Volunteer Staff
There is a core group of people that keep re-Cycles running. Most have been on board for at least five years, and a few go back to our humble beginnings over ten years ago! The Head Mechanics are the ones that run the shifts at the shop, and most do so after working a full 9-5 job. Hidden behind the scenes are our support staff, whose duties are just as important, and there's also our team of Shop Assistants (the people who greet and assist you when you come into the shop).
Here's the current group:
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George Fouriezos - Head Mechanic, carpenter. George returned to re-Cycles in 2008 after we escaped our noisy old basement shop, and we're happy to have him back. He was with us in the early days (1998) when he, Lloyd, and Rob G. WERE re-Cycles.
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Mark Rehder - Director, Head Mechanic, Webmaster. Mark joined in 2001 and set about trying to organize a growing and rather messy shop. When Lloyd moved on in 2002 Mark assumed responsibility for poking and prodding the group in some sort of coherent direction, along with coordinating shop activities. He can be easily influenced by offerings of chocolate.
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Jeff Noakes - Head Mechanic. Jeff knows more about obscure and obsolete bikes and parts than any of us. He is the one most likely to have Fig Newtons on hand.
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Mike Bowler - "Basics Night" instructor. Mike brews his own beer. We never see any of it at the shop, but that's probably a good thing.
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Berry Debruijn - Head Mechanic. Berry runs marathons, and is therefore probably the most fit member of the group. And he is also by far the most Dutch.
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Chris Wells - Head Mechanic, email wrangler. In addition to cycling, Chris rides his motorcycle when his bicycle just isn't fast enough.
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Doug Yuill - Head Mechanic, Treasurer, tech guy. Doug is also a member of the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO), and perhaps the first person in Ottawa to own a velomobile!
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Michael Van Dyk - Head Mechanic. Also known as Quiet Mike, since we now have two Mikes on staff and it's hard to keep track of them.
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Derek Roach - Head Mechanic. Derek is a nice, polite guy. We would suggest being nice and polite back, because he's in the military and probably knows how to use Large Weapons.
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Derek Heffernan - Head Mechanic. Derek joined us just so we could have two Dereks on staff to match the two Mikes. We've not yet come up with a clever sub-name for him.
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Rob Young - Head Mechanic, carpenter. Rob made some wooden fenders for his bike. Very cool, but wouldn't they get wet in the rain? Better ask him about it...
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Charles Richer - Head Mechanic. Charles is our newest HM, and the one most likely to try and talk you into putting an electric motor on your bike.
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Lisa Routhier - Statistics and Records Keeper, Scheduling. Lisa came to us with a strong background in cycling advocacy, having previously volunteered with Citizens for Safe Cycling. She is the one most likely to have a bike repair stand in her kitchen.
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Mikolt Horvath - Volunteer Coordinator. There are few things worse than having uncoordinated volunteers, so Mikolt makes sure everyone gets in shape!
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Juergen Weichert - Web and Business Advisor.Juergen, being an advocate of power-assist, is the one most likely to have a motor on one of his many bikes.
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Richard Guy Briggs - Website host. Richard also hosts our email list (along with many others), in addition to supplying webspace for cycling and Green organizations. He is the one most likely to tow a Hammond organ by pedal power.
On call:
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Paul Wylie - Head Mechanic. After many faithful years as an HM, Paul has turned his volunteer experience into a fulltime job, running the daytime program for our partner organization Cycle Salvation. He helps fill in for the odd evening staff cancellation when he is able.
On sabbatical:
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