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Jobs, Gigs, etc.

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Ex Kissena Rob Panzera is helping organize support for the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which is doing a ride October 2-4 from the Battery to West Point.  All sorts of positions.  The pay is $150/day.

Here's some info.  I've attached the full document.  

Rob can be found at  Robert@ccsd.com or 917-543-2670 with questions.

CAF is found here: http://www.challengedathletes.org/site/c.4nJHJQPqEiKUE/b.6449023/k.BD6D/Home.htm

Tasks / Roles for Ride Support Guides

Even staff may conduct any of the following tasks:

• Drive support vehicles (which may be vans/trucks)

• Organize and staff rest stops for athletes

• Organize and staff lunch stops for athletes

• Shop for consumable and nonconsumable supplies

• Load, transport, and unload luggage and equipment

• Liaise with hotel staff and other event staff

• Provide general support on the road to athletes

• Provide light mechanical support to athletes

• Fulfill rider/guest requests as needed

• Drive athletes to finish if they are unable to complete an event

• Execute a variety of other daily logistics tasks

Flexibility and willingness to help out in support roles is key. The CAF team is comprised of

incredible individuals, who possess a special customer-°©‐first attitude.

Requirements/Preferences

Beyond the above key characteristics:

• Ability to lift 25

to

40 pounds

• Ability to read and follow maps, and GPS tools

• Ability to receive and send email

• Own a cell phone with ability to send and receive text messages

• Ability to download and read PDF documents and guides, which are written in English

• Valid driver’s license, over the age of 25 preferred

• First Aid knowledge/CPR certification is desirable, but not required

• Basic bicycle mechanical knowledge is desirable, but not required


Thanks for sharing. I hooked up with Rob and worked the event this weekend. Had a good time. Swanky Manhattan hotel stay, cocktails at West Point, driving around in a bitchin minivan all weekend. Even saw some Kissena dudes blast past me while I was out routing the course through Tenafly this morning. 

cross posted:

"Wanted! Cyclists to help with NYC Marathon television broadcast. Pay is $250, will need to attend rehearsal Saturday Oct.31st for a couple hours, and all day for the Marathon on Nov.1st. If you are interested, email me your email and phone number at mhagan@nyrr.org"
Sunday October 25, 2015

My friend is the race director for a 5k, in Brooklyn and needs some cyclists to be lead and follow riders for this race between 1-3pm, on Sunday. 

If you're interested and available, please reach out to him directly at jdressler@gmail.com

Thanks, and that is all.


Hello,

My name is Craig Billings and I will be shooting a marketing video in NYC and the Bear Mountain HRV area in the next week or two. I am looking for two avid cyclist to just pedal (no speaking).  The shoot will take a full day and I will pay $200 for each rider.  

Please contact me if there is somebody interested. 

Sincerely,

Craig
920-328-7016
Job openings at RedBeard.

http://www.redbeardbikes.com/blogs/news/job-openings-redbeard-bikes
Random question. Does anyone have an overhead projector I can borrow? Something to project a picture / pattern onto a wall / canvas? Would be yuuge.
Velonews is hiring.

http://www.velonews.com/2017/10/news/job-posting-velonews-seeks-cycling-reporter_450414
Not sure if this counts as a "Gig" but I'm on the board of Matinee Musicale which is an organization that has been running chamber music concerts since 1900.

In order to protect the audiences and the performers from COVID we moved all the performances online this year, free of charge.

If you're into that sort of thing check it out. First of every month is a new performance. Youtube subscribers are a big deal to a small org so if you can, please smash that red button and help us get found more easily.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp3vA_5CmJCWNmxUZUoSa_g
Hey Team morning, Con Edison is looking for a position to be filled in IT. Admittedly, I'm a little jealous, the department they are looking to have this person is pretty good (Central Engineering). Besides Gas/Steam/Electric which is the core of the company, Central Engineering is up there. 

The position was removed, but I was speaking to the director yesterday and was told if I have someone to recommend directly to bring them over directly. So this offer is for one of us in the team. 

Besides that, you can get to work with Bobby and yours truly. 

Edit: Forgot to mention ... message me directly and we'll discuss.
Retired pro Ellen Noble is looking for work in marketing, remote. An absolutely fantastic person, with a work ethic beyond reproach.

Linkedin bio

If you know someone, or know someone who might know someone... do the right thing.

Director, Product, AI/Machine Learning

at Strava

https://boards.greenhouse.io/strava/jobs/6133375
Hey is anyone connected, or even remotely connected to the publishing industry? A friend is looking for an agent/publisher for a YA novel.
Yes, I’ll message you
Jules said:
Hey is anyone connected, or even remotely connected to the publishing industry? A friend is looking for an agent/publisher for a YA novel.
That's a very specific need.  Most people in book publishing, my wife is one, probably wouldn't be able to help with.  Years ago, I looked into doing YA romance, even going as far as writing a treatment for a story and a few chapters--I might be able to offer some advice.

There's much your friend can do to help themself.  And that's by doing research.

First, the person should understand the market for YA.  Know the YA publishers, try to figure out which ones seem likely to offer advances and which ones don't.  I'd guess that most of the big ones are imprints of the biggest publishers.  

Here's a list of the top ten biggest publishers.
https://publishingstate.com/top-10-largest-book-publishers-in-2024/2024/

The person should visit a few bookstores and get a sense of what YA books are published by whom and what seem to be popular topics.  Maybe even ask a clerk what kinds of YA books kids are buying.  Go to a few libraries, ask the librarians the same. 

At the bookstore, or library, find YA books that seem to be on similar topics to what your friend has written.  Note the publishers.  More important is to find the acknowledgements, and read them.  Agents and their agencies are typically thanked in the acknowledgements.  This information is really important.  Write it down, take notes on what seems particularly relevent.    

Now that there's an agency name and agent, the friend tracks down the person at the agency.  Any book that got an advance was probably represented by an agent.  Agents, since they work on commission, probably tend toward book ideas that are easy for them to sell.  So if they've sold something similar, they probably know at least one acquisition editor who wold take a look at a pitch.  Agents are probably taking 15% off the top, so think about how the agent representing the book can make a quick $2,000 or something (if they work for someone else, the agency takes a commission off the top of their work).    

here's a link on how agents typically get paid: 
https://writershivemedia.com/how-much-do-literary-agents-get-paid/

The agent/agency almost certainly has a website.  That website probably has information on how they like to receive book pitches.  I'd suggest following that.  They probably get sent an avalanch of proposals, so one needs to both stand out in the pitch and also, in a nice way, in follow-up messages to make sure yours is looked at.  

Novel is the root of novelty (or novels come from novelty. I should look it up).  Sadly, when it comes to selling an unknown, too much novelty is just as bad as not enough.  So whatever one is pitching it usually helps to have a subject that's adjacent to something that seems to be trendy. 

And if they've written the book and just want to get it out, there are plenty of self-publishing platforms.  I find the 'you can get rich self-publishing' stories a bit ridiculous, so I'd suggest ignoring those.  If they want to pursue self-publishing, there are many competing interests and I don't think any of the platforms are great.  It's about deciding which compromises you prefer--for example, Amazon has the greatest reach, but is probably the worst for making money.  (been a long time since I've explored these options.)

They should also familiarize themselves with Publishers Weekly and Publishers Lunch.  Lots to be gleaned from those publications.  
  



Great stuff JP, and thanks. Coming through acknowledgments is brilliant ;)