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Attendance:¶
- Collective council: Scott Kowalski (facilitator), Ned Schmidgal, Will Wedler
- Members: Tom Anderson (treasurer), Jeremy D’Souza, Justin Thakar (notes)
(others? refer to full list…)
Who’s new on council¶
- Gregg LaFace and Angela Urban
- (Jeremy withdrew from consideration this term; remains involved though!)
Electric¶
- Gregg was waiting on Scott to see if CJ wanted Union or Non-Union; CJ never responded to Scott so…
Gregg now has go-ahead to do RFPs to electrician friends How to run this meeting¶
- Make sure we take 5 minutes at the end to review action items and do follow-up
Schedule next meeting¶
December 20th 10am at RR Donnelley, 218 N. Braddock Ave. (confirm w/Jeff R.)Internet¶
- $60/mo for Verizon
Scott commits to getting internet working in the shop definitely a month from now, hopefully much sooner Missing Keys¶
- Tom has extra keys for register
Scott will buy new locks at Home Depot after meeting Charities¶
- Kraynicks asked for bikes, so did Lizzie’s; definitely have to be in working order at Kraynicks; will give to Lizzie’s first and whatever’s leftover for Kraynicks
- Brian Sink – doesn’t need more bikes from Free Ride for free
- Storage for more bikes—long term possibility
- Kids bikes with Lizzy’s (…)
Jeremy will:
* get refugee contacts from Ned
* pick only from the floor for more kids bikes
* talk Jack Lebow by Wednesday and...
* (if Jack doesn't come through) will talk to Kraynicks Raffle Winner¶
- Give a certificate for $100 store credit
Scott will send certificate to Will;
Will will send certificate to email contact of winner Volunteers/Staff update¶
- A staffer did not know how to sell a bike; be more careful in giving out keys
- Tess has been shadowing (has an accounting background!)
- Jordan’s been shadowing
- Winter will be easy to staff
Tuesday EAB¶
- ONLY Volunteers working on their own EAB
- 7-9pm, 7-10pm.
- Sunday afternoon may boost attendance
- Try to get volunteer mechanics; make sure they’re not working on theirs
Jeremy will:
* create an EAB list,
* find out how many people are coming,
* staff it,
* hold it next Sunday Youth Night & background checks¶
- Jeremy talked to lawyer; we need a permission slip, need clearances, is a pain to acquire them,
- Bringing a parent and signing a waiver is not a suitable alternative for most kids
- To be a guardian need to know the parents
- Permission slip wording should be changed… (tabled)
Ned’s Youth Open House proposal
- Jeremy wants volunteers only — should help with clearance hurdles
December 4th first Youth Night – Jeremy will staff Community Bicycle program (tabled)¶
More frequent decision-making meetings¶
New bike rack¶
- Go in with PCCR & The Space Upstairs?
- Ask CJ about sinking the rack in the sidewalk
- Ask BikePGH for racks for cheaper
Scott will talk to CJ mgmt. about that (& electric) 
