Standing Staff Committees

These standing committees of the Staff Collective are designed to oversee all the areas of Free Geek, implementing policies that are set by other groups and making policy suggestions to those other groups. Each committee has a mailing list and a queue in RT.


 * Action
 * Mission: Building and equipment security, staff and volunteer safety, supply, waste removal, and the sale of scrap material.
 * Programs: Recycling, maintenance and design of the physical plant, building security, general safety.
 * Current Staff Members: Guy, Kathie, Liane, Oso, Rick
 * Meets: Week B, Tuesdays 10-11
 * Email: action at freegeek.org


 * C7
 * Mission: The standing committee structure, liaison with board and council especially regarding policy development, financial considerations.
 * Programs: Policy development, load balancing of the committees, liaison with Free Geek Community Council and Free Geek Board of Directors, nominations to the various committees, proposals concerning changes to the committee structure itself; accounting and financial oversight, health care and benefits packages, liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere).
 * Current Staff Members: Dave, Oso, Richard, Shawn
 * Meets: Week A, Saturdays 10-11
 * Email: c7 at freegeek.org


 * HR
 * Mission: Provides oversight for those areas of Free Geek pertaining to the health and well being of volunteers and staff.
 * Programs: Human resources, volunteer management, volunteer and staff discipline, procedures regarding theft from Free Geek, mediation between conflicting parties, volunteer and staff scheduling, staff and intern reviews, volunteer acculturation and training, employee manual.
 * Current Staff Members: Michael, Nathan, Richard, Shawn
 * Meets: Every Friday 11:15
 * Email: hr at freegeek.org


 * Knowledge Bees
 * Mission: Facilitating access to information through documentation, training and support.
 * Programs: Education, documentation, liaison with Distro group, technical support, Computers for Kids.
 * Current Staff Members: Kathie, Liane, Martin, Michael
 * Meets: First Tuesday of every month at 10-11.
 * Email: grok at freegeek.org


 * Outreach
 * Mission: Oversight of outreach, public relations, and associated fundraising.
 * Programs: Fundraising, grantwriting, outreach, advertising and marketing, parties, festivals and other events, community building, relations with the neighbors, relations with the non-profit and social change communities, membership development, the Free Geek website, the reception area, public email addresses, media relations, advertising and design of donation pickups; liaison with NAP group.
 * Current Staff Members: Liane, Oso, Shawn
 * Meets: Thursdays (except 3rd Thursday), 7:15
 * Email: modsquad at freegeek.org


 * Reuse
 * Mission: The testing, building, refurbishing, and sales of reusable equipment.
 * Programs: Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production, build, testing maintenance and development; retail sales, eBay sales; printer refurbishing and sales; locate, evaluation, and put oddball hardware into reuse; wholesale or bulk sales of to-be-recycled parts; liaison with Hardware Grants group; development of receiving policies with a goal of maximum reuse.
 * Current Staff Members: Dave, Guy, Matthew, Nathan, Rick, Steve
 * Meets: Every Wednesday, 10-11
 * Email: reuse at freegeek.org


 * Receiving
 * Mission: ???
 * Programs: ???
 * Current Staff Members: Dave, Liane, Michael, Nathan, Shawn
 * Meets: Week A, Fridays, 12:30-1:30
 * Email: receiving at freegeek.org


 * Recycling
 * Mission: ???
 * Programs: ???
 * Current Staff Members: Guy, Liane, Nathan, Oso, Steve
 * Meets: Week B, Fridays, 12:30-1:30
 * Email: recycling at freegeek.org


 * Technocrats
 * Mission: The selection or creation, maintenance, and technical security of hardware and software used at or installed by Free Geek.
 * Programs: Liaison with Coders group, liaison with ASS group, liaison with Distro group, liaison with GAP volunteers, selection of software commonly used at Free Geek, computer security, technical infrastructure.
 * Current Staff Members: Martin, Michael, Richard
 * Meets: Second Tuesday of every month at 10-11.
 * Email: technocrats at freegeek.org