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Tasks I'm working on as [[Hardware Grants Coordinator]] that aren't recorded on my job description/need greater detail for practical purposes:
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*Update the website with successfully completed grants. See http://www.freegeek.org/category/news/grants/
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*Forward hardware grant requests from PPS schools to Jed Gilchrist jgilchri at pps dot k12 dot or dot us, senior manager of techinical operations at Portland Public Schools. He is to know of PPS requests BEFORE we act on them, and we need to hear from him BEFORE we act on the requests!
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*Updating the hardware grants application using [[Lime Survey]]
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*Periodically collecting satisfaction reports from past grant recipients
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**1st round: February 4th, 2010 (e-mailed to recipients who got grants in the past two years) I created a report with the data from this one
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**2nd round: August 10th, 2010 (e-mailed to recipients who got grants in the past five months)
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*Work with Hardware Grants volunteer Tom to create a mural for outreach purposes
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*Regularly check in on waiting list gizmos to ensure items marked ready are actually there
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**Example: A comment in RT says "3 laptops ready" but only 2 are there
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*Make comments in RT for LCDs and CRTs that are ready
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*Re-allocate items that have been over-allocated
 +
**Example: An organization requests 3 LCDs, the maximum; but 4 are ready on the shelf. I will re-allocate the 4th.
 +
*Re-stock hardware grants goods, including keyboards, mice, cables, etc.
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*'''Take note of what we can/can't give out, keep volunteers in the loop'''
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**Example: we currently have a CRT shortage, so I made a waiting list that hardware grants folks use
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**RAM
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**HDDs
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**Network devices
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**Etc.
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*Maintain positive professional relationships with past grant recipients
 +
**E-mails asking how their computers are working out with invitations to tech support for issues
 +
**Asking if they need anything else
 +
**Not making them fill out tickets over and over when we can just re-open them
 +
**Going off-site when appropriate to take classes, check out computer labs, etc.
 +
*Work with Dave to make FG-PDX reports - ask Dave about this one
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*Verify data entry is being completed accurately by volunteers and myself occasionally by double-checking the database
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**Merging, editing, or deleting disbursements when necessary
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*Put FREE GEEK stickers on laptops
  
==FG To Do==
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Looking in my home folder on ryukin may yield some useful documents, not too sure about this, but just in case something's missing.
===Fair===
 
* [http://www.mchealthinspect.org/tempfood.html Temporary Restaurant License] (503) 988-3400 3653 SE 34th Ave. $100
 
** '''Redwing (still info@redwingcoffee.com)'''
 
** '''Luiz'''
 
** '''Honkin' Huge Burritos: seriously.''' • e-mailed, called.
 
** '''John Brown'''
 
*# ''Waylon Spoden from Organically Grown is giving us $50 worth of produce.
 
*# ''Cristi from Fred Meyers on 39th & Hawthorne gave us a $20 gift card.
 
*# ''Sarah Cline at People's is going to give us a box of squash.''
 
*# Dave Walters at the Safeway on Hawthorne fx. (503) 232-9116 • Faxed, going to drop off a letter because there was a problem with the fax.
 
*# <s>John Boyd at the Hollywood Trader Joe's fx. (503) 281-3568 &bull; Faxed</s>
 
*# I talked to Doreen at the 7 Corners New Seasons and she informed me that Alison Talbot (alisont@newseasonsmarket.com) is the new donation contact. They probably won't be able to give us any food for Geek Fair.
 
*# Ellen Campbell at Limbo at (503) 774-8008 &bull; e-mailed at rnlimbo@comcast.net
 
  
*# <s>Lindsay at Trader Joe's on 39th at (503) 777-1601 &bull; Dropped letter off</s>
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NOTE: A lot of procedures CAN BE CHANGED just through discussion - the only "policy" we have is the 3 laptops/LCDs per 90 days policy. Discussion with volunteers, interns, and other staff can help better hardware grants, AND changing things in the production meeting or holding special hardware grants meetings.
*# Tom at Food Front at (503) 222-5658 &bull; No contact established yet!
 
*''' E-mail Jennifer D'Ambrosia at jdambrosia@omsi.edu''' &bull; e-mailed.
 
 
 
===Recruit volunteers===
 
(see this [[Recruit_volunteers | link]])
 
* Mult Co?
 
** Takes a lot of time to sign the papers and what not, and they don't end up putting in a lot of hours.
 
* Churches
 
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/search/index.cfm?action=BasicSearchAct Lents Neighborhood]
 
* More inner NW housing and job places.
 
 
 
===Miscellaneous===
 
* Bring stuff for kids, art stuff, etc.
 
 
 
===FG Contacts===
 
'''Food'''
 
* Sarah Cline at [http://peoples.coop/ People's] can be reached at sarahc@peoples.coop or at (503 674-2642 (ext. ?).
 
