Actually what they are saying is they are "We are not an advocacy, we are a few people spread around Australia with an interest in collecting and spreading the good and bad news about Bicycling in this great land" and before this they say "The new voice for Australia's fastest growing community, cyclists. This is not an Advocacy, we are here to help spread information, consult with councils, government and agencies and deliver better outcomes through communication"il padrone wrote:Cycle.org.au has always stressed that they are not an advocacy group. They do not lobby government nor organise BUGS, nor develop major campaighs for legal or facilities change.Andy wrote:Company Overview
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None of which say they are not an advocacy group, just that they are not "advocacy" whatever that is meant to mean in this context I have no real idea. Interesting however they are "the new voice ...." and they are a group but as clearly shown by their committees and structure.
As to what advocacy is, the Macquarie dictionary defines advocacy as ...
noun an act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal
Now from what the definition says and I read what Cycle say they are about I have no doubt at at all that Cycle is very much about advocacy. I will leave it up to others to form their own views on the role of Cycle and if they support or it not but one thing I am without a doubt about is they are an advocacy group who in their view advocates for and on behalf of cyclists, the "new voice" for those people who choose to ride bycles as they like to say.
Andrew