From rshahoei at gmail.com Mon Aug 27 04:05:15 2018 From: rshahoei at gmail.com (Rezvan Shahoei) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 23:05:15 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] August Members' Meeting and more Message-ID: Dear members of The Bike Project (TBP), Here is the last newsletter of Summer 2018: *August Members' Meetings, Tomorrow at 6:30 pm* We will have our monthly members' meeting tomorrow*, Monday, August 27, at **6:30 pm **at the IMC location (basement)*. We'll discuss the agenda at https://drive.google.com/open?id=13BhxFOWByzMtqd2NNWaS-dmrajis53D9DE3SOyOP4QQ. 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. *The Next WTF Night On September 3, 6:30-9:00 pm* The next Women and Trans Folks night at The Bike Project will be on the Labor Day *Monday, September 3rd, at the IMC location, 6:30 - 9:00 pm*. *Volunteer for Light the Night 2018* Volunteer for Light the Night 2018 , coming *September 20*: free bike light mass install -- over 1050 sets of safety lights to install. Here is the Sign-up page . You can also like the Facebook event page . *The Bike Maintenance 101 Class, Free for all TBP Members & UIUC Students* Come and learn the basics of bike maintenance like oiling the chain, patching flats, and adjusting brakes and shifting. *This is a demonstration-only class; please do not bring your bike. * *Date: September 4 and 25* *Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm* *Location: MP6 in ARC on UIUC campus * *FREE for all TBP members/UIUC students* *TBP's First Year at CUDays * For the first time, thanks to our volunteers, TBP was able to table at CUDays at Douglass Park. [image: 20180811_155758.jpg] Michael, a TBP member and volunteer staff, chose to ride our large penny-farthing from the IMC shop all the way to the Douglass Park and back. He was cheered on by pedestrians, cyclists, and drives. [image: 20180811_134237.jpg] *Tire Levers and Small Wrenches at the IMC Shop* We have been missing tire levers and small wrenches at the IMC shop. If you have mistakenly taken them please kindly return them. It has happened to many of us to put small tools in our pockets while doing repairs and forget to return them to the tools board by the end of the shop hours. *Bicycle Friendly Community Survey for Urbana* As part of our review process of each applicant Bicycle Friendly Community , League of American Bicyclists are collecting input from local bicyclists and bike advocates about their experiences and perceptions of biking conditions in Urbana through the survey linked below. These survey responses are used both to inform the League’s BFC award decision, as well as to provide (anonymous) local feedback to the applicant community about how they can improve conditions for bicyclists. If you would like to provide feedback, please complete the following survey by *September 23 *to provide your input on Urbana: *https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/adv_BFC_FA18* Looking forward to seeing you at tomorrow's meeting. Cheers, Rezvan and TBP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 20180811_134237.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 7321482 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 20180811_155758.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1965835 bytes Desc: not available URL: From barry.isralewitz at gmail.com Wed Aug 29 17:36:41 2018 From: barry.isralewitz at gmail.com (Barry Isralewitz) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:36:41 -0500 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2018! Message-ID: <6D35B039-2AD6-4AB0-94BA-39CB9F905367@gmail.com> Hello, Light the Night 2018 is coming, this September 20! With 2.5 hours to install over 1,100 free bike light sets, we'll need a good-sized crew of volunteers. This will be the eleventh (!) 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: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sNqSgQ5ODJRYbQ4UbjxU-YaQGDQ1IKD5b611CbtIDwU/edit?usp=sharing Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! Light the Night 2018 Free Bike Light Giveaway Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m (volunteering from 4:15 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 4:15 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 4:15 pm start time (i.e. not 4:30 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: - Mon., Sept. 17, 2018, 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. 20, 2018, 3:30 pm--4:15 pm, at Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright, Urbana, IL) We will run a light-assembly / battery-install event (plus a second if needed) to get lights ready in advance: - Fri, Sept. 7, 2018, 6:00 pm--8:30 pm. Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door) - Possible second session: TBA About the giveaway: We'll be installing, completely free, over 1,110 "be seen" light sets -- some Planet Bike LED light sets, and some silicone strap LED light sets; that makes over 2,220 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 2018 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