Comments on: I-GO Car Sharing Program http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/ You Care. Do Something. We'll Help. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:36:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ted ernst http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-14 ted ernst Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:00:06 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-14 Didn't mean to yank your copyright chain, Michael. :-) Yes, Melissa. You can quote me and use my name and link to my blog. :-) Didn’t mean to yank your copyright chain, Michael. :-)

Yes, Melissa. You can quote me and use my name and link to my blog. :-)

]]> By: melissa http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-12 melissa Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:47:57 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-12 Dear Ted: Can we quote you on that? We hope people will follow in your footsteps! (bikesteps?) Email me if we can use your full name: mhaeffneratigocarsdotorg. Thanks! Glad we could help! melissa Dear Ted:

Can we quote you on that? We hope people will follow in your footsteps! (bikesteps?)

Email me if we can use your full name: mhaeffneratigocarsdotorg.

Thanks! Glad we could help!
melissa

]]> By: Michael Herman http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Michael Herman Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:03:33 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-11 about that copyright... it was a minor detail i overlooked in the process of doing major theme revisions in the initial installing and setup. the copyright language was part of original code, generated automatically. i've added the cc license, but not yet sure if the whole thing should just be public domain. probably that's where we end up. for now it's Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. thanks for the reminder. about that copyright… it was a minor detail i overlooked in the process of doing major theme revisions in the initial installing and setup. the copyright language was part of original code, generated automatically. i’ve added the cc license, but not yet sure if the whole thing should just be public domain. probably that’s where we end up. for now it’s Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: ted http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-10 ted Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:10:39 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-10 What's with the copyright Michael Herman on this puppy? Haven't you gotten with the Creative Commons program yet? I'm surprised. Anyway, this comment isn't about that. It's about I-Go. About 4 years ago (5?), I owned a car. I tried not to drive it much. I wanted to bike more. I found I-Go. At the time the closest car was 10 blocks from my house, further than they recommended for their members. I signed up anyway. I got rid of my car and have used the I-Go car about 3 times in all these years. I now ride my bike and take transit most-everywhere. I-Go gave me the confidence to let go of the car when I wasn't sure I'd be able to let go of the car. So for some people I'm sure it's a way to still have access to a car while not having to pay the fixed costs every year, thus reducing car use b/c the per-use fees take into account those fixed costs, making it feel more expensive to use each time than it does to use a private car each time. Good stuff. And for other people, memebership just give security and isn't ever even needed. What’s with the copyright Michael Herman on this puppy? Haven’t you gotten with the Creative Commons program yet? I’m surprised. Anyway, this comment isn’t about that. It’s about I-Go.

About 4 years ago (5?), I owned a car. I tried not to drive it much. I wanted to bike more. I found I-Go. At the time the closest car was 10 blocks from my house, further than they recommended for their members. I signed up anyway. I got rid of my car and have used the I-Go car about 3 times in all these years. I now ride my bike and take transit most-everywhere. I-Go gave me the confidence to let go of the car when I wasn’t sure I’d be able to let go of the car.

So for some people I’m sure it’s a way to still have access to a car while not having to pay the fixed costs every year, thus reducing car use b/c the per-use fees take into account those fixed costs, making it feel more expensive to use each time than it does to use a private car each time. Good stuff.

And for other people, memebership just give security and isn’t ever even needed.

]]> By: Making Good » Chicago Conservation Corps http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Making Good » Chicago Conservation Corps Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:30:41 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-9 [...] Nice to write about something solid, for which we already have solid language. This post about the I-Go Car Sharing program helped me remember that I really do know how to write! A welcome break from all this fuzzy fishing about for the language of Inviting Leadership. It’s fun to use words that are already commonly defined and understood, for a change! [...] [...] Nice to write about something solid, for which we already have solid language. This post about the I-Go Car Sharing program helped me remember that I really do know how to write! A welcome break from all this fuzzy fishing about for the language of Inviting Leadership. It’s fun to use words that are already commonly defined and understood, for a change! [...]

]]> By: mhaeffne http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/comment-page-1/#comment-7 mhaeffne Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:22:50 +0000 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2006/06/02/i-go-car-sharing-program/#comment-7 Thanks, Michael for the write up and thank you to all of the students for allowing me to tell you a bit about what CNT and I-GO do. I also wanted to say that last night I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" and I thought it would be very interesting to hear what students have to say about it. From the movie reviews (Time Magazine, Metromix, etc.), it looks like some of the media is trying to discredit it as an Al Gore campaign for 2008 (which it may or may not be) but the movie-going audience seems to enjoy it. Anyway, it might be a good Leader Project to follow up with audiences as they are leaving the theaters with some information/materials about long-term and short-term ways they can start reducing their carbon emissions. The main criticism I've heard is that it kind of leaves people hanging. Take care and good luck with your projects, Melissa Haeffner Thanks, Michael for the write up and thank you to all of the students for allowing me to tell you a bit about what CNT and I-GO do. I also wanted to say that last night I saw “An Inconvenient Truth” and I thought it would be very interesting to hear what students have to say about it. From the movie reviews (Time Magazine, Metromix, etc.), it looks like some of the media is trying to discredit it as an Al Gore campaign for 2008 (which it may or may not be) but the movie-going audience seems to enjoy it. Anyway, it might be a good Leader Project to follow up with audiences as they are leaving the theaters with some information/materials about long-term and short-term ways they can start reducing their carbon emissions. The main criticism I’ve heard is that it kind of leaves people hanging. Take care and good luck with your projects, Melissa Haeffner

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