[*BCM*] Opinions on move by MassBike

[Tom Revay]

Folks, I'm sorry about all this, but there are allegations being made that 
I really have to answer.  If you don't care, delete this message now, and 
again, I offer my apologies for having to continue this disruptive thread.

At 09:45 AM 1/29/2005 -0800, Anne Wolfe wrote:
>Tom Revay is not a paid staff member, but he IS a member of the board of 
>directors of MassBike, and he is also a VP of MassBike.

In my first message in this thread, I let people know who I was in the very 
first paragraph.  Yes, I am the Vice President of the Board of 
Directors.  I was first elected to the Board in 1999, and I was re-elected 
in the most competitive election MassBike has had in its history in 
2002.  In December 2005 my current term will expire, and due to the term 
limits specified by the MassBike Constitution, I will not be eligible for 
re-election.

>   This is a prominent position, and given both his personal interactions 
> with me while I was a member of MassBike

This message was posted on Thursday:

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:01:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Anne Wolfe <goannego at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Opinions on move by MassBike
To: trevay at massbike.org, BCM <bostoncriticalmass at topica.com>

Tom, I either met you or Tim at the Bikes Not Bombs BAT this past spring. 
Howie Schmuck introduced us (I think it was Tim - he was heading to law 
school. I was the very tall girl who can't seem to get out of law school.)
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I was not at that BNB event.  Tim was, and he went to law school.   You 
apparently have us confused, and so, I don't know what these "personal 
interactions" consisted of.  Nor did you, apparently, until today.

>  I have heard from Dorie Clark, the ED of MassBike, to clarify the 
> exactly who is or isn't on the staff of MassBike, and that helped.  She 
> also was the first and so far the only person to invite me to come back 
> to MassBike

Here an excerpt from a message that I posted to the Boston CM list on 
Thursday, January 27:
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:27:44 -0500
From: "Tom Revay" <trevay at massbike.org>
To: "Boston Critical Mass" <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Opinions on move by MassBike

[...]
It's because we are our membership that we want to start a chapter in the 
Metro Boston area that will energize city cyclists to continue and expand 
on these successes. I hope you will participate with us and join MassBike 
if you're not already a member. You do this us at
http://www.active.com/donations/campaign_public.cfm?key=massbike .
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I invited you to join us then.

I'm glad you had a positive interaction with Dorie.  She's great.  Did you 
tell her that you think it's a waste of money for her to attend the 
National Bike Summit, and that she should spend her time calling on our US 
Senators at their Louisburg Square and Hyannisport residences, instead?

>  (sorry, but "join or get the hell out of the way" isn't an olive branch, 
> it is a challenge, and usually an order to get the hell out of the 
> way.  And usually it is a pretty good indicator that you ought not to 
> join, and you ought to stay right in the way where you are.)

Here is an excerpt from a message by Thomas John Vitolo, posted on Friday, 
January 28.  Mr. Vitolo is not a member of the MassBike staff or Board of 
Directors, and I don't know him.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:00:54 -0500
From: Thomas John Vitolo <tjvitolo at bu.edu>
Subject: [*BCM*] My turn at rant/counterrant

Anne: You've made your point -- you don't believe that MassBike is a cause 
worth
_your_ time and money. OK. That's cool. You really have two options, (a) go
away and work on your other causes, or (b) embrace MassBike and work to change
it in ways you believe are better. Either way, get busy doing it... this
rightous babbling where you simply criticize each MBiker's claim to the good
MBike is doing for not being good enough is a waste of all of our time.
With all due respect, either help make MassBike better with positive 
action, or
get the hell out of the way. I'd rather you do the former, as it sounds like
your passion and your experience would be valuable to MassBike.
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Nobody in the MassBike Board of Directors or staff used this forum to tell 
you what you claim.  You were challenged by someone who's a CM-list reader, 
and this guy even asked you to contribute "your passion and your 
experience."  I wish you would.

Anyway, I'm glad you like Dorie.  Maybe now you agree with my praise of 
her.  Enjoy your trip.

..............................Tom