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Join, Renew Your Membership and Enter to Win a Bike, More

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Join the SVBC Team for Climate Ride 2016

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SVBC Spotlight: San Jose Fighting to Improve Safety

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2015 Successes at SVBC

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Games, Grub, and Gifts at Freewheelin'

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Today, Help Get More People Like Sal on a Bicycle

Next week, Dec. 2, is Giving Tuesday, a national day of giving to nonprofit organizations doing important work. Your contribution helps SVBC continue the programs and advocacy that turn people, like SVBC member Sal Alvarez, from “interested but concerned” into regular riders. Learn more about Sal’s story and please invest today or Tuesday in SVBC.

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2015 Voting and Election Information for SVBC Members

Our December 2015 election is now open and all current SVBC members are being contacted to be involved in this crucial process.

This year's election includes voting on a new Bike to Work Day role for SVBC and on eight candidates for the Board of Directors: five returning and three new. The entire slate of candidates has been recommended by the current SVBC Board; we think you will agree when you read their statements, but they need your votes!

Voting is open from November 23 through December 6. The election is being held online, and an email with the link and information was sent to all current members for whom SVBC has an email address.

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A Potential New Bike to Work Day Role for SVBC

This update on SVBC's role in Bike Month was authored by our executive director Shiloh Ballard.

Having come from the world of policy advocacy, many of my friends ask how the new job is going and whether I miss advocacy. Yes and no. It’s easy for me to gravitate towards the work of our policy team – working with Caltrain to increase bike capacity, figuring out the next phase of bike share on the Peninsula, or coordinating with Santa Clara County leaders on a potential new transportation sales tax. But instead I’m focused on what many might characterize as the more mundane but necessarily elements of the Bike Coalition: reviewing contracts, raising money, and playing a support role to a great team.

One project that is on my plate is something that you don’t often hear of in the nonprofit world but is rampant in the for-profit sector – a merger and acquisition. In this case, the intent isn’t to gobble up competition, but rather to leverage SVBC’s strengths to improve how a regional program is run.

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Spotlight: Google, SVBC's 2015 Corporate Cycling Champion

Friday's SVBC Annual Dinner will be an opportunity to honor some of this year's biggest bicycle advocates in Silicon Valley. Along with Janet Lafleur being honored with the 2015 Ellen Fletcher Volunteer Award, Google will be honored with the 2015 Corporate Cycling Champion Award.

Google has shown a commitment to reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips and encouraging healthy transportation options for their employees. But beyond its employees, Google understands and appreciates the myriad of societal benefits that come with more people riding bikes in their communities. With their Google Bike Vision Plan, published in partnership with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Google envisions a place where anyone from ages 8 to 80 can ride a bike safely and comfortably.