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If you have a idea that you want incorporated into Free Geek's long term plan, please look through these lists of trends and attributes to see how they may affect your idea. | If you have a idea that you want incorporated into Free Geek's long term plan, please look through these lists of trends and attributes to see how they may affect your idea. | ||
| − | ==External Trends== | + | == External Trends == |
| + | External trends are things that are happening outside of Free Geek that we think are likely to affect us in a significant way. When creating a goal page for Free Geek's [[Long Term Strategy Process]], these will likely show up as opportunities or threats relating to the goal. Ideally items on this list are linked to pages that explain the item a bit more. | ||
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* ewaste legislation | * ewaste legislation | ||
* basel action network | * basel action network | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 15 August 2007
If you have a idea that you want incorporated into Free Geek's long term plan, please look through these lists of trends and attributes to see how they may affect your idea.
External Trends
External trends are things that are happening outside of Free Geek that we think are likely to affect us in a significant way. When creating a goal page for Free Geek's Long Term Strategy Process, these will likely show up as opportunities or threats relating to the goal. Ideally items on this list are linked to pages that explain the item a bit more.
- ewaste legislation
- basel action network
- change in tech:
- desktop -> laptops
- CRT -> LCD
- Printers -> AllInOnes
- PDAs and phones
- wifi
- more corporate donations
- more free geeks
- more irritating pseudo free geeks
- more recycling competition
- continued growth
- flattening growth
- increasing cost of transportation
- more and better FS/OSS
Internal Attributes
- messy (getting better?)
- increasing benefits for staff
- two strong programs
- constant flow of volunteers
- diverse income stream
- gobs of hardware
- crappy project management skills
- could be better at customer service:
- store
- receiving/donations
- tech support
- volunteer management issues (good and bad)
- growth in paid staff
- FS/OSS community involvement
- solid core of volunteers