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'''Note: In April 2011, and until the [[Town Hall Meeting]], council members became advisory members of the board (with the same eligibility guidelines as council), and board and council meetings were merged. This page therefore is historical. NEEDED: a history of the Council, goals, lessons learned.'''
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The '''council''' makes decisions for FREE GEEK, specifically decisions that influence multiple areas of operation or working groups, decisions that have to do with long-term or overarching goals and policy, and decisions that might be controversial. Some of these duties are traditionally the in domain of a board of directors. Our board mostly deals with financial and legal oversight and some professional networking.
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The Free Geek Community Council is the group responsible for the long term vision of Free Geek. It enacts policy that is:
 
The Free Geek Community Council is the group responsible for the long term vision of Free Geek. It enacts policy that is:
  
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* controversial in nature.
 
* controversial in nature.
  
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Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council.
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Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council. Reading the [[Council Orientation]] is a good idea before attending a meeting.<br>
 
The council works by [[Consensus]].
 
The council works by [[Consensus]].
  
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[[Category:Structure]]
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=== Policy ===
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*[[On List Decisions Policy]]
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*[[:Category:Policy]]
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*[[Policy Development]]
  
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== Council Meetings ==
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Community Council meetings are held on the '''third Wednesday of every month'''.
  
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==Current Topics of Discussion==
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There is a [[Meeting Template]] that may be used when setting up to take minutes for a council meeting. (Remember to copy commitments from the previous meeting's minutes.)
  
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Our next meeting is Wednesday, [[ Council20050615 | June 15 ]] at 7:15 pm at Free Geek.
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'''Year 2005:'''
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* [[Council 2005 01 | Jan 19]]
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* [[Council 2005 02 | Feb 16]]
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* [[Council 2005 03 | Mar 16]]
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* [[Council 2005 04 | Apr 20]]
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* [[Council 2005 05 | May 18]]
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* [[Council 2005 06 | Jun 15]]
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* [[Council 2005 07 | Jul 20]]
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* [[Council 2005 08 | Aug 17]]
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* [[Council 2005 09 | Sep 21]]
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* [[Council 2005 10 | Oct 19]]
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* [[Council 2005 11 | Nov 16]]
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* [[Council 2005 12 | Dec 21]]
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'''Year 2006:'''
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* [[Council 2006 01 | Jan 18]]
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* [[Council 2006 02 | Feb 15]]
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* [[Council 2006 03 | Mar 15]]
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* [[Council 2006 04 | Apr 19]]
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* [[Council 2006 05 | May 17]]
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* [[Council 2006 06 | Jun 21]]
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* [[Council 2006 07 | Jul 19]]
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* [[Council 2006 08 | Aug 16]]
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* [[Council 2006 09 | Sep 20]]
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* [[Council 2006 10 | Oct 18]]
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* [[Council 2006 11 | Nov 15]]
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* [[Council 2006 12 | Dec 20]]
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'''Year 2007:'''
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-January/001955.html Jan 17]
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* [[Council 2007 02 | Feb 21]]
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* [[Council 2007 03 | Mar 21]]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-April/002065.html Apr 18]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-May/002164.html May 16]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-June/002208.html Jun 20]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-July/002222.html Jul 18]
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* [[Council 2007 08 | Aug 15]]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-September/002254.html Sep 19]
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* [[Council 2007 10 | Oct 17]]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-November/002286.html Nov 21]
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* [[Council 2007 12 | Dec 19]]
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'''Year 2008:'''
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-January/002315.html Jan 16]
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* [[Council 2008 02 | Feb 20]]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-March/002340.html Mar 19]
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* [[Council 2008 04 | Apr ]]
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* [[Council 2008 05 | May ]]
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* [[Council 2008 06 | Jun ]]
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-July/002373.html Jul 16]
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* [[Council 2008 08 | Aug ]]
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* [[Council 2008 09 | Sep ]]
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* [[Council 2008 10 | Oct ]]
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* [[Council 2008 11 | Nov ]]
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* Dec [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-December/002424.html CANCELED]
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'''Year 2009:'''
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* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2009-February/002440.html Jan 21]
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* [[Council 2009 02 | Feb 18]]
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* [[Council 2009 03 | Mar 18]]
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* [[Council 2009 04 | Apr 15]]
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* [[Council 2009 05 | May 20]]
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* [[Council 2009 06 | Jun 17]]
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* [[Council 2009 07 | Jul 15]]
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* [[Council 2009 08 | Aug 19]]
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* [[Council 2009 09 | Sep ]]
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* [[Council 2009 10 | Oct ]]
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* [[Council 2009 11 | Nov ]]
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* [[Council 2009 12 | Dec ]]
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'''Year 2010:'''
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* [[Council 2010 01 | Jan 20]]
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* [[Council 2010 02 | Feb 17]]
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* [[Council 2010 03 | Mar 17]]
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* [[Council 2010 04 | Apr 21]]
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* [[Council 2010 05 | May 19]]
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* [[Council 2010 06 | Jun 16]]
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* [[Council 2010 07 | Jul 21]]
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* [[Council 2010 08 | Aug 18]]
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* [[Council 2010 09 | Sep 15]]
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* [[Council 2010 10 | Oct 20]]
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* [[Council 2010 11 | Nov 17]]
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* [[Council 2010 12 | Dec 15]]
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Take a look at [[ Council20050518 | last meeting's agenda ]]
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If you don't see the minutes here, check the [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/ council email archive]. You can browse by month, or [[Help:Search|search]] them. (Look for multiple emails - corrections and refinements are common.)
  
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===The Future of Collab===
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==See also==
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Whither [[Collaborative Technologies]]? (See [[Nonprofit Assistance Program Proposal|The Future of Collab]] proposal.)
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*[[Eligibility for Council]]
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*[[Council Orientation]]
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*[[Founding Document of the Council]]
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*[[Codifying the Council]]
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*[[Free Geek Bylaws#Section 3. The Free Geek Community Council]]
  
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===The Board of Directors===
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[[Category:Structure]]
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What are our desires for the structure and function of our [[Board_of_Directors]]?
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[[Category: Council]]
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[[Category: Needs update]]
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===The Meta Question===
 
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We are currently pondering the [[Meta Question]] and to this end we're thinking about a scenario for Free geek's future.
 
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There are some thought experiment scenarios listed at [[Meta_Question#Where_to_next?]].
 
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===And More===
 
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* Outreach for board members
 
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* Meeting procedures proposals (Laurel)
 
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** Commitments
 
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** Monthly reports
 
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* Envada ISP support Free Geek?
 
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* Free Geek should be more human-friendly.  Participate in VBC?
 
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===Past Meetings and Council Template===
 
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* [[Council20050720 | July 20, 2005]]
 
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* [[Council20050615 | June 15, 2005]]
 
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* [[Council20050518 | May 18, 2005]]  
 
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* [[Council20050420 | April 20, 2005]]  
 
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* [[Council20050316 | March 16, 2005]]
 
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* This is the [[Meeting Template]] that may be copied when setting up a new Council Meeting.
 

Latest revision as of 13:43, 8 June 2011

Note: In April 2011, and until the Town Hall Meeting, council members became advisory members of the board (with the same eligibility guidelines as council), and board and council meetings were merged. This page therefore is historical. NEEDED: a history of the Council, goals, lessons learned.


The council makes decisions for FREE GEEK, specifically decisions that influence multiple areas of operation or working groups, decisions that have to do with long-term or overarching goals and policy, and decisions that might be controversial. Some of these duties are traditionally the in domain of a board of directors. Our board mostly deals with financial and legal oversight and some professional networking.

The Free Geek Community Council is the group responsible for the long term vision of Free Geek. It enacts policy that is:

  • overarching, affecting all of Free Geeks, OR
  • cross-group, not as big as overarching, but affects multiple groups (if those groups can't coordinate the policy on their own), OR
  • controversial in nature.

Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council. Reading the Council Orientation is a good idea before attending a meeting.
The council works by Consensus.

Policy

Council Meetings

Community Council meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month.

There is a Meeting Template that may be used when setting up to take minutes for a council meeting. (Remember to copy commitments from the previous meeting's minutes.)

Year 2005:

Year 2006:

Year 2007:

Year 2008:

Year 2009:

Year 2010:

If you don't see the minutes here, check the council email archive. You can browse by month, or search them. (Look for multiple emails - corrections and refinements are common.)

See also

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