, please feel free to answer any of the following questions:
1.) What is your main source of funding?
2.) If you have a space, how are you covering your costs?
3.) Do you have paid staff?
4.) Are you financially self-sustaining or grant funded?
Thanks for your help! If you have any other suggestions or ideas or questions i forgot that you would like to answer, please do!
Beth Mort Vice President pedals2people.org
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au boson.au@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one that inspired/interested me the most. We got back and the first thing I want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a multitude of reasons... anyways...
so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular classes... This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general public thing. We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other project's solutions. If any project has their own curriculum set up and want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-TheThinkTank@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit:
http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Beth Mort mortborn@gmail.com wrote:
From: Beth Mort mortborn@gmail.com Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Education/Clinic curriculum? To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Received: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 6:08 PM Hello! Our nonprofit, Pedals2People, just got its 501c3. As we are trying to develop projects and determine our focus under our new status we thought it would be great to get some insight from all of you that have more experience (been around for a while). Anyone that would like to, please feel free to answer any of the following questions:
1.) What is your main source of funding?
Retailing overhauled used bikes to the public.
2.) If you have a space, how are you covering your costs?
See 1)
3.) Do you have paid staff?
Director receives an honorarium (less than a part-time wage).
4.) Are you financially self-sustaining or grant funded?
Less than 10% of our revenue is derived from grants.
Thanks for your help! If you have any other suggestions or ideas or questions i forgot that you would like to answer, please do!
Beth Mort Vice President pedals2people.org
Chris Wells (Head Mechanic & Email Handler)
re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op 477 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
info@re-cycles.ca http://www.re-cycles.ca/
thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
-
Alison Hill Graves -
Beth Mort -
Bikes Not Bombs -
Boson Au -
Boson Au -
Chris Wells -
Dave Bourgeois -
John Gatlin -
Jonathan Morrison -
maintenence collective -
Rich Points -
Ryan Guzy -
Steve Klassen -
veganboyjosh＠gmail.com