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== Intro == | == Intro == | ||
| − | + | '''How will coordination with other Free Geeks change over the next 3-5 years so that Free Geek can better fulfill its mission and live up to its principles?''' | |
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| + | === State of the program === | ||
| + | ''Free Geek Intergalactic'' is the name used to refer to the embryonic umbrella organization that coordinates activities between the various official Free Geek chapters. | ||
| + | * Several Free Geeks exist | ||
| + | * We have an email list that participants from the various Free Geeks (and other organizations) use to communicate | ||
| + | * We've met as a group face to face once, and a few times over IRC | ||
| + | * Most of the groups have members that have visited at least one other group. | ||
| + | * We are pursuing official trademarking of the name "Free Geek" | ||
| + | * There are unresolved issues about unsanctioned usage of the name "Free Geek" | ||
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| + | === Current and past issues === | ||
| + | * Each group needs to focus on its own day to day work, sometimes leaving the coordination and development activities of the umbrella group by the wayside. | ||
| + | * Conditions for the new startups can be quite different from those we were presented with at the mothership in the early days. Sometimes they have more to say to each other than we have to say to them. | ||
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| + | === Trends and predictions === | ||
| + | * There will be a legally incorporated umbrella organization that all the official Free Geeks participate in. | ||
| + | * We will have established, legal authority to use the name "Free Geek", and the process for defining and enforcing that will be shared by the pool of official Free Geeks beyond the Portland area through the umbrella organization. | ||
== SWOT == | == SWOT == | ||
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Intro
How will coordination with other Free Geeks change over the next 3-5 years so that Free Geek can better fulfill its mission and live up to its principles?
State of the program
Free Geek Intergalactic is the name used to refer to the embryonic umbrella organization that coordinates activities between the various official Free Geek chapters.
- Several Free Geeks exist
- We have an email list that participants from the various Free Geeks (and other organizations) use to communicate
- We've met as a group face to face once, and a few times over IRC
- Most of the groups have members that have visited at least one other group.
- We are pursuing official trademarking of the name "Free Geek"
- There are unresolved issues about unsanctioned usage of the name "Free Geek"
Current and past issues
- Each group needs to focus on its own day to day work, sometimes leaving the coordination and development activities of the umbrella group by the wayside.
- Conditions for the new startups can be quite different from those we were presented with at the mothership in the early days. Sometimes they have more to say to each other than we have to say to them.
Trends and predictions
- There will be a legally incorporated umbrella organization that all the official Free Geeks participate in.
- We will have established, legal authority to use the name "Free Geek", and the process for defining and enforcing that will be shared by the pool of official Free Geeks beyond the Portland area through the umbrella organization.
SWOT
| Good (for Free Geek) | Bad (for Free Geek) | |
|---|---|---|
| Internal (to Free Geek) |
StrengthsStrengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Good things we do.) |
WeaknessesWeaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Things we do poorly or not at all.)
|
| External (to Free Geek) |
OpportunitiesOpportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek. (Good things that will or could happen to us.) |
ThreatsThreats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.) |