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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)