Given I pretty much said his move was a power grab, he was pretty calm in his response. And although I've always believed those who aspire to public power are the least capable of wielding it, I empathize with trying to get a more efficient committee put together. I can't imagine a committee of 22 doing much of anything, regardless of the topic and I've been on and chaired a few committees.

Hey! That was me that made the pee-wee reference when I saw you the other morning!

Have fun Charlie!

Thanks for the well wishing everyone! I'll actually miss you crazy guys! I'm in Vancouver right now getting settled in; if the weather holds out I'll probably head north out of the city on monday and then take a ferry to vancouver island and ride to Tofino bay to check that out and then make my way down to victoria where I will grab the ferry into the USA. Fun stuff but I've yet to cycle anywhere! Pics and journal updates are forthcoming but this crappy console has no USB so you'll have to wait. OMG ITS A ******** CLOCK POWERED BY STEAM!!!!

Cheers Bon Voyage
If you find yourself near Kingston Holla!

true dat, but it IS available as a frameset

My bad

D'oh. I thought the Curbside thing started at 9, but it started at 7. Hope you guys had fun...

Oh hells no:

http://cycletherapy.ca/images/poster_455x800.jpg

That's "Safety first - Stay cool, ride hard!"

We're riding to Montreal again to raise money for the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation. The fundraiser is happening on June 16th, so if you're lonely and want to drink, do it for a good cause! Wow, that was a downer. Okay, just show up and have a good time. We're giving away a (real) bike and there'll be tasty local beer in abundance.

The party's on from 8pm to 12am - call/email (416.778.6473|biketalk@cycletherapy.ca) for more info.

oh boy...

Best Ride Evar!

Ok, that ride did RULE!~

Post pics if you have them guys! (I'm such a dolt, and didn't bring my camera)

+ red bull

Was this anyone here? http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/343147030.html

And Shape, I think that's the first time I've ever seen your hair...

Good luck Shiz (if you haven't left) enjoy the Sask, it's awesome after going through the Rockies!

Yeah, that was me. I thought the beating I took was a little extreme for just stealing a seat, but... :)

I jsut got back last night from a trial in Windsor. Trial was fun, but it was so nice and I didn't plan enough ahead to bring my bike.

Detroit also looked beautiful from Windsor, but I didn't fall for that trick!

Yeah that was the cherry on the top of the Curbside ride!

harhar

i agree that 22 is rather large; not knowing the current structure, it's hard for me to really get into the argument. however, i do dispair when i see crappy writing. especially from someone who now holds "authority" and is pleading for us "to have a little faith"... argh! i bet i took longer to write my little rant than it took him to sort through his in-box. his message really does seem to illuminate what kind of priority cycling issues are given at city hall. admittedly myself, and those groups that are being pushed aside are rather biased, but c'mon, bikes are superior in so many ways!! :D

oh and the F4L poster = awesome! (it kinda looks like the water sprayer is pumping up his muscles :p )

and kicking bike thieves asses = congrats!

It is big, probably not all but most would agree with Heaps on that, much of the problem folks seemed to have with his streamlining the committee was the lack of consultation with the individuals, groups who were voting members that under Heaps revised Terms would not be, combined with his email to the Planning committee staff that indicated such consultations had taken place when they had not. That, and 4 meetings per year, not a lot of fans for that can be found.

I'm hoping it was just a disconnect on his (Heaps) part, making these changes without consulting affected groups & individuals, certainly leadership is needed and I'm told that's his objective, but sweeping changes made in a draconian manner give many impressions of leadership that is in our society to be feared rather than respected.

In any case, I thought I'd tell ya'll what little I've learned of it from hanging around on Thursday. I missed the important part of the committee meeting. The item was 12th on the agenda, which to me translated into 12noon-2pm, somewhere in there. However Mr. Heaps had a TCC related commitment for Bike Week, the ceremony for the new bike lockers at city hall at 1pm. So his item was knocked out first thing, the schedule changed. Luckily they did alert the 3 deputants slotted to speak about the revised terms and 2 made it there in time to speak. I don't know what was said but it either worked or some of the other councilors there had questions of there own regarding Councilor Heaps move.

When I arrived well after 10oclock (I stopped for breakfast at La Carrera, being as I thought I had time) I encountered Mr Heaps just outside the meeting room door and he was good enough to save me the effort of going in and finding out for myself it was all done with. He advised that the measures had been accepted and would goto Council in early July, I asked if the deputants had been able to speak considering the schedule change and he told me 2 had. So I thanked him & went about my business i.e. nothing, but somewhat pleased I wouldn't be in a committee room for 3 hours.

It didn't make sense to me, that it would goto council, I had thought if the revised terms were accepted by the Planning committee that it was a done deal & Mr. Heaps left me with the impression it was a done deal but that didn't tell the whole story. I learned later Councilor Vaughn had made recommendations for amendments to the revised terms, which I guess is why it's going to council for more than just a report, by the time it gets there the Terms will be either amended to address the recommendations or be presented with a report on the recommendations by Vaughn.

So while the Terms of Reference were accepted as is these questions must be addressed before it's a done deal with the council. That's good! Actually I love it, maybe a little streamlining will be helpful. It seemed to me after discussing it with many folk down there that it may all work out just fine, that Heaps is open to compromise despite the fact he appears to give no ground at all in his response to Cam and others, and that there are councilors who will facilitate what many see as needed compromises to Mr. Heaps proposed changes. I'd watch for Martins report on biketoronto.ca as it'll be hella more informed and he may by then know how the consultation between concerned individuals, groups & Mr. Heaps office will go down.

Perhaps he just screwed up, perhaps it was all calculated and an amended Terms of reference is the actual objective, certainly with such huge changes there is a lot of ground to give while still having a profound impact. Either way unless he's addled I don't think he'll fail to consult with the community again, that didn't get him anything but negative attention esp. the communications he sent that were picked up on by members of the TCC.

That was so entertaining it hurt. I can't believe the guy tried to use his 30lb MTB as a weapon

Pretty hilarious! It all makes for a funny story and hopefully the owner will get their seat back.

Thanks for the ride last night, dudes and dudettes, I had a great time!

Most of my shots didn't turn out all that great but I've posted up a few pics from the ride here:

http://www.makergo.com

Welcome to the club. Almost none of my shot turned-out... unreal. I'm going to have to work on that.

Woot! Just got home from the Crumpler beer 4 bags sale. $60 worth of Grolsch got me a kick ass bag worth over a hundred.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1087/...7b176b8822.jpg

Generally it's a few months beyond when it should have been cut and I look like one of the Monkeys. Odd that you mention it, because I just got a hair cut last night. Stop by and I'll make sure to pretty myself up for you. *winning smile*

You weren't there today, you faithless trollop!

And a hot one out there, good day for kulfi, mango shakes and paan.