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Contents 1 Specs 1.1 Financial 1.2 Transactions 1.3 Resources 1.4 Program offerings

Specs

(and overview of our resources)

• Location : Bellingham, WA
  • Building/receiving/thrift store/training: (Examples: Oly ) aprox 2,000 SF
  • Layout: (ex. Portland )
• Founded (ex. April 13, 2000) - ? 2005, w/BLUG members
• Open to the public (ex. September 1, 2000) - ? 2005
• Grand Opening (ex. November 18, 2000.) - ? 2005 ?
• Starter Facility: (ex. 5,000 SF - Office/Workshop) - ?
• Current Facility: (ex. 5,000 SF - Office/Workshop/Warehouse) - ?
  • Training and Evaluation ShowCase Area

Financial

(ex. Portland )

Monthly Expenses:

• Rent: (ex. $5,500) - ?
• Utilities/Maintainence: (ex. $1,250) - ?
• Payroll and Benefits: (ex. $24,000) - ?
• Supplies
• HR (when implemented)

Monthly Income:

• Donations: ?
• Scrap sell: ?
• Free_Geek_Bellingham/Grants : Possible source of funding for full-time positions and recovery fees for non-working equipment.
• Store selling (See Store Sales )
  • CafePress items
  • Valuable items for sale
• Vendor Re-embursements for vendor specific PC's recycled.

Transactions

• Computer Donations: (ex. 1,500/month) - ?
  • (PC's, monitors, type, poundage, etc)

• E-Scrap Recovery: (ex. 15 tons/month ) - ?

Resources

Staffing (See HR )

• Staff: (ex. 15 Staff Collective, 3 Interns)
  • 0 (paid staff after operational costs met)
• Volunteers: (ex. 3,000) - ? Others (ex. Portland and Volunteer_Recruitment)

(Also see Whatcom Volunteering)

• • Iain Davidson , 360.733.8782 , Website
  • (If you are interested in volunteering, please add entries here...)
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• Position/roles/jobs needed:
  • Grant research / writing
  • Recycling centers agreement liason / coordinator
  • Accountant / Financial assistant for 'the books'
  • Receiving (i.e. ex. Portland receiving )
  • Build technicians
  • Build class facilitator
  • Meeting minutes/notes taker
  • Donation coordinator (Small, and (>10) large)
  • Telephone tech support (limited calls per PC)
  • Network person
  • Other technical support person? (in warehouse, in store, etc?)
• Software (ex. Software_Overview)
  • Scheduling (ex. Portland )
  • Management (ex. http://www.projectconnections.com/ )

Program offerings

•  ? Store-front ?What is stocked? What principles guide store?
•  ? Grants program? (ex. http://www.freegeek.org/grants.php )
•  ? Outreach
• Historical (ex. Museum)
•  ? Other Education offerings
  •  ? Build classes