State of the Onion

Big list of programs
Here is a list of Free Geek programs organized by the staff committee that is charged with their oversight. We are asking each committee to post a brief description of the state of each program.

(For more information on each committee see the Standing Staff Committees page.)

Action

 * Recycling
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Receiving
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Maintenance and design of the physical plant
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Building security
 * What is the state of this program?


 * General safety
 * What is the state of this program?

C7

 * Policy development
 * What is the state of this program?


 * load balancing of the committees
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with Free Geek Community Council and Free Geek Board of Directors
 * What is the state of this program?


 * nominations to the various committees
 * What is the state of this program?


 * proposals concerning changes to the committee structure itself
 * What is the state of this program?


 * accounting and financial oversight
 * What is the state of this program?

HR

 * Human resources
 * What is the state of this program?


 * volunteer management
 * What is the state of this program?


 * volunteer and staff discipline
 * What is the state of this program?


 * procedures regarding theft from Free Geek
 * What is the state of this program?


 * mediation between conflicting parties
 * What is the state of this program?


 * volunteer and staff scheduling
 * What is the state of this program?


 * staff and intern reviews
 * What is the state of this program?


 * volunteer acculturation and training
 * What is the state of this program?


 * health care and benefits packages
 * What is the state of this program?


 * employee manual
 * What is the state of this program?

Knowledge Bees

 * Education
 * What is the state of this program?


 * documentation
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with Distro group
 * What is the state of this program?


 * technical support
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Computers for Kids
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Free Geek library
 * What is the state of this program?

Outreach

 * Fundraising
 * What is the state of this program?


 * grantwriting
 * What is the state of this program?


 * outreach
 * What is the state of this program?


 * advertising and marketing
 * What is the state of this program?


 * parties, festivals and other events
 * What is the state of this program?


 * community building
 * What is the state of this program?


 * relations with the neighbors
 * What is the state of this program?


 * relations with the non-profit and social change communities
 * What is the state of this program?


 * membership development
 * What is the state of this program?


 * the Free Geek website
 * What is the state of this program?


 * the reception area
 * What is the state of this program?


 * public email addresses
 * What is the state of this program?


 * media relations
 * What is the state of this program?


 * advertising and design of donation pickups
 * What is the state of this program?


 * volunteer rewards
 * What is the state of this program?

Propagation

 * Liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere)
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with GAP volunteers
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Hardware Grants
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with NAP group (Nonprofit Assistance Program).
 * What is the state of this program?

Reuse

 * Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production (build)
 * What is the state of this program?


 * testing maintenance and development
 * What is the state of this program?


 * Laptops
 * What is the state of this program?


 * retail sales
 * What is the state of this program?


 * eBay sales
 * What is the state of this program?


 * printer refurbishing and sales
 * What is the state of this program?


 * locate, evaluation, and put oddball hardware into reuse
 * What is the state of this program?


 * wholesale or bulk sales of to-be-recycled parts
 * What is the state of this program?

Technocrats

 * Liaison with Coders group
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with ASS group
 * What is the state of this program?


 * liaison with Distro group
 * What is the state of this program?


 * selection of software commonly used at Free Geek
 * What is the state of this program?


 * computer security
 * What is the state of this program?


 * technical infrastructure
 * What is the state of this program?