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| + | ===What do we want to do?=== | ||
| + | Consider these continua and dichotomies: | ||
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| + | * Production vs. Education | ||
| + | * Sales vs. Adoption / Grants / Discounts | ||
| + | * Serving Free Geek Community (Insiders) vs. Outsiders | ||
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| + | ===What are we like?=== | ||
| + | * Review internal attributes brainstorm list | ||
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| + | ===What do we have to deal with?=== | ||
| + | * Review external trends brainstorm list | ||
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* Questions, answers, concerns, and suggestions. | * Questions, answers, concerns, and suggestions. | ||
* Close official meeting and have food and make conversation about the ideas presented. | * Close official meeting and have food and make conversation about the ideas presented. | ||
[[Category: Long Term Planning]] | [[Category: Long Term Planning]] | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 18 August 2007
Big Meeting on August 22 at Free Geek
What will Free Geek look like in 2010 and beyond? This question has come up a lot lately. We are currently in the middle of a Long Term Strategy Process that will culminate in a general plan for Free Geek's future. Of course, any plan for a place as chaotic as Free Geek will be a more of a starting point and it will subject to change as we wind our way through the fun and confusion over the next few years. But as a starting point, a plan gives us a framework to help us tackle the big decisions.
Things like:
- Do we want to stay here, or move to a different building?
- Do we want to expand the amount of space we rent?
- How will we deal with increasingly integrated systems like laptops? What happens when they overtake desktop computers at Free Geek?
- How does Free Geek, the mothership, relate to the many other Free Geek startups that are sprouting up all over the place?
- How will the new eWaste legislation affect us? How can we make sure it encourages the best reusue and recycling practices possbible?
- ...and many many more questions.
We had a few meetings like this in the early days of Free Geek, and it's time for another:
(This is an essential component in the development of a longer term Vision Statement and 3 - 5 year plan. We decided to have this meeting at the June 20, 2007 Council meeting.)
NOTE: There are about a dozen plans in development, each centered around a specific area or aspect of Free Geek. To learn more, browse the documents in the "Long Term Planning" category.
Tentative Meeting Agenda
- Intro:
- Describe general purpose for the meeting.
- Lay out the Agenda.
- Introduce ourselves.
What do we want to do?
Consider these continua and dichotomies:
- Reuse vs. Recycling
- Production vs. Education
- Sales vs. Adoption / Grants / Discounts
- Serving Free Geek Community (Insiders) vs. Outsiders
What are we like?
- Review internal attributes brainstorm list
What do we have to deal with?
- Review external trends brainstorm list
- Overview Free Geek's various departments, and what they see looking forward.
- Build and Production
- Sales
- Receiving
- Recycling
- Education
- Take a look at our Vision Statement and 3 - 5 year plan
- Questions, answers, concerns, and suggestions.
- Close official meeting and have food and make conversation about the ideas presented.