Wednesday April 21st will be the first Bike Pirates annual general meeting.

This meeting will be centered around discussion of current policies and proposed changes to meeting and decision making processes at the shop. We will also give people an update on the work that we have been doing, what community partnerships we have forged, and what our future plans look like.

We will be starting the meeting at 6:30 pm at The Toronto Free Gallery (the hardware store across the street from Pirates) There will be an intermission in the meeting for a Pirate cooked dinner. Feel free to bring anything to turn it into a pot luck!

If you are interested in participating in this important discussion please attend this meeting.

Friday April 23rd @8:30pm
1292 Bloor Street W

Join us for a fun filled night of drama and popcorn staring Kevin Bacon and his road bike.

Film starts at 8:30pm @Bike Pirates 1292 Bloor St. W

The film night is being put on to start awareness of a grand conference on non-profit bike-isms called BikeBIke. We will give informations and ask for support for our international conference held in August 12-15

www.bikebike.orgW

FRIDAY APRIL 9, 7 to 9 p.m.

Bike Pirates (1292 Bloor Street West)(wheelchair accessible)

Panel Discussion: “Anarchism in the 21st Century”

Cindy Milstein is a well-known anarchist and educator. She has been involved with the Institute for Social Ecology in Vermont with Murray Bookchin, as well as the Institute for Anarchist Studies in Montreal. (not confirmed)

Lesley Wood is a longtime anarchist grassroots organizer in Toronto. She is an active member of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, the Toronto Community Mobilization Network against the G8/20, and a Professor at York University.

Karen Emily is an activist and organizer with the Anarchist Black Cross Federation – Toronto, working in support of political prisoners and prisoners of war.

At our February meeting, a committee was formed to try to create an
organizational structure for Bike Pirates. That group presented a
proposed structure at the March meeting. We definitely didn’t
have the kind of time needed for a thorough discussion, and we want to
make sure that everyone in the Bike Pirates community has a chance to
give us feedback before we give the group our final proposal.

There will be a second meeting on Wednesday, April 14th at 7 pm at
Bike Pirates to discuss the proposed structure in more detail.
Everyone is welcome. A copy of the presentation will be available in
the shop at the beginning of our Saturday hours. The presentation is also available here:

• Powerpoint (.ppt)
• PDF

If you want to ask questions or give us feedback, you can email margaret.jean [at] gmail.com or tjsands66 [at] gmail.com

With all of your feedback in hand, we will revise the proposal and bring it to the Bike Pirates AGM, on Wednesday, April 21st at 7pm, where we hope it will be adopted. The AGM is a general meeting open to all members of the Bike Pirates community. More info and an agenda is forthcoming, but we know for sure that there will be a food element.

Ok kids, there are 3 reasons why we will close the shop early –

unbelievably bad weather (i.e. 3 feet of snow)
very sick volunteers (i.e. no one is able to open the shop)
Dramatic restructuring and in-shop construction.

…okay okay there are 4 reasons.
an historic birthday party! Like tonight’s bicycle-related 18 kegs birthday party.

Sorry folks. It looks like we will be closing at FIVE PM tonight, rather than seven. Let your friends know. take the opportunity to go for a beautiful evening ride!

Break out your puff paint, bedazzlers, and DIY spirit! Bike Pirates’ first craft night is happening Friday, March 19th at 7:30 pm.

BYO Craft supplies and Beverages.
Homemade snacks! Tea!
Mini-workshop on making jewelry out of bike parts!

Crafts do not have to be bike-related.

Bike Pirates is a fully accessible space.