It would be nicer if they were donated, yes, but I can imagine why BG would be somewhat annoyed after coming to the realization that spending most of his life as a (really good) framebuilder and $2.50 is worth a cup of drip coffee at Starbucks.
-david parsons On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:21:45 AM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > > If he can’t sell the bikes, he should consider donating them. There are > probably a few tall people out there in need of transportation who could > use a serviceable bicycle. Much better than having them scrapped. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On May 23, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Evan Baird <vanst...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > We've got a group of people together to discuss the best framework to use. > If you have experience setting up a nonprofit, coop or b corp I encourage > you to send me your email and I'll add you to the group. If you think Bruce > is messing around maybe you're right, or maybe you don't actually know him > very well. The way he put it to me is he can't ride them, so if nobody > wants them badly enough to pay up then fuck it. I honestly don't care what > happens as long as Bruce gets what he deserves, which is respect, dignity > and a comfortable retirement. If you have 250,000 I would say it's a > bargain. > > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 9:37:16 AM UTC-7, Julian Westerhout wrote: >> >> My response to this on the Boblist (for those who don't follow both): >> >> Evan, >> >> Do you have an actual business plan beyond hoping others give you enough >> $ to buy his bikes? Aside from his cool bike collection and the relatively >> minimal value of his tools, the value of the business IS Bruce Gordon. He >> has been struggling for the past few years -- what makes you think that >> once he is gone folks will flock to learn how to build bikes from a >> "museum" with his name on it but with no other connection? Who are your >> master builder/instructors? How many people do you imagine would pay to see >> his collection? How much would it cost you to keep the doors open? >> >> Your claim that he is threatening to recycle all of his collection >> instead of sell it piece by piece is indicative of the problem. That's >> irrational -- if he really was so low energy, he could engage someone else >> to sell it for him. If he cannot even manage that what sort of >> support/guidance will he provide as you attempt to succeed at pushing a >> BG-less BG Cycles? >> >> What happens to the $$ you are raising if you are not successful in >> getting the $250,000 you're asking for? You're using GoFundMe, which allows >> withdrawals of any and all monies collected, regardless of success of >> drive. If you don't raise the full amount, will you and Norma keep the >> funds raised? Refund your donors? Donate the funds to BG? Are you using an >> escrow service? >> >> As you plan on being a museum/educational facility, have you looked into >> the laws associated with doing so? Will you be a 501(C)3? How will you be >> structured? You're making a big ask -- perhaps you'd like to share more on >> your plans and what you've developed so far. >> >> Julian Westerhout >> Bloomington, Il >> >> On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:40:21 PM UTC-5, Evan Baird wrote: >>> >>> Cross Post from BOB >>> >>> >>> >>> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
