Fwd: FW: Bike to Work Day

[Roland Kays]

anyone want to join me for the uni demo at noon on 20 May?  My 36er isn't together, can someone else bring one?  I'll bring my 26er guni and my 24.

ro

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From: "Hohengasser, Mark (ALB)" <Mark.Hoh...@oprhp.state.ny.us>
To: 'Roland Kays' <RK...@MAIL.NYSED.GOV>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 09:08:04 -0400
Subject: FW: Bike to Work Day

FYI. See highlight below.

 

Any news if Steve would attend too? Also, any chance you could bring your big wheeled uni too? That thing is very intriguing to people.

 

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From: Help Desk (ALB)
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:33 PM
To: Parmentier, Charles (ALB)
Subject: Bike to Work Day

 

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OPRHP Bike to Work Day

Friday

May 20, 2011

 

Plans for OPRHP’s first annual Bike to Work Day for Albany and Peebles Island staff are rolling along smoothly as we continue to gear up for the events on Friday, May 20, 2011.    Whether you walk, bike, rollerblade, or paddle a canoe down the Hudson River, we want to encourage everyone to think about using a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation for their trip to work that day.  The organizing committee is ready and willing to help with the logistics of your trip and other special considerations that may come into play such as:

 

• Route Planning – The roads you drive to work each day may not be the best route to take on a bike.  If you need help planning a bike-able route to work, let us know and we’ll be happy to assist.
• Riding Buddies – If you would feel more comfortable having a partner to ride with we’ll try to match you up with someone else in your area who is also planning to ride to work.
• Bike Storage – Options are available for storing your bike while at work, including the bike rack in front of Agency Building1 and the bike cage down on the concourse level.  Racks are available at Peebles Island as is limited indoor storage in the CC cloak room.   Contact a member of the organizing committee if you have questions about bike storage.
• Shower Facilities – If you work up a sweat on your way into the office, don’t worry, showers are available on P1 so you can freshen up before you start your work day.   There is also a shower available for Peebles Island commuters.

 

 

We’ll have coffee and bagels set up in the lobby of Agency 1 on the morning of the event so you can refuel after your ride/walk to work.    To add some fun to the day there will also be a unicycle demonstration out on the Plaza at lunchtime.

 

Attached is a brief registration form.  If you plan to participate in Bike to Work Day, please fill out the form and return it to either Michele Phillips (Peebles Island staff) or Chuck Parmentier (Agency Bldg. 1 staff).  We would appreciate receiving the registration form by Monday, May 16, 2011.  You can, of course, register after the 16^th, but we would like to have a general idea of the number of participants a few days prior to the event.  Even if you currently walk or bike to work every day, please fill out a registration form so we can include you in the event and recognize your efforts.

 

As a reminder, to provide an incentive and encourage a little friendly competition we’ll be tracking the floor with the greatest number of participants, the floor with the greatest percentage of employees participating, the individual(s) who rode the farthest, and the employees who biked/walked to work every day during the week so we can recognize these achievements after the event. 

 

The 20^th floor is off to a great start in the floor to floor competition as Commissioner Harvey has indicated that, schedule permitting, she intends to ride her bike to work on that Thursday or Friday when she is in New York City (as she used to do when she lived and worked in New York City) and we hear that Executive Deputy Commissioner Andy Beers may also be planning to ride to work on the 20th.  We’d love to have other floors take up the challenge and see how many riders and walkers they can turn out for the event.

 

For more information contact any of the members of the organizing committee:

 

Sally Drake

Mark Hohengasser

Dan Keefe

Chuck Parmentier

Michele Phillips

 

We hope to see you and your bike on May 20^th!