Bikes, Dar, A couple of corrections. The 501(c)(3) was attained in 1996 shortly after Jeanne took the helm of BFW in July of 1996. I probably still have Mike Barrett's e-mail announcing Jeanne's arrival to the bikies list.
Mark -- Mark N. Shahan ------ __o 607 Piper Drive ------- _`<,_ Madison, WI 53711-1338 ---- (*)/ (*) (608) 274-9367 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Dar Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bill Sell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This > argument -- just what I "need" The world is rotten enough > without getting in the heads of bicyclists. > > I need perspective. I hope I can ask a few questions that give me > just that. I believe I've been a BFW member about 5 years or so. > Stuff I don't know, but have a feeling are important in this election. > > When was BFW founded? > Debated...but probably around 1989. Got 501(c)(3) in 1995 > > > What years experienced the fastest growth? > >From 1995 to 2002 under Jeanne Hoffman, it grew from $20,000 budget to > $200,000 budget and from 200 members to 2,000 (handy numbers, huh...how > they're all 2's...Jeanne did that on purpose). I (Dar) started August 2002. > Things grew steadily 2002-2005. Peak year the budget was > something like $350,000 I think...I've forgotten the exact number...that was > 2005. In 2006 there was a significant and unexpected down turn in income...I > don't know the final number on income...but it was a big loss for the year. > Expenses were level with 2005. > The 990 for 2006 has not yet been published online (probably not submitted > yet). It is public data, though. The 990s for past years are all > online...though you might have to have a login to view them. > > So the weird thing was that 2005 was the best year ever and 2006 had a loss. > It didn't become apparent that was going to happen until about mid-2006 and > then some big contracts were delayed and then it was too late to fix. > > On balance...if you take finances from 1995 through 2006 and add them all > together, BFW made more money than it lost over that period I believe, though. > > How large is the staff? > Currently there is 5 full time staff as far as I know (one of those might be > part time)...perhaps a couple of part timers too > > At peak there were about 7.5 FTE and, and with 2007's contracts, it was on > track to grow...if the "grant/contract flow" problem hadn't of happened in > 2006. > > How many members today? > In January there was about 2,800 members...growth in a given year was about > an average net 400 members...so they are probably pushing 3,000 by now. > > What is the annual budget for operations? > See above...no idea what it is this year...they were awarded a couple of big > contracts for 2007...so the bottom line probably looks pretty good for 2007. > If the timing had been a little different on just one of those, 2006 probably > would have been fine too. > > When did the staff recently experience a high growth rate, or was it gradual? > There was one (or less) staff until around 1997-1998...then 2-3 until 2002, > when it started to increase more quickly (starting when Chuck Strawser was > hired in October 2001) to that peak of 7.5 FTE in 2005. People were always > added 1 or 2 at a time though...there was never any huge jump. BFW has > always run very lean. > > OPINION > What in your opinion is the most significant BFW success in the past 5 years? > Ironically, it is possibly that funding in the state budget may be > restored..still pending, of course. Beyond that...just raising the profile > of bicycling...building a voice for bicyclists so that media calls BFW when > something happens instead of refusing to return BFW's phone calls. Having > bicyclists become a constituency that have an effect on what DOT or DNR or > police or other establishments do or say. Building the seat at the table. > And having the ability to activate well-informed members statewide to > grassroots action. > > Uh...like the membership is doing now. > > What conflict resolution is built into the BFW -- Whether for staff > or members.... If your answer is "none" then: what kind of conflict > resolution would you like to see? > None. It is a good question. I think lack of communication is the whole > ball of wax. If people would just talk to each other, then we could call it > a day. > > For those of us who are not part of the current argument, and maybe > find the exploding accusations troubling, it would greatly help if we > were allowed to focus in on the larger picture. From that point > onward we might have some questions about current discussions. > > If any of this information is private to the BFW, I would receive it > discretely as a member. > > thanks > Bill Sell > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. > "Let us put our minds together, and see what life we will make for > our children." ---Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) --- Hunkpapa Lakota chief > > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (1) > Reply (via web post) | Start a new > topic > Messages | Files > | Photos | Links | Database > | Polls | Members | Calendar > To Post a message, > send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > format to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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