MacBuild Goals 2011

Short-term goals

• Meet with Tony from store to work on Mac-store logistics
• Create Mac Build Instructor Guide
  • • Done!
• Create Mac work priority list
• Always have 6 functioning external firewire drives
• Solicit feedback from all Mac volunteers
  • • In-progress
• Work on a schedule for keeping up with accessories/peripherals testing
• Recruit a Mac Volunteer Instructor for the Friday morning shift
  • • In-progress
• Francisco ready to run Tuesday morning shift
  • • Done!
• start moving those laptops!
• Order and clean the Mac Area to make it user friendly and optimize space
  • • In-Progress
• Better lighting in the Mac Area
  • • In-Progress
• Get a monthly(?) report from the store re: what Macs were sold that month and for how much money
  • • Done! Jason, our wonderful technocrat volunteer, has created this query from the database.

Mid-term goals

• Create a basic trouble shooting guide for building Macs
• Create an auto-recycle list (with pictures) for receiving to identify what Mac accessories we do not want.
• Create a track for new Mac Build volunteers to follow when starting in MacBuild. Something like:
  • Mac Desktop Eval.
  • Mac Desktop Build
  • Mac Basic testing
  • Mac Laptop recycling/scraptops
  • Mac Laptop Build
  • Mac Advanced Desktop Build
  • Mac Advanced Laptop Build
• Improve and Maintain documentation
• sure-up Evaluation process
• Create more volunteering opportunities within MacLand
• Decide what to do with Old Macs

Long-term goals

• Integrate Mac-Build into Desktop Build (once we are receiving mostly intel Macs)