Trademark application flow chart

This is a work in progress and is NOT policy.

Every object has a number and a detailed description below. The following steps are to be taken in order by a startup. Each step must be completed and found sufficient by the review committee before the next step is begun.

digraph{ research [label="1. Develop waste removal plan", shape="box"] health [label="2. Develop health & safety plan", shape="box"] need_fg [label="3. Why does your community\n need a Free Geek?", shape="box"] decisions [label="4. Decision-making essay", shape="box"] preliminary [label="5. Preliminary status", shape="hexagon"]

research -> health health -> need_fg need_fg -> decisions decisions -> preliminary

}

1. Even if your organization's plan is to maximize on reuse (ours is, too) or to focus on software, you will receive electronic waste. Please provide us with a general list of types of electronics that will be accepted and an exhaustive, detailed plan on how they will be dealt with, especially hazardous waste. The list should include but not be limited to: CRTs, motherboards, etc. You DO NOT need to be a recycler, but at this point you need a plan for waste removal. That plan will be the result of considering as many options as possible and going with the most responsible options. Please note, you do not need to be a Free Geek to call around. We recommend getting in touch with BAN (www.ban.org) for some help with that research. Startups that are not interested in or cannot come up with a comprehensive plan for dealing with their e-waste will not make it past this point.

2. Please develop a health & safety plan that will be relevant to your proposed area of service that deals with hazardous waste and the possibility of environmental contamination.

3. Please explain why your community needs a Free Geek.

4. Imagine that you have a lot of volunteers and two of them aren't getting along. One of them has requested that the other be asked to leave the organization. Please outline some possible scenarios through which your organization cound handle this request and how does it demonstrate the decision-making program, various committees, if any, that you have in mind to start out with.

5. If steps one through three have been adequately done, Free Geek will formally grant preliminary status for your startup. The startup must follow the steps outlined in the preliminary status page in order to keep the name, or it will be revoked.