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Participants include:

• Plan B (hosts)
• Recycle Ithaca's Bikes
• Recycle-a-Bike (Providence, RI)
• Pedal Power
• Troy Bike Rescue
• BICAS
• The Grease Pit
• Neighborhood Bike Works
• Derailer Bike Collective
• North Portland Bike Works
• dead or (A)live bicycle collective
• Austin Yellow Bike Project

On May 14 through 16, Plan B will be hosting Bike! Bike!, a gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana for and about community bike workshops (Read a press release).

Events will be held at Plan B and The Green Project. Thanks to the GP for the use of their space.

Who should come?
Bike! Bike! is open to anyone who works in or starting up a community bike workshop, or even is interested in the idea of one. There is no fee to attend, but please contact us (see below) if you're planning on showing up.

Okay, what's a community bike workshop?
We're using the term to mean a refer to an organization that maintains a facility that is used for bicycle repair in some non-commercial sense, for example: teaching youth or the general public about bike maintenance, or rebuilding older bikes and making them available cheaply or free. See the list of participants to the left for some examples.

Workshops/discussion topics:
We will be discussing lots of topics important to community bike work, including:

• financial issues (fundraising, accounting, getting by on low/no budget)
• community issues (outreach, combatting sexism, teaching techniques)
• technical stuff (low-budget tools, clever repair tricks)
• and more.. Here's a tentative schedule

Other Activities:
Plan B will be hosting a few social events, such as a group bike ride and a pool party with DJs. And of course, there's always a lot to see and do in New Orleans, especially if you're on a bike.

Getting involved:
The schedule above is still tentative and, to an extent, flexible. We've been encouraging attendees to participate in planning how the weekend goes. People from all over the country have participated in an e-mail list to discuss what events and workshops they'd like to see happen in May. You can still get involved in the discussion. Find out how at the mailing list info page. Additionally, you can read the archives of the list discussion thus far.

Housing:
Plan B volunteers and friends will be providing some free housing to Bike! Bike! attendees. If you are sure you will be attending and would like to find out about housing,

Contact and RSVP:
For more information, please join the mailing list, or .

You can also call Yoni Mazuz at 504 822 1811, or John Gerken at 504 821 6721.

If you're sure you're coming, please go to this page to let us know the details.