<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt">Greetings RIBstars,<br></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt">

<span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Recycle
 Ithaca’s Bicycles (RIBs), a program of the Southside Community Center, 
invites all cyclists and bikers to our new RIBs Bicycle Collective. We 
are enthusiastic about becoming a Collective Bicycle Workspace where 
members can actively engage in bicycle skills sharing; please join us 
this Thursday to get involved!  Topics for discussion include Skills 
Sharing Network, Special Program Development, Shop </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Assistant Training, 
and Collective Benefits.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><br><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center">

<span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt"></span><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/kDyCBJ9WKrTb_nb7jDYppAX_NnEeM0Jg7pDi-7BbAn3sC86MfnxAeogkpmp18t_OWOmIIS3z6cNLSRTR9AVAAsPWqAna8w1MffanSum-zp0IiOSTYEs" height="152" width="272"></p>

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<span style="font-size:14pt">The first meeting will take place this</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold"> Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 6:00 pm</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> at RIBs 530 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY. </span></p>

<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;min-height:11pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;min-height:11pt;text-align:center">

<span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">We are also very excited about Geared for Change! (GFC) GFC is a safe space
 where women, transgender, gender non-conforming, and others identifying
  as female/woman can work on bikes in a non-competitive environment and become empowered and mechanically crafty!<br></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;min-height:11pt;text-align:center">

<span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt"> Join us next</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold">Tuesday, October 30 at 6:00 pm </span><span style="font-size:14pt">at the shop, and every Tuesday through the winter months for GFC!</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold">RIBs is located at 530 West Buffalo Street, on the corner of Route 13.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;min-height:11pt;text-align:center">

<span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Visit Cyber-RIBs at  </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:14pt;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://velonet.org/ribs/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit" target="_blank">http://velonet.org/ribs/</a></span></p>