Hi All, I'm Evan's partner, Norma. I've skimmed through this and see lots of questions regarding the business side of things, especially what exactly happens if/when we reach our goal so decided to jump in, since that's my area of expertise.
Whether or not we reach the goal, the money is going to Bruce. We setup the GoFundMe to send the monies directly to BG, so we'll never see a cent of it. Should we reach the $250,000, we will be co-owners of BGC along with a group of carefully selected members of our bike community. These people will include bike shop owners, builders, bike activists and people from the Bike!Bike! community. Our end goal will be a museum and bike building & repair school fit to honor BG's legacy. Bruce himself will be around to teach us and our students everything he knows. (by the way, admission to the first class of the school will be an offered perk on GoFundMe); We will be turning the for-profit company into a non-profit collective, with a mission to guide the next generation of bicycle artisans and advocate for better biking. What qualifies *me* personally to be a part of this? Glad you asked! I'm currently the ED of a non-profit museum, was on the staff of California's statewide bike advocacy organization before that; and was on the board of a bike collective in Oakland. I've served as an advisor to multiple bike collectives across the country and my personal network of bike activists and enthusiasts is worldwide. We also have an educator on our team, to guide us in designing and implementing the curriculum. I hope that answers most of the questions asked. Please email me directly for follow-up, as I will not be receiving alerts from this Group. Ride on, Norma On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 8:40:21 PM UTC-7, Evan Baird wrote: > > Cross Post from BOB > > Hey Everybody. I spoke with Bruce Gordon again this afternoon and he still > hasn't found a buyer for his shop. My partner Norma and I decided that we > want to try to raise the money to turn BG Cycles into a frame building > school and bike touring museum and open it to the public. I think what > Bruce is asking is an insanely low amount of one of the most respected > names in custom bicycles and I think that he deserves a comfortable > retirement after everything he's done for the American Bike Industry. If > you can't support us directly please help us spread the word about our > crowdfunding campaign. We have about a month to pull this off, after which > Bruce told me he's just going to take his bicycle collection to the > recyclers and scrap the lot. I really believe he intends to do that, and I > would break my heart to see such beautiful and historical bikes get > destroyed. > > > https://www.gofundme.com/save-bruce-gordon-cycles > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E3tTXJ2SYu8/WSOvEC8434I/AAAAAAABDlc/t6KF2KHipuUXaHPsNs8FsFUqf4LoQL6JQCLcB/s1600/bgcycles.jpg> > > -- 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.
