Join Bike to the Future
Members of Bike to the Future agree with our mission and vision and support it. We are a volunteer-based, incorporated, non-profit organization that is only as strong as our membership.
Lifetime membership
At Bike to the Future's September 2011 Monthly Meeting we decided to change our membership from annual to lifetime. This change is retroactive to our inception in February 2007, so anybody who has ever been a BttF member is now a current member. Anybody who no longer wants to be a BttF member should contact us, and we will remove them from our list. Members are also asked to please contact us if their contact information has changed.
The cost of a lifetime membership will remain the same as it was for an annual membership.
We will continue to try and attract new members, and we will solicit donations to generate additional operating revenue.
Become a Bike to the Future member
- Purchase a membership online by using your credit card or PayPal account.
or - Purchase a membership at one of our Monthly Meetings, at an event that our Membership Committee volunteers attend, or from any Director.
or - Purchase a membership at the Mountain Equipment Co-op store (located at Portage & Donald). You must be a MEC member ($5 one-time cost) to purchase anything at MEC.
or - Download and print a Lifetime Membership Application form, complete the form, and send it along with payment to the address on the form.
When we issue your membership, we will send you a confirmation e-mail.
If you would like a lifetime BttF membership card (new -- November 2011), please contact us.
Donate to Bike to the Future
Although we have changed our memberships from annual to lifetime (primarily to relieve an administrative burden), we encourage BttF members to consider making an annual donation to BttF by re-purchasing a membership via one of the methods listed above.
We are not a charity, so we cannot issue tax receipts.
Recruiting new members
Bike to the Future members can tell their friends and fellow cyclists about BttF. Please contact us if you'd like some BttF promotion cards (business card size).
We Need You! (PDF), BttF's membership recruitment poster
We're always looking for volunteers to attend events with our mobile display, which is attached to our bike trailer. Please contact us if you are interested or need more info.
Please contact us or browse this website to learn of opportunities to get involved.
Benefits of Membership
Bike to the Future members are part of a volunteer-based, incorporated, non-profit organization that is working to make cycling in Winnipeg a safe, enjoyable, accessible and convenient transportation choice year-round. We want to see more people cycling more often.
Benefits of membership include
- showing your support of BttF so we can keep doing what we're doing,
- up-to-the minute information on cycling resources and advocacy in the city.
Your membership fee goes towards expenses incurred
- in our advocacy efforts,
- production and distribution of our reports,
- production of advocacy resources,
- funding Bike to Work Day,
- funding speakers,
- providing "seed" money or matching funds for grant proposals,
- facilitating safety & education courses,
- organizing forums.
Expenses are reviewed by our members at our Monthly Meetings and approved by consensus of the Board of Directors.