Laptop Exploratory Position - Revision history

Mkille at 21:32, 25 April 2013

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Rfs at 21:43, 10 December 2010

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Rfs: Laptop Exploratory Intern moved to Laptop Exploratory Position

2008-04-30T00:04:45Z

Laptop Exploratory Intern moved to Laptop Exploratory Position

Shawn: link

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link

Shawn: communication skills

2006-05-11T00:15:33Z

communication skills

Dave: /* Hours and Pay */

2006-05-10T00:27:06Z

Hours and Pay

Shawn at 19:37, 5 May 2006

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Shawn at 19:17, 5 May 2006

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Shawn at 19:13, 5 May 2006

2006-05-05T19:13:30Z

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==Purpose==
Determine if a full time laptop program coordinator can sustain itself financially

==Hours==
24-32

==Duration==
6 months

Reports due to staff and council at 3 and 6 months

==Justification==

Freegeek's laptop repair program is poorly organized and sporatically operated. Only 3 hours a week of paid staff supervision goes into the program, and that is mostly spent on physical organization and supply stocking. Yet, when quality technical effort is spent with the laptops, the strong demand for even the oldest hardware always returns to us as significant monetary rewards. As an example, one particular volunteer puts out between 4 and 8 laptops in a day of work, each of which sell for (before discount) between $50 and $100. Sales have also been primarily for full, working systems, while a market for parts on ebay is as yet untrodden. Still, this reward has not enticed us to further staff the area. This is unreasonable. we not only need to explore every avenue for reuse possible, but we owe it to our community to offer paid positions when financially viable and consistent with our mission. my personal prediction is that the laptop program will more than sustain itself, and will contribute significantly to our organization's long-term financial health.

==Considerations==

Laptop income may only be so high while we still have the surplus left over from the years of not being able to repair them efficiently. Once that surplus has been exhausted, we may find the incoming stream of laptop hardware is not enough to sustain the position. This possibility should be reported on by the intern.

==Responsibilities==
* Organize the laptop area (Black Hole) to maintain and increase workspace and efficiency
* Recruite (from within freegeek) able students into the laptop program
* Laptop program development (process refinement, documentation, relevant outreach)
* Provide laptop repair education
* Do laptop repair
* Explore other underattended hardware and its possible reuse
* Participate in reuse and grants committees
* Research and ensure responsible recycling of laptop parts

==Required Skills==
* Interest in and aptitude for laptop hardware repair
* Familiarity with the freegeek build program
* Patient, friendly volunteer management
* Ability to teach technical skills
* Some familiarity with consensus process
* Trustworthy and able to work unsupervised
* Frugal or otherwise able to work for our wages

==Hiring==
full, open hiring, with the idea that the internship could
easily prove itself to be worth an equivalent collective position.

budgeting: |
http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptops_Program_Planning_Sheet

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 hours/week
 Pay is approximately $10.25/hour

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 ==Required Skills==
 * Interest in and aptitude for laptop hardware repair
-* Familiarity with the freegeek build program
+* Familiarity with the freegeek build program -- experience in the build program is a major plus
-* Patient, friendly volunteer management
+* Patient, friendly volunteer management skills
-* Ability to teach technical skills
+* Ability to teach technical skills in an understandable way
 * Some familiarity with consensus process
 * Trustworthy and able to work unsupervised
 * Frugal or otherwise able to work for our wages

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 Determine if a full time laptop program coordinator can sustain itself financially
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 ==Duration==
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 * Organize the laptop area (Black Hole) to maintain and increase workspace and efficiency
 * Recruit (from within freegeek) and coordinate able students for the laptop program
-* Laptop program development (process refinement, documentation, relevant outreach)
+* Accomplish laptop program development including process refinement, documentation, and relevant outreach
 * Provide laptop repair education
 * Do laptop repair
 * Explore other underattended hardware and its possible reuse
-* Participate in reuse and grants committees
+* Participate in Reuse and Hardware Grants committees
 * Research and ensure responsible recycling of laptop parts

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 Reports due to staff and council at 3 and 6 months
 ==Responsibilities==
 * Organize the laptop area (Black Hole) to maintain and increase workspace and efficiency
-* Recruite (from within freegeek) able students into the laptop program
+* Recruit (from within freegeek) and coordinate able students for the laptop program
 * Laptop program development (process refinement, documentation, relevant outreach)
 * Provide laptop repair education
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 ==Hiring==
-    full, open hiring, with the idea that the internship could
+Internal open hiring
-    easily prove itself to be worth an equivalent collective position.
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+[[Category: Job Descriptions]]