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Bike Oven Tech Training

February 20, 2008
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Bike Oven Tech Training

Yo, yo, yo!

Wednesday nights at the Bike Oven are now Bike Oven Tech Training (B.O.T.T.) nights. We’ll be training each other in bike repair and destruction, taking care of our shop, and working on our own bikes.

This is a chance for our volunteers to work on their own bikes in the shop. We also work on random bikes in the shop - tearing them down, building them up, and organizing them.

The shop is open from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m, but we’ll be closed to the public. Bike Oven volunteers only. If you’re interested in becoming a “volunteer” at the Bike Oven, shoot an email at us at info@bikeoven.com or just stop in to hang out and lend a hand.

Bike Oven Tech Training

January 30, 2008
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Bike Oven Tech Training

Yo, yo, yo!

Wednesday nights are for Bike Oven volunteers ONLY!

We’ll be training each other in bike repair and destruction, taking care of our shop, and working on our own bikes.

The shop is open from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m, but we’ll be closed to the public. Bike Oven volunteers only. If you’re interested in becoming a “volunteer” at the Bike Oven, shoot an email at us: info@bikeoven.com

Monday, January 21, 2008 Meeting Summary

Winona
JHArv
Chicken
Vernoica
Josef
Janina
Arthur
Linda
Steve
jean-guest

AGENDA

1. how do we make money?
2. classes and clinics.
-internal training
-external training (revisit)
3. definition of volunteers / schedule
4. Loaner bikes
5. Gary Elliot, define guidelines for 86ing jackasses. Define membership.
future meetings/vote?
6. Recruitment
7. Website, BLOGS, Etc.
8. POS - Thank You to the Kitchen
9. Parts ordering, supplies ordering
10. Bank Account / What to do with the money?
11. Events

Results

1. how do we make money?
selling bikes makes the most money. bikes broken down. Events generate money. stand time.

Arthur is our local interpreter, make an introduction tape to explain to spanish speakers our mission
exceptions bums, kids, and broke folks.
refer to bicycle doctor, bicycle station.
SELLING BIKES
- get rid of mountain bikes. gave them away. an event to give away bikes.
- 2 weeks hold for bikes.
- freebie bikes. post on craigs list. as a way of purging bikes. free bikes should be fixable, or stripped and junked. once a month. last weekend of the month freebie day.
- pay for storage.
- move the ready to ride bikes.
- Designate a list of people who would be eligible to determine weather or not it”s worth it to hold onto the bikes. harv’s evaluation list,???? amend the list. have it accesible to everyone, or at least those who know what they are doing.
-before you tear into a bike, have a plan.
- purpose of fixing bike to ready-to-ride, is for training purposes only.

STAND TIME
- not a bike shop, no drop off of bikes. please attempt to get them to fix their own bikes. learn how to fix your bike here, we don’t fix your bike, you do. half hour increments, $2.50. shop time, bike in shop you pay.
- no tools outside the shop.
- No work for hire.

MERCHANDISE
-tubes
-T-shirts (chicken leather)???
-Calendars
-front and rear light sets
- ordering / selling stuff
- how far do we want to go

RECRUITMENT (VOLUNTEER)
-recruit - one shift a week minimum, four shifts must be completed before membership votes in new volunteer, after the vote volunteer becomes eligible for volunteer benefits.
-post on website
-change recruit to volunteer?
-what are volunteer benefits?
-free stand time, 10% discount for volunteers on frames and parts?
-any free stand time is secondary to actual

VOLUNTEER DEFINITION (MEMBERSHIP)
- organize front desk
- sign in sheets, daily checklist (start/close), accounting sheets
-minimum requirements to maintain volunteer status
- if you miss more than one shift without notification or missing two weeks in one given month.
-if you lose volunteer status, must requalify for volunteer status.
-change volunteer to member?
-what are member benefits?
-free stand time, free back room parts, 20% discount on frames and counter parts, or marked items. greater benefits for member. be reasonable with what you take. project bikes, storage.
-members must be voted in.
-membership status is a representative of the time put in. Reliable, as far as shifts and notifying of absences.
SCHEDULE
Keys (MANAGERS)
- LINDA MONDAYS, THURSDAY
- JOSEPH WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS
- HARV SATURDAYS, and SUNDAYS
- J. HARV WEDNESDAY, SUNDAYS
- STEVE I. SUNDAYS, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS (STANDBY)

WEDNESDAY, internal training night? closed to the public
1st  3 wednesdays training nights,  last wednesday of the month meeting.

