Congratulations, thanks and welcome

Hello all,

I wanted to highlight a few things related to the network and offer
some due praise:

First of all, the Towards Carfree Cities conference, which was
recently held in Portland, turned out to be an excellent affair.
Thanks to all organisers from Shift and those who made it happen,
especially: Elly Blue, Meghan Sinnot, Stephanie Routh, Sara Stout,
Andrea Broaddus and many others. The conference featured lots of great
speakers, including Gil Penalosa, and its timing perfectly coincided
with Pedalpalooza, the annual bicycle extravaganza in Portland. A big
feature of that (on the Sunday following the conference) was the
Sunday Parkways, based on Ciclovia, the first ever such event in
Portland, which turned out to be really successful. As it was great to
see some continuity in one of the Turkish organisers from last year
come (Eda Beyazit) I do hope some Portlanders will come next year to
Brussels, as hopefully many others of you will - start planning your
May accordingly. Its good to stay in touch, and thanks to all who
organised and participated.

A warm welcome to Randy Ghent as the newest member of the Advisory
Board. Likewise, welcome to all the newest members of the Steering
Committee: Gabrielle Hermann, Jason Meggs and Tanja Eskola. Tanja is
now the new Steering Committee Liaison to the International
Coordination Centre, and she has also newly joined the office in
Prague to work on fundraising and its general coordination.

Quite recently, Carbusters Magazine has received a special award from
NESsT, for the best business plan, to help develop the online
functions of the magazine, congratulations to all involved.

You can read about all of these things and more, regarding also the
plans and direction of the Network, either in the AGM minutes or the
monthly bulletin, both of which were recently posted. (AGM minutes to
this list and in the members-only section and the bulletin to the
bulletin list and in the archives available through the website). And
if youre hoping to find ways to get involved, just pick something,
there are many opportunities! From media work to translations to
online activism to promoting the network....

Look to the website soon for reports, pictures and presentations of
the conference, and be expecting a separate welcome and introduction
to the new member organisations.

Thanks all, keep up the good work, and enjoy the summer holiday season
(if you're in the Northern Hemispere)

Justin
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Justin Hyatt
Membership Coordinator
WORLD CARFREE NETWORK
skype: huszbusz
www.worldcarfree.net

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