Some Suggestions

After working at the co-op for a while, Seth and I have thought of a variety of suggestions for the bike co-op. Currently, the bike co-op is still in its “developmental stage” due to have just relocating. The bike co-op is now located in what use to be an old factory on 1840 Columbus Rd. Since the location use to be a factory the bike co-op is very… dirty and run-down. I think that the co-op should make cleaning up the site a number one priority (instead of a minor priority, as it is now). I think that doing this would allow the bike co-op to be more appealing to a greater and more diverse group of people. Moreover, I think that a clean and organized environment would greatly increase efficiency, enabling the bike co-op to get more done than it normally does (organization is a big problem). The second priority that I think the bike co-op should focus on is increasing the functionality of the entire co-op. Currently, the command structure and the volunteer structure at the co-op is very loose. People don’t always know what to do and there is no “mission guide/plan” to follow. Sometimes I will be told to scrap some bikes by one person, just to be told by another to save them. I feel that if the bike co-op focused on these two priorities, the co-op would improve vastly.
~Joe