{"id":496,"date":"2011-12-27T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/12\/27\/jay-steingold-says-farewell\/"},"modified":"2013-01-05T21:05:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T21:05:04","slug":"jay-steingold-says-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/12\/27\/jay-steingold-says-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Steingold Says Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">If you are a customer of Bike Port, retrieved a lost bike left on a Metro bus, attended a volunteer work party or dropped by our table at an outreach event, then you probably met Jay Steingold.\u00a0 He was the friendly fella who greeted and assisted you.\u00a0 His gourmet handcrafted sandwiches that he specially prepared for volunteer work parties are legendary.<\/span><br \/>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff <\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FSr37-stO5A\/TvSlBvJNpdI\/AAAAAAAAAmI\/0hEHTjgyp6o\/s1600\/IMG_3237+%25282%2529.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" rea=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FSr37-stO5A\/TvSlBvJNpdI\/AAAAAAAAAmI\/0hEHTjgyp6o\/s320\/IMG_3237+%25282%2529.jpg\" width=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Jay brings a specialty beer to share at the<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>staff&#8217;s holiday beer tasting.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\ufeff<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">After spending a year with the Bicycle Alliance, Jay\u00a0is leaving us for a new adventure.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In the spring of 2012, he and his wife Laura are heading to South Korea where Jay plans to teach English.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<br \/><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\", \"sans-serif\";\">What will Jay miss about the Bicycle Alliance?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cEveryone\u2019s passion for bicycling and their love of food and craft beers,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">\ufeff\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\", \"sans-serif\";\">\u201cI will miss Barb\u2019s warmth and strength as a leader, Donna\u2019s steadfast dedication to accuracy and order, John\u2019s dry wit and tenacious carrying of his grant, JoAnn\u2019s hearty cookies and infectious love of her job, Louise\u2019s laser-like focus and lightheartedness, Blake\u2019s unbearably cute family and knowledge of all things biking in Seattle, Seth\u2019s quiet logic and delicious baked goods, Josh\u2019s optimism and willingness to help with anything, and last but not least\u2014Ben and Julian\u2019s weekly sing-along to Justin Timberlake,\u201d he elaborated.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\", \"sans-serif\";\">When asked if he had any parting thoughts, Jay encouraged folks to attend Transportation Advocacy Day because it\u2019s an opportunity to show our numbers.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>He advised attendees to do their homework in advance and ask smart questions.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\", \"sans-serif\";\">In the interim couple of months, Jay will do some traveling, photography, writing, leatherworking, croissant-making, and learning as much Korean as possible.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; 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