Querencia Community Bike Shop

Collective Council Meeting
May 31, 2009

Minutes

In attendance:

I. Call to Order

II. Volunteer Log

• Pass around and log hours: email to Kati
• Log hours from the following week also (did not log hours at last meeting)
• Name, Date, Event, # of hours for each event

III. Approval of the Agenda

• Additions to Agenda

IV. Approval of Previous Minutes

• No minutes from last meeting

V. Ongoing Business

• Event Update
• Querencia Bike Benefit
• People in attendance
• 70 bikes valeted
• Additions to contact list: 12 people
• estimated net profit = ~$1700
• T Shirt Sales: report
• One Collective Council bamboo shirt remaining (who's is it?)
• Collect $12 for Bamboo shirts from Collective Council members
• Thank you to all Participating Bands
• Sarah Jaffe
• Slow Burners
• Boxcar Bandits
• Chris Flemmons
• Thank you to all Participating Businesses who made donations
• Bluebonnet Bicycle
• Bicycle Path
• Bullzeye Bicycle
• Banter Cafe
• Recycled Books
• Circa 77
• The Cupboard
• Little Guys Movers
• Dan’s Silverleaf
• Jupiter House
• Squid Ink Kollective: shirts/ poster screenprinter
• Margaret McMillian: shirt/ poster artist
• Thank you to all the volunteers who baked goods and staffed the tables and bike valet
• Thank you to everyone who came out to support Querencia
• Kati Recommends: Thank you letter to all donors including information of amount raised and # of people in attendance
• Howard will write thank-you letter this week
  
• Grant Search
• Letter to potential grant opportunities
• Wish List Google Doc progress
• Group brainstorms and adds to list
• Research Grant availability
• Space Search
• Letter to potential donors: Kati will compose letter to Jim Engelbrecht
• Will bring to next meeting
• Group brainstorms.  
• June 6^th Community Ride: 1 week away
• Devin motions to move ride time to 11AM, Nic seconds
• Remington’s Birthday Ride?
• Howard volunteers to make flyer
• Trailer Work Day
• Sunday Shop Day: Report
• Devin and Kati report good shop day, David and Nate worked on 2 potential GreenBikes, John Swenson finished a bike, Luis contacted somebody who may still have green paint from past QCBS use. 
• Project: make canvas mat or peg board with tool outline
• Buy project materials [canvas or peg board and paint]
• tabled until next meeting, group suggests perhaps Eric Uphoff might want to run project, has sewing experience.  
• Shop Info Binder, Nic and Daniel in progress, Howard will ask YBP for their recently completed manual.  

VI. New Business

• Kati was approached by Dan Cook of the Campus Christian Center (CCC) and asked if Querencia would like to participate in an Event on Saturday, September 12^th called A Home for the Homeless
• They are interested in our group fixing bikes or donating bikes at the event
• The event includes care and support for the homeless in Denton in a variety of ways including: hair wash and cuts, job support from TX Workforce and Express Temp agency, and a meal.
• We have worked with a group associated with the CCC before called Seeds of Change by working on bikes at a local homeless shelter. 
• Group agrees to respond that Querencia is interested in helping but can't yet commit particulars.
• Howard brings up ideas of bike rodeos with police department and coordination of Essay Bike program.  Howard will contact DPD and YBP about how they organize such events.
• Howard also brings up idea of doing commuter-basics class with DPD for city employees.  
• Howard will contact DPD about idea. 
  

VII. Steering Committee Reports

VIII. Review tasks/duties of volunteers to be completed before next meeting

IV. Announcements

IX. Round Table

X. Adjournment