* Shelly Sandoval of [http://honkinhuge.com/ Honkin' Huge Burritos] can be reached at (503) 238-3910.
 
'''Outreach'''
 
* Lauren at [http://www.sistersoftheroadcafe.org/ Sisters of the Road Cafe] can be reached at (503) 222-5694 ext. 10 or at info@sistersoftheroad.org
 
* Angela is the CT manager at [http://pybpdx.org/ Portland Youtbuilders] and can be reached at angela.m@pybpdx.org
 
* Kathryn Karr at West Portland One Stop can be reached at (503) 226-7387 ext. 22 or at kkarr@cccworkforce.org
 
* Clark Hayes at Central City Concern can be reached at (503) 294-1681 or at chays@centralcityconcern.org
 
* OB Addy at the Mult. Co. Department of Community Justice can be reached at (503) 803-4033 or at ahmed.addy@co.multnomah.or.us
 
'''Other'''
 
* Patrick at [http://www.spiritone.com/ SpiritOne] can be reached at (503) 240-8200 or at pireland@aracnet.com
 
 
 
==Summer To Do==
 
* Write to Katahdin and Zoo
 
* Volunteer outside of the Geek
 
** Doernbechers - Contact #1 is Lori Butler. Contact #2 is a mystery!
 
** YMCA - Shit no one's called me back except for that Beaverton guy. I should get a hold of him.
 
** People's Co-Op - Yay, I am now a shareholder, free yoga!!
 
* Spend quality time with friends
 
* Practice fire dancing
 
* Go swimming
 
* Bike everywhere
 
* Learn something cool
 
* Keep reading
 
 
 
==Life To Do==
 
* Remember that stress is normal
 
* Don't get roped into things
 
* Be peaceful
 
* Study communism or something that seems like what I think it is
 
* Go camping
 
* Make chillins happy
 
 
 
==Books to Read==
 
* ''Savages'' by Joe Kane
 
* ''Talisman'' by Stephen King
 
* ''The Sex Lives of Cannibals : Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific'' by J. Maarten Troost
 
* ''The Social Contract'' by Rousseau
 
* ''Discourse on the Arts and Sciences'' by Rousseau
 
* ''Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion'' by David Hume
 
* ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' by David Hume
 
* ''Thomas Covenant'' series
 
* Isaac Asimov stuff
 

Latest revision as of 14:54, 30 November 2010

Tasks I'm working on as Hardware Grants Coordinator that aren't recorded on my job description/need greater detail for practical purposes:

  • Update the website with successfully completed grants. See http://www.freegeek.org/category/news/grants/
  • Forward hardware grant requests from PPS schools to Jed Gilchrist jgilchri at pps dot k12 dot or dot us, senior manager of techinical operations at Portland Public Schools. He is to know of PPS requests BEFORE we act on them, and we need to hear from him BEFORE we act on the requests!
  • Updating the hardware grants application using Lime Survey
  • Periodically collecting satisfaction reports from past grant recipients
    • 1st round: February 4th, 2010 (e-mailed to recipients who got grants in the past two years) I created a report with the data from this one
    • 2nd round: August 10th, 2010 (e-mailed to recipients who got grants in the past five months)
  • Work with Hardware Grants volunteer Tom to create a mural for outreach purposes
  • Regularly check in on waiting list gizmos to ensure items marked ready are actually there
    • Example: A comment in RT says "3 laptops ready" but only 2 are there
  • Make comments in RT for LCDs and CRTs that are ready
  • Re-allocate items that have been over-allocated
    • Example: An organization requests 3 LCDs, the maximum; but 4 are ready on the shelf. I will re-allocate the 4th.
  • Re-stock hardware grants goods, including keyboards, mice, cables, etc.
  • Take note of what we can/can't give out, keep volunteers in the loop
    • Example: we currently have a CRT shortage, so I made a waiting list that hardware grants folks use
    • RAM
    • HDDs
    • Network devices
    • Etc.
  • Maintain positive professional relationships with past grant recipients
    • E-mails asking how their computers are working out with invitations to tech support for issues
    • Asking if they need anything else
    • Not making them fill out tickets over and over when we can just re-open them
    • Going off-site when appropriate to take classes, check out computer labs, etc.
  • Work with Dave to make FG-PDX reports - ask Dave about this one
  • Verify data entry is being completed accurately by volunteers and myself occasionally by double-checking the database
    • Merging, editing, or deleting disbursements when necessary
  • Put FREE GEEK stickers on laptops

Looking in my home folder on ryukin may yield some useful documents, not too sure about this, but just in case something's missing.

NOTE: A lot of procedures CAN BE CHANGED just through discussion - the only "policy" we have is the 3 laptops/LCDs per 90 days policy. Discussion with volunteers, interns, and other staff can help better hardware grants, AND changing things in the production meeting or holding special hardware grants meetings.