Final Application for Ongoing Status as a Free Geek

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Background Research and Development Plan

 * Have you made contact with local recycling partners?
 * What facilities will you likely be using for disposal of e-waste?
 * Have you researched their recycling practices?
 * Do they send e-waste overseas? Where?
 * Do they use prison labor?
 * What do they process that ends up in a landfill?
 * Do you know how much it will cost you to recycle:
 * Batteries?
 * Monitors?
 * Do you know how much you are likely to make off of
 * Processors?
 * Circuit boards?
 * Have you made contacts with other community organizations...
 * that work with free or open source software?
 * that work with communities of people who lack technology or technical skills?
 * Volunteer recruitment
 * Do you already have volunteers that are willing to work on a weekly basis?
 * How many volunteers?
 * How many hours per week?
 * How do you plan to recruit more volunteers?
 * Start up funding
 * How much startup funding do you already have?
 * How much will rent for your initial space likely cost?
 * How do you plan to raise more startup funds?

Infrastructure

 * Your own infrastructure:
 * Do you need hardware to help you get started?
 * If so, do you know how to apply for a grant from the mothership?
 * Do you understand what software the other Free Geeks are using for infrastructure? (Free Geek in Portland has a Software Overview page.)

New Questions

 * Who signed (or will sign) the following documents (if you have or are applying for them)?
 * lease for space
 * articles of incorporation
 * bank account
 * bylaws
 * loan
 * foundation grant application
 * Describe your role in the organization.
 * Who is (or will be) answering questions from the general public?
 * Describe how your decision making process will change as you grow?
 * How many people do you anticipate will be on your paid staff?
 * Which will you be using to make decisions, formal consensus or majority rule or some other process?
 * Why?
 * How do you determine who will be in your main decision making group?
 * Do you have experienced meeting facilitators working with your group? If not, how will you recruit them?
 * What is your mission statement?
 * How do you encourage volunteer participation?