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	Phase III - Program Expansion: 50% funded, with high expectations of meeting the fund raising goals in the coming quarter. Collaborative Technologies is under way, working on our first contract. Collab is implementing a new medical records database and and other critical IT infrastructure for Home Street, a community mental health organization in Hillsboro, Oregon. Several other contracts have been signed with work scheduled to commence in the next few months. Computers for Kids is not yet funded, but we have hired a part-time coordinator to start organizing pilot partnerships as well as help to meet the fund raising goal. So far, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Portland Metro Area and the Portland YWCA has sent groups of kids through the program, helping us to develop the curriculum.		Phase III - Program Expansion: 50% funded, with high expectations of meeting the fund raising goals in the coming quarter. Collaborative Technologies is under way, working on our first contract. Collab is implementing a new medical records database and and other critical IT infrastructure for Home Street, a community mental health organization in Hillsboro, Oregon. Several other contracts have been signed with work scheduled to commence in the next few months. Computers for Kids is not yet funded, but we have hired a part-time coordinator to start organizing pilot partnerships as well as help to meet the fund raising goal. So far, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Portland Metro Area and the Portland YWCA has sent groups of kids through the program, helping us to develop the curriculum.
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 '''FREE GEEK PEOPLE'''
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 Lewis Barr, Director
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 '''Paid Staff''' – Free Geek employs 13 staff members with schedules ranging from 32 hrs/week to 10 hrs/week. The staff functions as a collective, using a modified consensus model for decision making. All staff are paid the same hourly rate. Staff working over 15 hrs/week are eligible for participation in the health care plan. Current staff positions are:
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 Hardware Grants – Made up of staff and volunteers, the Hardware Grants group allocates resources to fulfill hardware grant requests for non-profits. Membership is open to those individuals that wish to help guide projects through the system.
 OUTREACH
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 Free Geek has experienced a consistent and impressive customer and participant growth rate over the last four years. All with minimal advertising. Free Geek anticipates that there will be a need for a marketing/outreach effort in the coming months. To this end we are seeking funding for a Marketing Outreach Coordinator from a variety of sources, but it remains a low priority at this time.
 SUCCESS TO DATE
 HOW SUCCESS IS MEASURED
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+== PART II. THE PROGRAM EXPANSION PROJECT ==
 The Free Geek Expansion Project is needed so that Free Geek can better address several growing needs in the Portland Metropolitan area. The expansion project also addresses the long term health and sustainability of Free Geek.

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 Free Geek recycles used technology to provide computers, education, job skills training and access to the Internet to those in need, in exchange for community service.
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 Free Geek was founded by the current Administrative Coordinator, Oso Martín, in February of 2000. He saw a need in the community for access to no-cost or low-cost computer technology. Oso further learned that the large amounts of electronic waste going into Portland's landfills were becoming an increasing problem, and that much of the computer hardware being tossed away was still usable. He was sure these computers could be set up to perform Internet, word processing, and other basic computing functions. Oso envisioned a non-profit organization that would serve two needs in the community at the same time: recycling electronic waste and helping to bridge the digital divide. And so, Free Geek was born.
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 COMPUTER RECYCLING
 Free Geek's central location is a convenient place for individuals, organizations and small businesses to recycle computer equipment. By accepting all computer equipment, in any condition, we make the choice of where to go to dispose of computers a simple one. Everyone who drops off computers for recycling is offered a guided tour of the facility and is shown how the program works and what happens to the donated equipment. We then ask for a voluntary cash donation to support our program. Approximately two-thirds of our customers need to dispose of monitors. Free Geek charges a $10 disposal fee for any and all monitors dropped off at our facility. In addition to the required monitor fees, over half of all recycling customers make a voluntary financial contribution in appreciation for the work they see being done to protect the environment and to help others. Computer donations are the exclusive source of computer hardware for both Free Geek's infrastructure and the equipment provided back to the community. As part of the recycling process, non-repairable and obsolete equipment is broken down into its base materials such as steel, aluminum, and copper. These commodities are then sold on the open market through our recycling partners. Sale of recycled materials provides a significant income stream to support operations.
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 The Free Geek Collaborative Technology Project provides needs assessment, network infrastructure, data conversion and on-site training for administrators and end users to facilitate the conversion from proprietary software to Open Source Software. By showing non-profit organizations how to utilize Open Source software, Free Geek empowers them to maximize their technology resources, potentially saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars in hardware and software upgrades. Free Geek provides theses services to non-profits on a sliding scale based on ability to pay.
 COMPUTERS FOR KIDS
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 NON-PROFIT HARDWARE GRANTS
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 Volunteers can learn how to repair and refurbish printers. This program refurbishes both inkjet and laser printers, making them available for adoption or sale in the thrift store. Printers that are beyond our expertise to repair are parted out for our own repair program or are sold to printer remanufacturing companies. Inkjet cartridges are removed from all printers and evaluated. Good cartridges are used in the repaired printers or sold in the thrift store. Bad and empty cartridges are sold to cartridge remanufactures. The program also evaluates and repairs non-computer related consumer electronics such as fax machines, stereos, VCRs and telephones. Repaired and tested electronics are sold in the Free Geek Thrift Store.
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 WEPSI/NEPSI
 Free Geek participates as a stake holder in the EPA funded, WEPSI (Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative) process. WEPSI is a working group of computer and electronics manufacturers, industrial electronics recyclers, local and regional governments and non-government organizations (NGOs). The final action plan7 was published in the fall of 2003. WEPSI is a sub-group of NEPSI (National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative) which is in its final stages.
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 Lewis Barr, Director
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-Internships from outside programs – Free Geek works with local organizations and schools to provide interesting opportunities for individuals and students to fulfill job training, educational and community service requirements. Free Geek has approximately 6 active interns from outside programs at any time.
+'''Paid Staff''' – Free Geek employs 13 staff members with schedules ranging from 32 hrs/week to 10 hrs/week. The staff functions as a collective, using a modified consensus model for decision making. All staff are paid the same hourly rate. Staff working over 15 hrs/week are eligible for participation in the health care plan. Current staff positions are:
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 The following groups are the major groups that have regular meetings or perform defined tasks.