Veronica, monday (FD)
Chicken leather, monday (Mechanic)
Winona Tuesday, Saturday

POS
-use on experimental basis
-mirror, paper work orders, on any day that either arthur and steve i. work.
- log of errors, and bugs.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY
-Pay off leticia and Maya ($150)
-OFFICE DEPOT ($50)
- THANKS TO THE KITCHEN

PARTS ORDERING
-leave it to Linda and Steve I.
-QVP
-United bicycle parts
-EuroAsia Imports

86ING JACKASSES LIKE GARY ELLIOT
- Discuss it at monthly meeting, and vote.

EVENTS
- last sunday of the month (MOVIE NIGHT)

Shop Closed on Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Bike Oven shop will be closed tonight. The volunteer crew from the Bike Oven has a bunch of stuff we have to figure out, and tonight is the night to get things settled for next month - which is looking to be a doozy.

You can check out tonight’s meeting agenda or you can check out our Management Meeting Page and bore yourself with the minutia of trying to run a bicycle repair collective

Bike Oven Volunteer Meeting

November 27, 2007
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Bike Oven Regulars Hanging Out Behind the Front Desk

Bike Oven regulars Manny, Brian, and Arthur hanging out behind the front desk on Sunday, November 4, 2007.

Meeting to take place on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 7 p.m.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Meeting Summary

This summary is pretty rough around the edges. It was quickly typed up during our management meeting held on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

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Bike Oven Sign - Installed!

Since opening our doors in our new space in August, a lot about the Bike Oven has changed. Gone are the days of plastic sheets hung down from my old garage door in the winter. The bathroom breaks around the corner of the building are over and done as well - we have a potty at the new Bike Oven location.

Before I get any angry emails: taking a whizz “en plaine aire” has its merits. However, peeing indoors (and out of sight of the neighbors) has its merits as well (i.e. a sink to wash your hands).

All micturating aside, things have changed course in other ways. Our mission statement (if there ever was one) is now getting written down and voted on by our group of core volunteers. We share the space with Sandpaper Books, an alternative book dealership that inherited the space from an artist’s collective calling itself “Flor Y Canto” - so our cultural bona fides are quickly becoming as established as our bicycle repair abilities are.

Anyway, on to the sign, some pictures, and glory …

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Shop Closed Tonight for Volunteer Meeting!

September 24, 2007
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

The Bike Oven will be closed tonight, Monday, September 24, 2007, for a meeting with those who would like to volunteer at the Oven and have a voice in how the place is run.

We’ll be making decisions tonight on the following topics:

  • Benefits and responsibilities for volunteers
  • How we want to run the shop (i.e. signing in clients, collecting donations, paperwork, etc.)
  • Whether or not we‚Äôre going to host a bunch of proposed rides and events
  • and a bunch of other stuff ‚Ķ

For more information, email me at ubrayj02 at yahoo.com or call (310) 902-5439.

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Shop Closed Tonight for Volunteer Meeting!

The Bike Oven will be closed tonight, Monday, September 24, 2007, for a meeting with those who would like to volunteer at the Oven and have a voice in how the place is run.

We’ll be making decisions tonight on the following topics:

  • Benefits and responsibilities for volunteers
  • How we want to run the shop (i.e. signing in clients, collecting donations, paperwork, etc.)
  • Whether or not we’re going to host a bunch of proposed rides and events
  • and a bunch of other stuff …

For more information, email me at ubrayj02 at yahoo.com or call (310) 902-5439.

August 30, 2007 Meeting Summary

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 over 20 people got together at the Bike Oven to help decide the fate of this bicycle repair collective. If you’d like to peer inside their discussion, simply follow the link below. Continue reading ‘August 30, 2007 Meeting Summary’