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Dear Bike to the Future members and supporters:

After a lengthy series of discussions and a recommendation from a re branding expert, Bike to the Future's Board of Directors has decided to change the public name of our organization to Bike Winnipeg and change our domain name to bikewinnipeg.ca. We will also be changing our logo.

In making this change, we are following in the footsteps of many other cycling advocacy organizations such as Bike Calgary, Bike Minneapolis, and Bike New York.

It is our hope that bikewinnipeg.ca will be easier to remember for members of the public, the media, government officials, and our current and new supporters. We also hope that the name Bike Winnipeg more clearly and simply defines who we are and our central mission , which is to encourage more Winnipeggers to choose to bike more often, to bring impediments to cycli ng to the attention of elected and government officials, and to inform the public and media about the various benefits of cycling. ____________

Bike Winnipeg Logo Contest

Please send us your idea/design for a Bike Winnipeg logo. The logo will support the new name of our organization: Bike Winnipeg ( bikewinnipeg.ca ). All logo submissions must be in two-tone, black and white. You may add a color logo if you wish.

Everyone who sends a logo to info@bikewinnipeg.ca by May 1, 2013 will be entered into a draw for a 1 Metre Please jersey.

We will acknowledge the receipt of all submissions, and we will publicly credit the designer of the chosen logo when we unveil it.

By sending us a logo, you agree that, if we select your idea /design, full ownership of all intellectual property rights will belong to Bike to the Future, Inc.