Bike! Bike! 2009
Bike! Bike! 2009
August 27-August 30, 2009
Bike! Bike! is an international annual conference organized by and for Not-For-Profit bike projects. It takes place in a different city within the United States each year (perhaps it will expand to one of our neighborhoods one day?). This year it will be hosted by the Grease Pit in Minneapolis.
If you have services, housing, or supplies you would like to contribute, or would like to help out in any other way, please fill out our volunteer form and/or send us an e-mail at: bikebike2009 -at- gmail.com.
There will be an assortment of different workshops at Bike! Bike! geared towards helping bike projects better serve their intended communities. There will also be social events to help/encourage projects to netowork. Some things which may (or may not) take place include (but are not by any means limited to): Anti-oppression, Consensus Decision Making, and Working with Kids workshops as well as Spandex Dance Parties, Movies, and Bike Rides.
We appreciate you pre-registering for Bike! Bike! Donations to the conference will be accepted in person during the conference. We are suggesting a donation of $28-$49 as you are able, but also want to encourage anyone who does not have the means to pay for the conference to please feel free to come. Contributions in the form of volunteering during the conference to help with food or workshops are just as valuable as cash donations. We want no-one to be turned away for lack of funds. If you are in a position to be able to pay more, please do so in order to help subsidize the conference as a whole.
We have compiled a list of directions which should get to Bedlam Theatre regardless of how you've traveled into the city.
Schedule
All events take place at Bedlam Theatre unless otherwise noted.
Schedule is also subject to change without notice.
Also, during nearly all workshop slots, and during lunch and breakfast breaks, there is space for people to do impromptu workshops in one of the many spaces we have available.
Thursday, August 27
10am - 6pm - Registraion
3pm - 6pm - Special grease pit open hours for conference goers to tune up their bikes
6pm - Group ride to Sibley Bike Depot
6:30pm - 9pm - Mixer event at Sibley
Friday, August 8
10am - 11am - Breakfast served
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Welding
Conflict Intervention and Mediation
Starting Up a Bike Shop: For Kindergartners
Street Politics
1pm - 2:30pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Workshops:
Welding
Conducting/Facilitating Meetings
Working With At-Risk Youth
Underground Book Keeping
4:30pm - 5pm - break
5pm - 6:30pm
Bike Rides:
If people are so inclined they may go on the critical mass bike ride a this time
Concurrently, for people who do not enjoy critical mass bike rides, there will also be a separate Bike! Bike! bike ride leaving at the same time.
9pm - ??
Events:
At Bedlam Theatre there will be a large dance party.
At the same time there will also be another event taking place at Sisters Camelot for attendees to get to know each other better and network.
Saturday, August 29
10am - 11am - Breakfast served and a brief check in between the organizers and the workshop facilitators to ensure everything is running smoothly.
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Welding
Gender Forum
3 speed hubs
Staying Sane With Kids in the Shop
Conducting/Facilitating Meetings
1pm - 2:30pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Workshops:
Welding
Consensus Decision Making
Youth Programming
Grant Writing/Fundraising
4:30pm - 5pm break
5pm - 7pm
Workshops:
Welding
Anti-oppression -- Race
Freak Bikes
International Bike Projects
Community Networking/Collaboration
7pm - 9pm - Dinner 9pm - ?? - A Bike! Bike! event a Bedlam Theatre, likely involving a movie, live music, and a raffle
Sunday August 30th - TENTATIVE -- A new schedule is being worked out which will inclide a 2 hour workshop slot.
10am - 11am - Breakfast served
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Anti-oppression -- Class
Exploding Bike Culture: We're Not Fucking Special
Running Successful Bike Maintenance Classes
1pm - 2pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4pm - Discusion of Where Bike! Bike! should be held next year/collection of ideas about how to improve the conference. 430pm - 5:30pm - If the shop that is hosting the conference next year is interested, than this will be a discussion between all the past organizers of Bike! Bike! tht are available and the next shop to work with it. We will attempt to pass on much knowledge and experience.