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Date: Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Time: Assembly and body painting begins at 5pm, we ride out (in waves as needed) between 6:15 and 6:45pm. Arrive early for professional body painting!
Location: Grand Ferry Park between Grand Street, West River Street, and the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; final route will be communicated to riders who show up only.

2010 NYC RIDE

• [2nd Annual New York City WNBR. Naked on a bike is about as free as you can be! This ride is majorly fun! This year's WNBR is supported by a generous contribution of outrage from British Petroleum. BP is unleashing incalculable devastation upon the environment and livelihoods of people in the Gulf of Mexico, while the government is unwilling to reign in the corporate culture that led to the spill. WNBR is a chance to put your beautiful body to work against this calamity, which is a direct result of OUR dependence upon fossil fuels and automobiles. Exercise your rights to bare your chest in NYC, your rights to assemble and to protest, as guaranteed by the US Constitution. Nudity is not requisite, please join as "bare as you dare" and use your body and bike to create the massive numbers needed to make this effective. Be part of the history and a new link to environmental awareness and activism in NYC! AFTER PARTY/BBQ hosted by Band of Bicycles at 3rd Ward in Bushwick! ]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

• [Before Saturday:

SIGNAGE/DECORATIVE MATERIALS (meet TONIGHT in BKLYN @ 8pm near Bedford & Myrtle) Make promo materials, signage and decoration for bikes and bodies. Write up some creative slogans to paint!

PROMOTION (Right Now until we ride on Saturday) - Need to get the event listed online wherever we can...newspapers, magazines, blogs, events listings. Basic info on Wiki page (http://bit.ly/Bi7aY) can guide you, this email address may be used ([email protected]). You can also print flyers from a file we can provide, or possibly arrange to give you some in person. Tag bikes, leave stacks at cafes, bike shops, art spaces, LGBTQ spaces etc, or hand out during your commute!

On Saturday 6/12:

Pre-ride (4:45 - 7pm)

RIDER CHECK IN - Help sign-in riders direct them to body-painting, communicate route and other ride info. Clothed or legally nude encouraged.

BODY PAINTING - Help make beautiful skin more beautiful/oily/slogan-covered, using paint and brushes. If you are a pro with your own supplies, feel free to ask for suggested donation/tips for services. Clothed or legally nude encouraged.

MEDIA/PHOTOGRAPHER WRANGLING - Give sound bites to reporters at the park, help keep photographers in check as needed, provide info (tbd) about other media/photo ops on the ride. This can be non-riders or riders who are not shy and are comfortable being photographed and representing themselves and WNBR well. Issues of Oil Spill, 1st Amendment, auto-dependence, street safety, nudity/body-pride, fossil fuels...we can provide some sound bites. Clothed or legally nude encouraged.

CLEANUP - Help leave the starting locations cleaner then we found them (spilled paint? Trash? Signage, etc). Clothed or legally nude encouraged.

On-ride (6 - 9pm)

SAVVY ROUTE SCOUTS - Given the challenges of bridges, unknown events along the route, and potential of law enforcement against riders for bicycle/traffic or nudity related "violations", a small team of scouts who know the city well and have a good eye for potential hazards, can then communicate to the Marshals. Wearing clothes strongly encouraged.

RIDE MARSHALS - A crucial job to keep the ride together, moving, and safe. Help communicate to all riders route and possible detours. Sweep at the end of ride, cork at intersections if appropriate. Establish safe passage for riders at choke points (Bridges, etc). Be calm in dealing with motorists, police, and the rest of the public. Comfortable representing WNBR and supporting riders as needed. Clothed or legally nude encouraged.

VIDEOGRAPHERS - Document this awesome event from start to finish both to show the world NYC's participation in the celebration, and to discourage bad behavior of authorities/motorists/onlookers. We have some camera bike-mounts to lend towards this goal. As bare as you dare!

TANDEM BIKES/PEDICABS/LOANER BIKES - Transport press/musicians/video/photographers so they can have hands free. Loaners for folks coming in from out of town. As bare as you dare!

BODY SUPPORT - Hand out water/snacks on route. If you want to donate snacks drinks or water and post up on the route, please let us know! Medics on hand would be nice too.

LEGAL - Know any lawyers who can be contacted in the unlikely event of severe enforcement action?

Post-ride (8:30pm - ??)

