World Naked Bike Ride - User contributions [en]

Organizing a ride

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We suggest people take on the following tasks for organizing a successful World Naked Bike Ride:

==Registering a new ride==

*Select from an existing WNBR event using the form on the main page of the [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org World Naked Bike Ride] website, and indicate that you want to help organize and/or promote the event.
*Suggest a new ride (using the form) by selecting "nominate city" and filling in:
**Name of proposed city
**Organizer's name
**Organizer's email address
**Ticks in the ''Participate'', ''Volunteer'' and ''Receive email'' boxes

===Registration of your ride is not mandatory===

WNBR is not an organization, it is a clothing optional bike ride to protest car culture. There is no head office or admin.
It is about the creative empowerment of the individual. It is up to you to take ownership.

==Adding your ride location to the main site and wiki==
Once registered the good folk at [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org World Naked Bike Ride] should add your new ride location to the list on the main site. Please check with them that this has been done.

As a local ride organiser, you will be responsible for updating information on this wiki site, or delegating someone to do this. Please check that your ride information is up to date on the [[List of rides]] page.

==Promotion==
Note: WNBR is a family-friendly event. While WNBR does allow children to participate (and they have participated in some rides), WNBR has a policy of not allowing promoters to directly recruit children to participate in our events. Children who are interested in participating should speak with their parents or legal guardians.

===Word of mouth===
*Tell your friends, co-workers and family. Those closest to you are often the most likely people to provide support.
===Flyers and posters===
*Design a quarter-page promotional flyer. This has always been the most important component in the success of our past naked bike rides. See examples on the [[Posters]] page.
*Distribute flyers. In the past we have distributed about 3,000 flyers per event. For larger cities, we suggest distributing about 5,000 flyers. Smaller bicycle frame flyers also work very well.
===Endorsements and advertising===
WNBR encourages collaboration within the contexts of cycling advocacy, environmental sustainability and body-positive living. We encourage coordinators and riders alike to seek endorsements from these groups, the names of which can be added to the [[endorsements]] list.

We strongly recommend finding any local [http://www.critical-mass.info/ Critical Mass] groups near you to network with and get support from. Many Critical Mass groups have a great deal experience with ride promotion and can make suggestions about where to flyer and where you can find bike racks to put flyers on.

Advertisements and affiliations are restricted to the above groups to keep the message of WNBR as clear and coherent as possible. As such, we do not allow affiliations, associations or advertising in any form with business or organizations that are directly or indirectly affiliated with groups that are outside the those contexts. More specifically, we do not allow direct or indirect associations overtly sexualized organizations, especially businesses. Such affiliations confuse the message of WNBR and only reinforce ill-informed stereotypes of people who participate in social nudity in public environments.

''See also [[Disputes]] for more info.''

====WNBR web promotion====
*Help spread the word on the Internet using web banners. Try creating your own!
*Get as many web links as possible pointing to [http://www.worldnakedride.org/ www.worldnakedride.org]. Get it on regional event calendars.
*Use our Flash (.swf) banner ad on your site. Cut and paste this XHTML code into your web page:<br />
<pre>

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codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
width="468" height="60" title="WNBR ad">
<param name="movie" value="http://worldnakedbikeride.org/media_promo/WNBRad2005.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="http://worldnakedbikeride.org/media_promo/WNBRad2005.swf" width="468" height="60" quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object>

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==Event organization==

Organizing a ride

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Alexey90210: /* Roles */

Organizing a ride

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