Things to consider...
1) A mandatory draft that requires the registration and record of all Cranks505 members for the purpose of necessary participation in unsanctioned events as announced. Selection of draftees shall be made upon abilities to fulfill duties within physical, temporal or financial constraints.
2) Creation of a financial review board overseen by the Crankfather and staffed by posting members of Cranks505. It is the purpose of the board to produce accurate record of all activities as listed and fulfilled by Cranks505 members, draftees and outside participants for review by the public.
3) The drafting of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Crankstitution requiring that for all male posters, an equivalent number of female posters shall be admitted to fulfill the same duties, not excluding the creation of additional events that address the interests of women.
4) An AMBER Alert equivalent for bicycles that shall draw the immediate attention of the Cranks505 community. The DAMMIT Alert will work in favor of the locally victimized with the prospective return of stolen bicycles and persecution of thieves.
5) Democratic selection of moderators that draws upon the members of Cranks505 to vote in the selection of an additional moderator outside of the Crankfather. Elections shall be open to all posting members and a vote conducted via a Cranks505 poll. Majority necessary to win. Tie goes to the rider.
6) The honoring of Cranks505 through the observation of a holiday on July 5th. Proper observation of said holiday requires the thorough harassment of other local cycling blogs not excluding hey fixie and Fixed&Free.
Love,
Cranks505.
8 comments:
The beginning of a manifesto? Where is the requirement that Cranks505 is responsible for making contact within the broader Buerque bike community;i.e. announce critical mass, help support bike advocacy and promote unity amongst the Q bicyclists??? I support you guys full on, but I am left a bit wanting with the blog when it comes to other bike events which are well-supported in the area.
1) Critical Mass has been and will continue to be a sad excuse for 'promoting cycling' in Albuquerque.
2) Happy to post up any sort of promotion for events and advocacy if you give us a tip-off. We're not omniscient about the haps cyclismo in this town.
3) The unity and happy-go-lucky community biz is BikeABQs game and they do a bang-up job. They just don't know how to blog.
This is a fixie blog. Always was, always will be. We highlight the lesser known in cycling (which isn't much here to be honest) and that's really it.
Oh, and this manifesto was more of a joke. Maybe you can tell by the lack of involvement but Cranks isn't nearly serious enough of an entity to follow through on most of those points.
P.s. Thanks for reading this.
the first thing i thought when i read this was "these ideas are all well and good, but who is gonna do all the organizing? certainly not jake or myself, we're semi-retired...
cranks505 rules!
Shouldn't the holiday be Cinco de Mayo in honor of the 5-05?
That is also polo's birthday!
who calls albquerque the Q?
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