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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FREE GEEK's board of directors oversees the legal and fiscal integrity of the organization.
Seamus Campbell, Chair
Current volunteer. Programmer. Xymurgist. Former Free Geek Education-Coordinator Coordinator. second term, ends October 2009 Treasurer, October 2005 - October 2007 Chair, October 2007 - Present
Laurel Hoyt, Secretary
Threaten Free Geek and meet her wrath.
Former Free Geek Education Coordinator; current volunteer. Researcher, Post-Carbon Institute. First term, October 2005 - October 2006 (One year term) Chairperson, October 2005 - October 2006 Secretary, October 2006 - Present second term, ends October 2008
Marie Deatherage, Director
Marie getting friendly with the Linux kernel.
Current volunteer. Director, Communication and Learning, Meyer Memorial Trust. Marie (aka Maria Deathstar) aspires to be a geek, but she's only a wannabe at this point. However, she loves Free Geek with all her heart so we pretend like we think she's a geek. A journalist, a geography professor, and a disability rights advocate in former lives, Marie is especially interested in helping Free Geek become better known among people who have the capacity to give money to geeks. Marie wants to be a documentary filmmaker when she grows up. First term, October 2005 - October 2006 (One year term) Secretary, October 2005 - October 2006 second term, ends October, 2008
Oso MartÃn, Director
Founder, original incorporator of Free Geek. Former member of staff collective, as Outreach Coordinator. second term, ends October 2009 Interim Chairperson, July 2007 - October 2007
Jon van Oast, Director
Current volunteer. Programmer, small business owner. In order to avoid having to fix bugs in the DOS-based SMTP gateway he wrote for a Novell network, coupled with the fact that perl4 in DOS was frustrating him, Jon built his first linux box in 1992. It ran for 2 years hidden above the acoustic ceiling tiles in sub-basement level B of the university medical center where Jon worked. It ran for 4 more years there after he left, until he showed up in the middle of the night on a trip back home and took it with him back to Portland. Now you know how he and linux fell in love. first term, ends October 2008
Tim Collier, Treasurer
Tim's name is adorned by a variety of letters highly appreciated by the Board, such as CFO, CPA and MBA (in the works). Tim has been forgiven by the Free Geek community for choosing a big-screen TV over a canine. first term, ends October 2008 Treasurer, October 2007 - Present
Curt Pederson, Director
Our newest Board member, Curt Pederson comes to us from the OSU Open Source Labs and is the Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer (CIO) CIO for the Oregon University system. He also has under his belt more than 20 years managing administrative and operating functions of the 12th largest public electric utility in the United States. first term, ends October 2009
