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+ | All of these measuring sticks show that Free Geek has grown over the years. In general the rate of that growth has dropped each year from the previous one but each year is larger than the last. However, in the case of volunteers the number actually fell slightly between 2005 and 2006 (mostly it remained flat). And in the case of monitors received the number fell a little more sharply between 2005 and 2006. We might want to look more closely at the volunteer situation and decide if more volunteers are needed (and where). We may want to anticipate the effects of a drop off in monitor related income and costs on the organization. | ||
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Revision as of 19:03, 23 January 2007
Below are five tables showing how much Free Geek has grown over the years measured by five different criteria:
- the number of volunteers recording hours in the database
- the number of monitors received into the database
- the number of systems received into the database
- the total amount of donations (excluding monitor fees) recorded into the database
- the total amount of sales recorded into the database
How to read the tables
In each table there are three columns.
- Year (first column)
- the year records were put into the database
- (second column, labeled according to category)
- the count or total dollar amount for the current year
- Diff (third column)
- the amount of change (growth) over the previous year, for example 113% reflects a year that is 13% larger than the previous year.
Volunteers recording hours
Year | Volunteers | Diff |
2000 | 63 | |
2001 | 658 | 1044% |
2002 | 826 | 126% |
2003 | 1145 | 139% |
2004 | 1576 | 138% |
2005 | 2049 | 130% |
2006 | 2003 | 98% |
Monitors received
Year | Monitors | Diff |
2000 | 749 | |
2001 | 3473 | 464% |
2002 | 3522 | 101% |
2003 | 5499 | 156% |
2004 | 9187 | 167% |
2005 | 12786 | 139% |
2006 | 11938 | 93% |
Systems received
Year | Systems | Diff |
2000 | 543 | |
2001 | 4124 | 759% |
2002 | 4709 | 114% |
2003 | 8444 | 179% |
2004 | 14117 | 167% |
2005 | 17849 | 126% |
2006 | 19613 | 110% |
Donations in dollars
This excludes monitor fees.
Year | Donations | Diff |
2000 | $50.00 | |
2001 | $7,724.33 | 15449% |
2002 | $14,092.80 | 182% |
2003 | $29,067.20 | 206% |
2004 | $77,201.83 | 266% |
2005 | $85,348.40 | 111% |
2006 | $96,257.41 | 113% |
Sales in dollars
Year | Sales | Diff |
2000 | ||
2001 | $2,086.90 | |
2002 | $30,218.78 | 1448% |
2003 | $60,941.27 | 202% |
2004 | $98,190.69 | 161% |
2005 | $156,779.83 | 160% |
2006 | $224,665.56 | 143% |
What this tells us
All of these measuring sticks show that Free Geek has grown over the years. In general the rate of that growth has dropped each year from the previous one but each year is larger than the last. However, in the case of volunteers the number actually fell slightly between 2005 and 2006 (mostly it remained flat). And in the case of monitors received the number fell a little more sharply between 2005 and 2006. We might want to look more closely at the volunteer situation and decide if more volunteers are needed (and where). We may want to anticipate the effects of a drop off in monitor related income and costs on the organization.