BBQ/PARTY SETUP - At 3rd Ward on Morgan Ave in Bushwick, under instructions of our hosts, the Band of Bicycles. Pedal the cocktail mixer? Work the grill? Help with the door? Wrangle entertainment? (This just in from BoB "We will need volunteers to take bike blended smoothie shifts and we will need help getting supplies for the party. If there are any dumpster divers in your crew or people who are good at getting liquor sponsorships, that'd be rad.") As bare as you dare!

PERFORM - Got an act that would really celebrate the success of the ride? Willing to perform for free or tips? Music, dance, burlesque, poetry...let us know, we might be able to squeeze you in. As bare as you dare!

SAFETY VIBE - Folks willing to speak up and support anyone who is harassed or not feeling safe and comfortable in the space.

BREAKDOWN - Help clean up!

The days after... MEDIA OUTPUT - Share photos, videos, accounts about the ride, so that we get our message out to the media and make sure next year will be even better!

Any and all donations/contributions are encouraged and welcomed! Food, $$, paint, art supplies, bikes/couches for out-of-towners, photocopies, etc. This is a community project, and we are all liable for ourselves and our good time! Nobody is making money off this, we are doing it because we have had enough indecent exposure to oil, cars, and shame. Inhabitants of all walks of life on the Gulf Coast have had enough. -'

• [We still need your help - --There are plenty of parties/rides/events to spread the word at, and bikes in every neighborhood of the city that need flyers so that their owners/riders will learn that the ride will happen. Get/print some flyers and put them up at your local bike shop]
• [ Make Contact -Email Mellow Yellow (see link at bottom of this page) to get copies of the flyers and find out where you can go to be of the most help. OR.. if you know where you're going, let M.Y. know so that he can either send you help or send other volunteers around to other locations. See more below. Help make the ride a success!!!]

RECENT UPDATES

• [See link below for The promo teaser, and the making of the teaser!]

• [!!NEXT COORDINATING MEETING!! - Friday June 11th 7:00PM at Grand Army Plaza and Brooklyn side of Williamsburg Bridge. Bring human-powered transportation.]

• [FOLLOW ON TWITTER - Search hashtag #WNBRNYC.]

• [Date - The Northern Hemisphere date is set for June 12th, 2010; NYC rides with the Hemisphere.]

• [Time - Assembly 5pm, ride out between 6:15-6:45pm]

• [Location - Grand Ferry Park between Grand Street, West River Street, and the East River Williamsburg Brooklyn. The final route will be communicated to riders who show up only.]

• [Graphics & Advertising - Flyers are available for mass reproduction and posting in local bike shops, sticking on bicycles and handing out to cyclists and others... contact Mellow Yellow for a digital file. Talk is cheaper and more eco-friendly, so spread the word at stoplights during your commute! Don't forget to decorate your bike! Make sure you have "World Naked Bike Ride - NYC - 2010" prominently displayed so that passersby will know you are part of the protest. ]

• [Route for the Ride - Final route will be communicated to riders who show up only. We have a reasonably sized starting and ending point with assembly areas at start for preparations and getting body painted or otherwise adorned with protest signage, and any kind of social activities at the end of the ride. ]

• [Volunteers - Again, we need more volunteers! We need folks who can attend the Brooklyn Critical Mass ride on Friday June 11th to hand out flyers.... There are also plenty of other events happening, and bikes to be tagged throughout the city, in every neighborhood. We still have one week to spread the word and gather more riders and volunteers. For the day of the event, we need NON-riders to help get riders information, and to help setup and clean up the staging areas before and after the ride. ]

• [Discussion: Go to the Discussion tab at the top of this page or click here.. WNBR-NYC Discuss]

Links

• Making of the WNBR teaser promo
• The WNBR teaser promo
• Facebook event information page
• ViaMichelin map of New York City
• Wikipedia: New York City
• Wikipedia: New York

Contact/s

• Mellow Yellow in New York City

Committed Volunteers

• [ unnamed soldiers ~ a small but powerfully committed group has emerged and are helping.. They have decided to remain namelss on this page.. No worries. The facebook event attendees and those who have emailed offline shows a growing contingent.]
• [ <Your Name Here> ~ if you're shy about editing this page, or don't want to make your name public then simply email Paul, stating your interest & level of commitment.]