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Revision as of 18:03, 3 August 2005

This document is made up from several previously unrelated source documents and may contain terminology that is unfamilier to those outside of FREE GEEK. For your pleasure - a few geekisms:

ASS
Administrators of Systems and Security - volunteer group of system adminstrators that over sees FREE GEEK's IT infrastructure.
Coders
Volunteer programmers that help develop FREE GEEK software (Open Source of course!).
consensus process
A form of decision making that is democratic and non-hierarchical. More info .
council (Community Council)
Consensus based policy group made up of FG board, staff and volunteers.
E-Scrap
Separated basic materials from demanufactured computer and electronic equipment (i.e. circuit boards, copper wire, aluminum, steel, plastic, etc.)
E-Waste
Cast-off computers and other electronics, usually headed for the landfill or other unfortunate fates.
FGdb
FREE GEEK Database - Open Source gizmo and volunteer data management software developed by Free Geek.
gizmo
Any computer component that is entered into the database.