2. What labor may I provide to put the shop in working order?

3. Why can’t we move into City Hall? Kevin was able to get in? that was even before the election.

As many of you know, UC Davis Student housing has issued an eviction notice to the Davis Bike Church. You can find plenty of information about the situation in the attached press release on our Davis Wiki page, or by contacting the ministry by email. We’re writing to ask you to speak out against the eviction and to express your support for the Bike Church by encouraging the UC Davis Administration to recognize the value of Bike Church in our community and to work collaboratively with us to find permanent resolutions to their concerns. Here are a few ways you can help:

· Join the 70+ others in our community who have sent personal emails to UC Davis Student Housing

Use the letter copied below and add your own statements of support

Send your email to: jchu…@ucdavis.edu; bmpe…@ucdavis.edu ; ecga…@ucdavis.edu; few…@ucdavis.edu; bike…@gmail.com. These are mostly Student Housing administrators.

· Sign the online petition which we’ll deliver to UC Davis Administrators later this week http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveDBC/petition.html.

· Join the Facebook group to stay connected and hear the latest news: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2484976956&ref=ts

· Rally! Meet at the Bike Church Thursday at 2:00pm and stand with us in support as we deliver our response to Student Housing’s notice of eviction

· Spread the word and encourage others to speak up as well. Send this call to action out widely. Let the Administration know how important the Bike Church is to our community.

· Personally contact anyone else you think you could voice your concern to.

· Join with the Bike Church and Davis Bicycles! on November 19th at 7:00pm in the Domes Community Center for a community meeting to envision ideas and options for a permanent bicycle cooperative in Davis.

· Keep riding your bike, and visit the Church Wednesday and Saturday 12-6pm for our regular open hours.

Sincerely,

The Ministry

USE THE FOLLOWING TEXT AS A BASE FOR YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL TO UC DAVIS ADMINISTRATORS

SEND YOUR EMAIL TO: jchu…@ucdavis.edu; bmpe…@ucdavis.edu; ecga…@ucdavis.edu; few…@ucdavis.edu; bike…@gmail.com

Dear UC Davis Administrators,

The Davis Bike Church has served us, the Davis and UC Davis community, for four years as a unique repository for tools, recycled parts, and knowledge about bicycles. During that time, thousands of us have been empowered through education received at the Bike Church. It is for this reason that we are troubled by the sudden eviction of the Bike Church from the University campus. Though we understand the concerns expressed about the Bike Church, we are thoroughly disappointed by Student Housing Administration’s unwillingness to work constructively toward viable resolutions. UC Davis as a proud history of fostering the roots of unique community service organizations; consider the Experimental College, Craft Center, KDVS, the Bike Barn, Outdoor Adventures, and Unitrans as examples. It saddens us to see the current UC Davis Housing Administration snuff the efforts of an emerging group of volunteers proving a valuable community service. We respectfully request that Student Housing, and other appropriate departments of the University, spend the time and effort necessary to allow Bike Church volunteers to comply with University regulations and thus continue to serve the community for years to come.

In the eviction notice sent to the Bike Church, Student Housing expressed several concerns which we believe are easy to resolve if the University staff would only communicate and collaborate with the Bike Church volunteers. Concerns about liability have already been solved by such organizations as the Craft Center, and it would be simple to implement a similar waiver system. Environmental Health and Safety concerns have been addressed since Student Housing first began to press the issue, and the efforts of Bike Church volunteers need only the review, additional guidance and approval from University Environmental Health and Safety experts. Fire Department concerns can be solved through communication and cooperation in implementing modern fire prevention. Monetary transactions of other campus organizations have been structured and regulated, and certainly clear guidance from University officials would allow the Bike Church to operate according to necessary accounting policy. Student Housing’s concern about the Bike Church serving non-student community members in a location near student housing seems unfounded since the EC gardens, with an equally immediate proximity to the Domes, has a long standing history of serving people from throughout the community. Lastly, the Domes community approved and supported the Bike Church from its inception and continues to express clear and strong support for the Bike Church activities.

We implore the UC Davis administration to stay true to their public service, educational, and environmental promises by taking the time to work collaboratively with this grass-roots community service project, rather than pretentiously brushing it aside. The Bike Church volunteers provide education and a welcoming community for bicyclists, filling a niche that is neglected by other campus programs. Losing this organization may seem small compared to more pressing administrative concerns, but it would be a sad blow to the base of the UC Davis community and would reflect a lack of University support for community building, public service, and sustainability.

Sincerely,

Jason Moore
Minister, Davis Bike Church
PhD Student, MAE, UC Davis
Fulbright Scholar, TU Delft, Netherlands
http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~biosport/jkm/