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These are ideas and brainstorming about implementing a 'Free Geek' type program in the current RE-Sources / RE-lectronics program.

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Employment

Assistant to the Program Director, position

• Starting part-time, 20 hr/week, $25-$30/hr
• Additional wage funding by matching funds with value % of generated grants and donations.
• Acts by direction to work as proxy for the Program Director
• Coordinates with Program Director on activities in RE-lectronics
  • Helps with generating increased grants, donations, volunteers, and sponsorships.
  • Works on grant funding
  • Volunteer direction
  • Filling in for other volunteers, projects, and tasks.
• Brainstorms about methods of streamlining donation and recovery processes
• Assistance with other RE-Sources Information Technology needs.

Brainstorms

Vision

• Optimize turnaround time for donations and recovery.
• Minimize 'on the shelf' time for equipment.
• Determine difference between 'junk' and 'valuable'.
• Determine how much invested time/labor for effective cost recovery.

Donations

• Work with local vendors to include a 'RE-lectronics' flyer, with every purchase, encourage recylcing of older parts.
  • NW Computer Supplies
  • 3D Computers
  • Curuit City
  • Best Buy
  • CostCo
  • Mail-order w/Recovery fee ? (i.e. advertise on E-bay to receive outdated equipment, +$15 per item, they pay S/H)

Develop list of locations for outstream of 'low end'/inexpensive equipment

• • Ebay ?
  • low-income households
  • "Public Technology Centers"
    • (i.e. RE-Threads, Mission,) (Could be word processing, or internet cafe style)

Work with local schools to capture surplus items

• WWU, WCC, BTC, Public School

Receiving

• Everything tagged and date when arrive

Inventory / Tracking

• Use database
• Tag everything unique and 'valuable' (i.e. PC's,printers, but not screws or power cords)
• Monthly Reports (# of Units, and aprox poundage)

Organization / workflow

• determine distinct workflow areas
• specific steps when moving items from one area to the next
• Specific people 'watchdog' workflow areas, to minimize 'pile up' or 'back-log'

Selling (with signed affidate to recycle parts again)

• Ebay - valuable items
• RE-Store