From barry.isralewitz at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 17:43:04 2017 From: barry.isralewitz at gmail.com (Barry Isralewitz) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:43:04 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2017! Message-ID: Hello, Light the Night 2017 is coming, this September 26! With 3 hours to install 930 free bike light sets, we'll need a good-sized crew of volunteers. This will be the tenth (!) 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-2017 Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! Light the Night 2017 Free Bike Light Giveaway Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m (volunteering from 3:45 to 7:00 pm). Location 1: SE Corner of Wright St. and Springfield Ave. Urbana, IL Location 2: SW Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL There is one different location this year versus recent years, thanks to major road construction projects. 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 lights and reflectors: - Mon., Sept. 18, 2017, 6:00 pm--6:45 pm, at the Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door). - Tue., Sept. 26, 2017, 3:00 pm--3:45 pm, at the SE Corner of Wright St. and Springfield Ave. Urbana, IL We will run a light-assembly / battery-install event (plus a second if needed) to get lights ready in advance: - Mon., Sept. 11, 2017, 6:30 pm--9 pm. Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door) (refreshments rumored) - Possible second session: TBA About the giveaway: We'll be installing, completely free, 930 "be seen" lights -- some Planet Bike LED light sets, and some Cyclone silicone strap LED light sets; that makes 1860 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 2017 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 rshahoei at gmail.com Sun Sep 24 16:30:11 2017 From: rshahoei at gmail.com (Rezvan Shahoei) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:30:11 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] September Members's Meeting and more Message-ID: Hi everyone, Here is this month's email. *September Members' Meeting, Monday at 6:30 pm* We will have our monthly members' meeting* this coming Monday September 25, at **6:30 pm **at the IMC location (basement)*. We'll discuss the agenda at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LIpXsv6-lqmIBz_-1aKZx2O6VnYNCm6QjUwXHsyl298. If you have anything to add, either edit the agenda (email contact at thebikeproject.org if you need editor access) or email contact at thebikeproject.org with the agenda item you'd like us to add. There will be pizza and beer. *Light the Night 2017 coming up next week* *As we do every September, we will be installing free lights on bikes this Tuesday September 26, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m, at the following locations (Note that we have a location change this year)* - Location 1: SE Corner of Wright St. and Springfield Ave. (near the Bardeen Quad) Urbana, IL - Location 2: SW Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL If you are interested, please volunteer at http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2017?responseToken=8d194cb551a2136517a3728bc8af3691 . *Urbana Shop Open Hours on Wednesdays * The Urbana shop is now holding open hours on *Wednesdays 6:30-9:00 pm*. *Volunteer Orientation* The monthly volunteer orientation sessions are open to anybody interested in making a staffing commitment on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. We go over the basics of staffing, how to help even if you do not know much about bikes (yet), and answer questions you might have. The next session is this *Thursday September 28, 5:30 pm at our location in the IMC basement.* *Ladies and Trans Hours resumed* Ladies and Trans hours will be held on the first Monday of every month. The next session will be on *Monday October 2, at 6:30 pm at the IMC location*. *Have your Bike Project member card with you on your visit* We set up a new sign-in system that is linked to our member database at both the IMC location and the Campus Bike Center. Now instead of typing in your name you scan your member card. Please bring your member card with you on your next visit to either shop. If you lost your card, let a staffer know during open hours and they will help you. *Make sure to update your tags * We are starting to go through the tags on build-a-bikes and shop-builds. As you know, if a tag on a bike has not been updated for over two weeks then that bike is available for other members to work on. Please make sure to update the tag with the latest date you worked on the bike. *The Bike Project is in need of volunteers for Shop Hours* We need volunteers for *Wednesday* and *Sunday* hours at the IMC shop. Also we are hoping to get volunteers in order to restart *Saturday* hours. If you are interested in volunteering, please come to the meeting, the volunteer orientation, or drop an email to contact at thebikeproject.org. *2017 Cranksgiving?!* Are you interested in getting involved in planning this year's Cranksgiving? If you are then please come to Monday's meeting or send an email to contact at thebikeproject.org. Looking forward to see you on Monday. Cheers, Rezvan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: