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Meeting notes 12/3/18

Volunteers: Holly, Stephen, Michael, Forrest, Kyle, Jaybird, Casey, Justin, Will, Travis, Randy, Chrisser, Aleska, Sarah J, Sheila, Sangre, Kiska, Franko, Jeremiah, Jamie,

Treasurers report:

Volunteer schedule:

OLD BIZ:

-Jaybird ordered a new screen

-Maybe we will get a double sink in the back. YES WE WILL

-Parts washer – $190ish / are we interested?? YES.

– Last week’s class: It went great 4 total people. Went great! Lets plan some more simple classes.

-BIKE MONTH (FEB) : Bike ride from Off The Chain to Trek Store for First friday event, Global winter bike to work day station, Fur Rhondy Big Fat Bike Ride  (we can set up a station at westchester), MOVIE NIGHT! Cycling film fest from PDX hosted at a local location

-Bungee / WE MADE A NEW DANGER BUNGEE

NEW BIZ:

-January 20th @ the Curling club at 4pm in Government Hill. Bring your Gym shoes to keep the ice clean.

• The Major – We got a thank you for an event. There are some photos to share to social media
• NICE BIKES – Salsa Mukluks – Nominating Holly to get one of these new bikes. All were in favor.

Meeting Notes

Date: 11/5/18

Attendendance: Holly, Michael, Kyle, Jaybird, Randy, Stephen, Will

Treasurer’s Report: $$$ from Pick.Click.Give (new 7% charge to maintain sustainibility of the program), Jaybird and Holly Are going to do Thank You Cards.

Volunteer Update:

OLD BUSINESS:

Class by Will — Bike Mechanics 101 (6 person class). 11/27/18

NEW BUSINESS:

–Winter Bike Week – Kyle will be there 11/24 (5:30-7) will be there to take notes and coordinate OTC’s part in Winter Bike to work day

-Winter Volunteer party // Possibly at the curling club on a Sunday in December

-New Banner Design Holly is working on will be done soon!!

-Michael’s reminders:

Please don’t leave bikes on the stands after your shift! It’s a lot harder to open the shop when there’s no free stands.

Bike Pricing –  A lot of bikes in the shop / Should be have a sale? Christmas towne? Donate some bikes?

Bike Storage – Possible off site location (can get complicated)

Shop Log – We used to do a shop log to keep everyone on the same page. Maybe we should have a shop notebook again. EDIT: New Captain’s log by money box

Sales Log – All bikes must be logged

-Printing Shirts – LETS DO IT

Attendance: Sarah J, Forrest, Brian, Will, Holly, Michael, Jaybird, Stephen, Kyle, Franco

Volunteer Update:

Sunday- covered / closed easter

Wednesday- covered

Thursday- covered

Treasurer’s report: We’re all good in the hood

Old Business:

Will’s APU Class – Cait is going to cover it 10:30-12:30am @ OTC 4/6/18

Pick Click Give – Application in

Elaine – bike tune up classes in schools and camps in town 4/28

New Business:

Walmart Midtown – Wants us to do a bike rodeo

Disc Brake Price: $3 rotor $5 caliper BB7 should go to gold pile

ELECTIONS!!!!

President: Holly H HILL

President of Vice: Brian LINDAMOOD DUDE

Secretary: Jaybird RULEZ

Treasurer: Sarah to the JAY

Volunteer Coordinator: Will Criner / Little Bill

Outreach Coordinator: Kyle K Willy KIDDA

Member at Large: Forrest Lump

Board Meeting: Are we using the revised Handbook 3/26 Possible meeting for revised handbook.

Attendance: Sarah J, Forrest, Brian, Will, Holly, Michael, Jaybird, Stephen, Kyle, Franco

Volunteer Update:

Sunday- covered / closed easter

Wednesday- covered

Thursday- covered

Treasurer’s report: We’re all good in the hood

Old Business:

Will’s APU Class – Cait is going to cover it 10:30-12:30am @ OTC 4/6/18

Pick Click Give – Application in

Elaine – bike tune up classes in schools and camps in town 4/28

New Business:

Walmart Midtown – Wants us to do a bike rodeo

Disc Brake Price: $3 rotor $5 caliper BB7 should go to gold pile

ELECTIONS!!!!

President: Holly H HILL

President of Vice: Brian LINDAMOOD DUDE

Secretary: Jaybird RULEZ

Treasurer: Sarah to the JAY

Volunteer Coordinator: Will Criner / Little Bill

Outreach Coordinator: Kyle K Willy KIDDA

Member at Large: Forrest Lump

Board Meeting: Are we using the revised Handbook 3/26 Possible meeting for revised handbook.

Attendence: Michael, Will, Kyle, Forrest, Stephen, Sarah, Holly

Volunteer Shifts: Shifts covered

Old Business:

-Bike month:

-bike jam – february 28th (sound system either generator and PA or build battery system)

-need fliers made for bike jam event

-trail tales 2/8 and world bike touring event at museum 2/1- cait telling a story

-Will hosting a table at museum event

-bins – make sure small recycling parts get into small containers

-Bike!bike! At 9/30/18

-ladies night – ongoing discussion of changing the night of ladies night

-field trip planned with chugiak Will – we are invited to ride the new mirror lake trails in March – public welcome, no rides offered

New Business:

-difficult volunteer discussion

-confusion over purchase of a new bike that was left at shop despite our policy of no storing bikes.

-be familiar with and emphasize rules of the shop

-communication is key with volunteers that are difficult to deal with

-any questions on how to deal with difficult or hostile shop users?

-can bikes leave the shop unpaid for? – no

-can bikes be stored here once sold? – no

-if things get uncomfortable call another volunteer and if necessary the police

-use “off the chain” when discussing rules and practices instead of your own name

-discussion of current handbook and its rules and ideas in new provision

-please pass on any pertinent information about altercations to next shift manager

-tell new volunteers to read the handbook for shop credit!!

-retreat planned in march to finish revision of handbook

-tire raffle – we might do one

-bulk price list suggested – lists of parts at cost to better inform pricing bikes built to sell

-maybe use half the “for sale” price to estimate bulk price

-giving studded tires to forrest instead of raffling

-bikebike fundraiser ideas: raffle?

Attendence: Jaybird, Holly, Will, Kyle, Stephen,forrest

Volunteer Shifts: Closed 11/23 & 11/24 for Thanksgiving. All Over shifts covered.

Old Business:

No Business

New Business:

-Planning a Bike Jam hosted by OTC for Winter Bike Month in February. Kyle is collaborating with Bike Anchorage to promote the event.

-Christmas Towne – Left Messages that we have more bikes to pick up.

-Turn on the fan to circulate the heat in the shop and make sure to turn it down before you leave to cut costs.

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10/2/17

Shifts: all covered

Attendance: Will, Franko, Stephen, Kyle, Brian, Forrest, Michael, Jaybird, Jake (new) , holly, Jamie
Old Business:
The Stripper Station is all ready to roll, Thanks Will!, appropriate tools are labeled in yellow on the “strip bin” near the back of the shop.
If you want to tag a bike with a red tag indicated to strip, PLEASE put as many details as possible on the bikes.
Please make sure to also try and tag yellow tags with as much info you can.
Let’s start dating and initialing incoming bikes to try and keep track a little better of bikes that are not being bought
Christmas town – Looking for children’s bikes, bikes that need some work and other children bicycle accessories. Please label accordingly. Courtney will pick up bikes because they have a lot of storage! Kids bikes from ages 5-18 years. Tentative plan is to give them from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Ideally bikes that retail (OTC standards) $80 or below.
New Business:
UAA Bike Club – There’s interest in starting a new bicycle club back at UAA. Lots of students don’t have access to bikes but have interest but no resources. – Talked about old uaa bike club stuff. – Looking for more of an advocacy group – more bike racks, accessible routes, safety.
-Bike-Angel – A mentorship with more experienced riders with less experienced riders. Helping with even the smallest things like where to get a fender or nice rain jacket to buy / borrow.

BUILD UP BIKES – First priority! Please and thank you.
Mountain Bike Summit 10/6 & 10/7 Alaska Trails is throwing this for mainly trail construction, rides and community. Registration is online. Opportunity to advertise, Kyle is on it.
Build-a-bike-program – Holly / Kyle are going to head this.
LEMON BIKES – When bikes keep returning that were previously purchased at OTC. Maybe being a little easier on trading if needed.
Bike!Bike! To do’s: Chain Hanger, Handbook, Labeling/Organising, signage, Hands off training tools
Pricing Gold items – 30% of suggested retails.
Price list in the back now!

MEETING NOTES 9/4/17

Attendence: Holly, Will, Sarah, Jamie, Forrest, Jaybird

Old Biz:

What to strip off your bike training- put detailed strip instructions on red tags for volunteers.

Secretary Position vote: Jaybird Is taking over until next election in February.

New Biz:

New QBP order came in – ALL IS GOOD

Post Bike!Bike! Recap meeting 9/14 8:30 N Street

NEW SHIRTS! $15 for shirts(volunteers do 1 hour for free shirts), $40 for Hoodies ($15 dollars for volunteers)
Shirt Display ideas???

Credit Union change to a business account to make it more accessible to everyone. Maybe switching to Alaska USA over Denali Credit Union – Post pone till Sarah gets back from vacation.

Recycling – Forrest is on it.