Topics for future agendas

These items should be integrated into the Board agenda calendar.

Board internal

• Term overlaps for incoming/outgoing board members
• Using a consent agenda
• Reasons for executive session
• Status of board subcommittees
• Board/officer self-evaluation
• Board report for town hall meeting
• Backup collective-board liaison

Organizational

• Free Geek Principles: do they need revision?
  • Specifically, non-hierarchical: can it ever be an accurate descriptor of an organization? How do we preserve the intent while making the principles attainable for us and other Free Geeks
• Transparency/information openness
  • organization-wide email lists
  • board email list
• Staff compensation policies
• Structure of collective
• Grievance process for grievances against board members

Mission

• trends in donation, sales and other outgoing desktops vs. laptops (how soon is laptopocalypse?) needs info from collective
• what are we doing with non-computer devices? are there any projects going on that we could plug into? needs info from collective