From barry.isralewitz at gmail.com Tue Aug 30 18:43:09 2016 From: barry.isralewitz at gmail.com (Barry Isralewitz) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:43:09 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2016! Message-ID: Hello, Light the Night 2016 is coming, this September 22! With 3 hours to install over 1000 free bike light sets, we'll need a good-sized crew of volunteers. This will be the ninth year in a row for Light the Night. We've seen big improvements in safe night biking around here, but -- in part thanks to the excellent and continuing trend toward more bicyclists on the streets -- there's still a lot of work to do. You can sign up for a 1.5-hour or 3-hour shift here: http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2016 Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! Light the Night 2016 Free Bike Light Giveaway Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m (volunteering from 3:45 to 7:00 pm) • Location 1: Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St.) Urbana, IL • Location 2: Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL Please volunteer for the 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm "early shift" if you can: lines are longest then; we're aiming to have more volunteers for the early shift to meet the demand. Early-shift volunteers: please note the 3:45 pm start time (i.e. not 4 pm); getting volunteers organized fifteen minutes early will help us get a jump on long lines. Optional training sessions: ---- There will be two chances to go to a short training session for those who haven't participated before, those who want a refresher, or those who want to practice with this year's models of reflectors and lights: - Mon., Sept. 19, 2016, 6:00 pm--6:45 pm, at the Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door). - Thu., Sept. 22, 2016, 3:00 pm--3:45 pm, at Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright, Urbana, IL) Training will cover reflector install, difficult light install cases, educational materials, and more. We will also have some battery install events to get the lights ready in advance: - Wed., Sept. 7, 2016, 6:30 pm--9 pm. Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door) (refreshments rumored) - Another date TBA (watch signup page; we’ll mail out the second install time to any who have already signed up for the main event) About the giveaway: We'll be installing, completely free, over 1000 "be seen" Planet Bike LED light sets; that makes over 2000 blinky lights, counting front and rear. Don't forget to tell your friends about the giveaway, but remind them: lights are only installed directly onto bikes. "If you want free lights, bring your bike." Light the Night 2016 is a program of Light the Night Organizing Group partners and affiliated groups. Hope you can volunteer! Cheers, Barry Isralewitz Volunteer, The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign -- Barry Isralewitz barry.isralewitz at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pmgraff at gmail.com Tue Aug 30 21:43:38 2016 From: pmgraff at gmail.com (Phil Graff) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:43:38 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] The Bike Project Sept News Message-ID: Hello again, and welcome new and returning students to Champaign-Urbana! *Monthly Members Meeting* The next members meeting will be held *Wed Aug 31 6:30 p.m.* at the Downtown Urbana/IMC location. We'll provide some pizza and discuss the agenda at https://docs.google.com/document/d/19DtRzse8MfYXOayc8jNQHBKJwV0GzkFYIXblrxSVp8I/. If you have ideas you want to add to the agenda, either request editor access or email ideas to contact at thebikeproject.org *Light the Night* On Thursday Sept 22 Campus Area Transportation Study and other allied organizations will be doing a *bike light giveaway* from 4-7pm at 2 locations: Alma Mater (Green and Wright) and the corner of Illinois and Lincoln. The Bike Project is one of the allied organizations, and we will be helping by volunteering to pre-install batteries ahead of the event, and to install lights during the event. You should have received an email from Barry earlier today, but* if you want to volunteer or get more information*, please visit http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2016 *Volunteer Orientation* We are in desperate need of weekend volunteers. Even if you can't commit to staff every weekend (because come on, we know that is a tough thing to ask), if you are interested in *joining our staff email list*, then maybe we can find volunteer staff on a week-by-week basis. To help you learn your way around the shop a bit, we are going to host an awesome *volunteer orientation*! You can also *bring a t-shirt* (or other fabric of your choosing), for a free screenprint! Design TBD When: September 9th 5:30-6:30pm Where: The Urbana Bike Project In the Independent Media Center (IMC) 202 S. Broadway Ave., Room 24 Urbana, IL 61801 Cheers! Phil Volunteer, The Bike Project -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: