Hardware grant plan

Intro
How will Free Geek's hHardware Grants Program change over the next 3-5 years so that Free Geek can better fulfill its mission and live up to its principles?

State of the program
Currently, the HWG program is run by staff, with the help of some volunteers. Members review the RT HWG page monthly and fulfill grants that are local or have a local contact. Some hardware grant requests are rejected because of distance to intended recipient without having a local contact, or for not being an actual organisation.

Current and past issues
Issues involve having volunteers take on grants and shepherd them through, the time it takes to fulfill some grants, and