Hey Adam - Youna is just trying to get plugged in on this project and was new to Hack Night last Wednesday. This is a project that was kicked off at NDoCH like yours and headed up by Sarah-Bether and Avirary at the moment. Although I think they've recently rounded up some more help.
In a nut shell the objective of this project is to match newbie or wanna be urban cyclists in SF to experienced riders who can help them get comfortable with biking in the city.
p.s. Out of curiosity, since I'm still not sure how GoogleGroups actually filters and distributes messages. What route did this email come to you? I think it should've just gone to the Newbie Bicycle Initiative project group... but maybe it doesn't work like that. Are you subscribed to its updates?
Thanks.
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