Please note that this is the first round of open houses and more of an introduction to the project. Rest assured, for the next round of Open Houses, we will use all of the noted methods of communication mentioned above in order to get the word out as early as possible. Sarah
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 6:16 PM, India Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin et al, > > Bikies is not official, but in my estimation, it does give a decent pulse > readout for what is going on with regards to bike infrastructure around > Madison. > > If I wanted people in Madison to hear about something, I would try to get > the information out to the city, out to Bikies, the Bike Fed, and to the > neighborhood list serves. Who reads the DNR project website? Apparently > not the folks who are the unofficial amplification signal for Madison's > bike-related events. The DNR and other state/county agencies that may have > a connection lurking here could use this as an easy lesson learned for the > future and from now on they can post to their own website as well as send a > very simple press release to some of the official and unofficial > organizations that spread the word about bicycle infrastructure in and > around Madison. > > For example, just today I have received a notice about the May 26-28 Cap > City Trail closure from: Arthur Ross (official), Robbie Webber (not > official, but very reliable), Bikies (again, not official, but on top of > it), MBIIC (not official, but timely), and Bike Madison (official). I > have now posted this closure to my Nextdoor neighborhood social network, > and I will also post it to my neighborhood association list serve. > > That's my seven cents. > india > > > > WeAreAllMechanics.com > [email protected] > > Stay connected- Follow WAAM on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/We.Are.All.Mechanics> > > *"How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" * > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Harald Kliems <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Work schedule permitting, I'll attend at least part of the open house and >> try to write up a blog post so that people at least know what's going on >> and can provide input to DNR in written form. >> >> Harald. >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:48 PM Grant Foster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I try hard to stay connected to all things bike-related and the first I >>> heard of it was yesterday via the Bike Fed email. I would have liked to >>> attend, but am unable to accommodate with such short notice. >>> >>> I get that bikies isn't an official communication channel, but a day or >>> two notice is probably all most of us got for Madison's open house. Posting >>> notice to the DNR website is probably not the most effective avenue to >>> spread the word to interested parties. I share Larry's disappointment that >>> something this big wasn't communicated out moire effectively. >>> >>> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:51 PM Kevin Luecke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Larry: >>>> >>>> The DNR project website has had the meeting dates up since late April ( >>>> http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/trails/bikeways.html) and the DNR press >>>> release that Sarah referenced is dated May 5, so notice has been out for a >>>> while. >>>> >>>> As I recently noted in the thread about West Washington, Bikies is a >>>> great resource, but is not an official communication tool of any government >>>> agency! >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Larry D Nelson <[email protected]> >>>> To: Sarah Gaskell <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:21:30 -0500 >>>> Subject: Re: [Bikies] WI State Bikeways Project Open House >>>> Wow! 26 hours notice for meeting as important as this! Totally >>>> unacceptable. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On May 20, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Sarah Gaskell < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> http://dnr.wi.gov/news/Weekly/article/?id=3287 >>>> -- >>>> Sarah Gaskell, APBP >>>> *Planning Manager* >>>> Wisconsin Bike Fed >>>> 409 East Main Street, Suite 203 >>>> Madison WI 53703 >>>> (608) 709-2943 - PLEASE NOTE THE NEW NUMBER >>>> www.wisconsinbikefed.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Kevin [email protected] <[email protected]>* >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bikies mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bikies mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > -- Sarah Gaskell, APBP *Planning Manager* Wisconsin Bike Fed 409 East Main Street, Suite 203 Madison WI 53703 (608) 709-2943 - PLEASE NOTE THE NEW NUMBER www.wisconsinbikefed.org
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