Everyone, At tonight's meeting, please welcome Angelo - "Akron's Bicycling Angel" - in my book - a living legend.
I am writing this email to set the stage for everyone so that regardless of whether I make tonight's meeting or not, you all know about him. *My thoughts:* I used to work at the Akron Global Business Accelerator<http://www.akronaccelerator.com/>building and used to chat with Angelo at Summit Cycling Center <http://summitcycling.org/>, which is right outside TinyCircuits <http://tiny-circuits.com/>. At that time I was interested in learning about how tricycles worked. There is another location <http://summitcycling.org/locations/> his organization maintains at Lock3 called the Bike Kitchen. Here is a short video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y4DjHde0b4> about the Bike Kitchen specifically, thanks to the Akronist. A few days ago, I called Angelo and learned something that made me sad. Summit Cycling Center is looking to change their focus and moving Angelo's selection of tools over to the Bike Kitchen is not in their plan. At the Canal Place <http://www.canalplace.com/> location, Angelo for the past many years has maintained a workshop of sorts where he has the ability to build a bicycle, restore broken bicycles, even provide a way for those interested in buying a bicycle to volunteer their time at the Summit Cycling Center for one. He stands for any endeavors that include "human powered<https://www.google.com/search?q=human+powered>" component, whether they be bikes, trikes, unicycles, boats, planes etc etc. Literally think Wright brothers here. I call him a legend because of his knowledge of bicycles specifically. Through Summit Cycling Center, he has helped countless people appreciate bicycling in Akron. Angelo informed me that at his 900 sq ft workshop at Canal Place, in the shortest term: - he has a lot of stuff in his shop that he would like to sell by the end of this summer so he can vacate the premises. - after selling some of his belongings, he would like to complete a few pending projects in the space left behind so he can earn some income. - Using this income, he wishes to retire - in a grand way - make a trip from Akron, Ohio to Italy on a human powered device (think trike with a trailer) through East Coast to Norway to Europe (yea, pretty cool!) on a trike with a trailer that he will construct! When he asked me: 'Can I use tools at Synhak to build things I need for my journey', I said definitely! Understand that Angelo has been collecting bicycling related materials for a very long time. Also, he has until the end of this summer to vacate the premises. This basically means that he needs all the help he can get. If you can help him spread the word about him to your friends and family, that would be great. I'm pretty sure within City of Akron limits and beyond there's got to be other people who need the tools Angelo has in his workshop for sale. Well, I'm hopeful for it anyway. Angelo is a fitting profile of a maker who has been practicing his craft for a very long time and is now needing some extra help. I hope we can all welcome him tonight and that Angelo can work on completing his projects at Synhak, who knows some of his bicycle repair knowledge might come in handy some day. Regards, -- G | Gaurav Narain Saxena | (330) 283 - 4972 | gsvolt.wordpress.com | @gsvolt I am a Board Member at SYN/HAK <http://www.synhak.org/>: The Akron Hackerspace located at 48 S Summit St Akron Ohio 44308<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48+S+Summit+St+Akron+Ohio+44308> I am providing technical consulting services to Sherwin-Williams<http://www.sherwin-williams.com/> on behalf of Bennett Adelson <http://www.bennettadelson.com/> (Microsoft Solution Center) located at 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44131<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=6050+Oak+Tree+Blvd,+Cleveland,+Ohio+44131> I have also been providing solutions to non-trivial problems other businesses may have through my company Whiskey Bits LLC located in Portage Lakes, Ohio Learn more about things I have created by reading my About page<http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/about-2/> on my blog <http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Phong <ph...@synhak.org> wrote: > Ni hao, hakkers! > > Your friendly hackerspace robot Phong here, reminding everyone about > tonight's meeting: > > https://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/2014-4-15 > > It is at 7 PM, at 48 South Summit. Please visit the wiki for more > information. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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