[YellowBike] Re: Yellow Bikes

[aaron]

hi kim.

i'm sending this email to the yellowbike email list as well, in case 
anyone has thoughts for you.

there's a lot of information at http://www.communitybike.org/

there's some info about our program at http://bike.hampshire.edu

basically, what we have is a free bike program, where we get about 1000 
dollars per semester to buy parts, and every week we have bike work 
parties to fix the broken bikes. the system is far from perfect. bikes 
are stolen vigorously. they're trashed frequently. if i were to try to 
break the bikes like they get broken sometimes, i'm not sure that i 
could be that creative.

the program is about many things. it's about providing bikes for the 
community to ride. it's also about the community that we build though 
coming together to learn about fixing bikes.

what are your questions? i would love to help you out.

-aaron


On Thursday, November 11, 2004, at 11:45  PM, Kimberly Jane DePasquale 
wrote:

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>
> --
> Aaron,
>
> Hi! I am a student at the University of Vermont and we are trying to 
> start a
> yellow bike program here.  I heard from a friend that you started or 
> are in
> charge of a similar program and Hampshire and was wondering if you 
> would mind
> us talking to you about how it works (we have a lot of questions).   
> Thanks so much.
>
> Kim DePasquale
>