Nonprofit Assistance Program Proposal - Revision history

Ali at 21:52, 6 July 2010

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 ; Software
-: NAP would provide debian Linux (sarge) systems, especially those with the standard set of software included on FreekBoxen, plus Apache, Mailman, Samba, Webmin, and CUPSm working through the existing Distro group.
+: NAP would provide debian Linux (sarge) systems, especially those with the standard set of software included on FreekBoxen, plus Apache, Mailman, Samba, Webmin, and CUPS working through the existing Distro group.
 ; Education

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 =The proposal=
 Free Geek will disband the Collaborative Technologies group and establish a new group. This new group will be called the '''Free Geek Nonprofit Assistance Program''' (NAP). It shall:
 ; adopt a mission statement as follows,
-: Create a group that will facilitate the adoption of Linux-based sustainable solutions for non-profit organizations and that will pay for itself and provide a stream of revenue into the Free Geek general fund.
+: Create a group that will facilitate the adoption of open source software based, sustainable solutions for non-profit organizations and that will pay for itself and provide a stream of revenue into the Free Geek general fund.
 ; begin by packaging existing Free Geek programs for nonprofit organizations,

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 =The proposal=
-Free Geek will disband the Collaborative Technologies group and establish a new group. This new group will be called the ''Free Geek Nonprofit Assistance Program'' (NAP). It shall:
+Free Geek will disband the Collaborative Technologies group and establish a new group. This new group will be called the '''Free Geek Nonprofit Assistance Program''' (NAP). ''(Or maybe keep the name as Collaborative Technologies.)'' It shall:
 ; adopt a mission statement as follows,
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 ; plan and maintain three stages defined by short term, medium term, and long term goals.
 : As each goal is completed, NAP should propose adjustments in the phases and shepherd actual changes through the Free Geek Community Council. The short term stage should consist of tasks that we are capable of working on right now, and the medium and long term goals give us a sense of direction. It is recognized that the medium and long term goals are likely to shift over time. The initial short, medium, and long term goals are listed below as a part of this proposal.
 ==Short term goals==
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 ; Financing
-: NAP will explore financing options. We could charge fees for diskless labs, or we could charge for fees for the special classes (i.e. any System Admininstration oriented classes that are developed) and for on-site training. We could also charge fees for Technical Support services. NAP would develop a longer term financing plan and investigate grantwriting as a way of growing to a sustainable level.
+: NAP will explore financing options. For instance, we could charge fees for diskless labs, or we could charge for fees for the special classes (i.e. any System Admininstration oriented classes that are developed), and/or for on-site training. We could also charge fees for Technical Support services. NAP would develop a longer term financing plan and investigate grantwriting as a way of growing to a sustainable level.
 ; Staffing
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 ; Financing
 : NAP would try to expand the above mentioned income streams wherever practical. NAP could also charge for the enterprise level hardware and additional peripherals that are supported.
 ; Staffing

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 ==Contractor List==
-The [[Contractor List]] proposal is an attempt to establish a network of consultants for nonprofit who that have a relationship with Free Geek and have demonstrated some sort of competence. The ''Contractor List'' proposal could go forward as a separate motion or be incorporated into the ''Future of Collab'' proposal without much problem.
+The [[Contractor List]] proposal is an attempt to establish a network of consultants for nonprofit who that have a relationship with Free Geek and have demonstrated some sort of competence. The ''Contractor List'' proposal could go forward as a separate motion. However, some of its points have been  incorporated into this version of the ''Future of Collab'' proposal.
-To incorporate the two, we could add a new section in the main proposal like this:
+Some major issues to consider in the development of a contractor list:
-; create a database of available Free Geek friendly contractors,
+* What is the liability to Free Geek?
-: This database could be incorporated into Free Geek's existing database and would be designed to help us track a contractor's association with Free Geek an history of working with nonprofits. NAP would then propose criteria to be used for referring nonprofits to these contractors and shepherd this criteria through the Community Council.
+* Do we just advertise or recommend contractors?
+* If we recommend:
-We'd also need to add sections to the short, medium, and long term goals sections. Perhaps the short term goal would be the initial establishment of the database, and the medium term would be to begin the actual referrals after developing a feedback system so Free Geek is confident of the referrals it makes. The long term goal could be to expand the network and refine the feedback system to be more useful.
+** What kind of criteria do we apply?

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 ; initially add to that package only a few very easy to do things,
 : NAP will create a slightly expanded distro based on the FreekBox distro that will be aimed specifically at nonprofits. The software additions will be selected by NAP but should be initially limited to software already in use at Free Geek.
 ; survey the nonprofit community about what additional services would be useful, and

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 ==Medium Term goals==
 ; Hardware
-: NAP would provide all of the above plus an enterprise level server (with fail over, redundancy, etc.), and maybe some additional peripherals like scanners and cameras as they are requested and as Free Geek develops the capacity to support them. A sub-program (Server Build) under the Build program would be developed to support the refurbishing of the enterprise level servers.
+: NAP should provide all of the above plus an enterprise level server (with fail over, redundancy, etc.), and possibly additional peripherals (like scanners and cameras) as they are requested and as Free Geek develops the capacity to test and support them. A sub-program (Server Build) under the Build program would be developed to support the refurbishing of the enterprise level servers.
 ; Software
-: We would provide all of the above plus an off-the-shelf, non-customized database application for Linux and/or a generic front end to windows or linux databases. This would have to be chosen and tested.
+: NAP should provide all of the above plus an off-the-shelf, non-customized database application for Linux and/or a generic front end to windows or linux databases. This would have to be chosen and tested.
 ; Education
-: NAP would provide all of the above plus develop training on the off-the-shelf database application.
+: NAP should provide all of the above plus develop training on the off-the-shelf database application.
 ; Tech Support
-: Support during regular working hours.
+: NAP should offer tech support during regular working hours using the current Technical Support program.
 ; Needs assessments