Media Kit/Stats

By the Numbers

Statistics that can be used in stories, or that will stimulate new ways about thinking about Free Geek.

• donation chart:

Number of Donations by Dollar Amount

year	$500 & up	$400 -499	$300 -399	$200 -299	$100 -199	under $100	hardware only
2001	1	1	0	3	12	1131	729
2002	1	1	2	7	40	2100	979
2003	3	2	7	10	76	3329	1368
2004	19	5	9	30	130	5875	1530
2005	11	3	13	40	181	7496	1799

• volunteer chart
• other stats

There's lots of stats in the 2005 Annual Report.

John K7AAY

May I ask you to think about what the public finds as the primary benefit of FreeGeek? I would guess it is, in this order:

1) Recycling to keep toxics out of the waste stream 2) Educational - teaching skills to those who don't have 3) Repurposing machines

So, maybe we could present

1) how many tons of mercury, lead, cadmium, nickel and other badstuff we've sequestered through *careful* recycling, and 
2) how many people have learned computer skills, before
3) we roll on to how many boxen have good homes now.

I'd be happy to run, and design if you also need, a (short) telephone survey between now and 16 April to see what the people really think.

Polling is something politicos understand. With a well-designed poll, raw data (a log of each interview) and the inevitable executive summary of results to demonstrate that Portlanders like us, we might get more R E S P E C T from City Hall than we do at present.

Or, so my BS in Journalism, and subsequent PR experience would lead me to believe, anyway.

jokeydude

• oh cool! a whole page full of numbers!

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statistic