Bike Calgary is looking for members who are passionate about cycling to become involved in the organization as Community Representatives. As an official advocate for Bike Calgary, you will act as a two-way voice for communicating cycling knowledge between the organization and your community (whether that’s where you live, work, play, or where your kids go to school).
Why should you become a Community Representative for Bike Calgary?
- you want to help people start cycling for transportation, or help people cycle more often
- you want to be a beacon of cycling information for your community
- you want to help Bike Calgary understand the needs of cyclists in your area (e.g., where it needs better infrastructure, education, enforcement etc.)
- you are passionate about transportation cycling in Calgary and want to make our city a better place to live, work and play!
Community Representatives work about five to ten hours per month on various projects and advocacy efforts – much of this work will be self-directed. We provide some training, lots of support, and we think we’re a fun group to work with! If you’re interested in volunteering this fall, please contact Ben Cowie (ward8@bikecalgary.org) before September 30, 2012. Our first training session will run in early October.
Can you advise who the
Submitted by billrennie on
Can you advise who the existing Community reps are, (by community)?
New program
Submitted by snowandscience on
Hi Bill,
This is a new program for Bike Calgary that has been piloted in a few areas of the city through 2012. With outstanding response from City Councillors and great results from initial volunteer work, we've decided to expand the program to enable more people to help make Calgary a better place to cycle. There is a vision to have Ward-specific parts of the Bike Calgary website built that will include community volunteers, but there is currently no timeline for this to be live on the site. Email me if you have any more specific questions about your community, or if you want to get involved.
Cheers,
Ben
I live in Varsity and am
Submitted by billrennie on
I live in Varsity and am curious who the rep is....Thanks
Me!
Submitted by DarrenB on
Hi Bill -- I am the Ward 1 coordinator if you want to drop me a line. I am somewhat familiar with your neighbourhood as I work at the U of C, and I often commute through your community to get there. Would be very interested to chat with you. Drop me a line, if you like, by using the contact tab on my profile.