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* ewaste legislation | * ewaste legislation |
Revision as of 20:37, 14 August 2007
If you have a idea that you want incorporated into Free Geek's long term plan, please look through these lists of trends and attributes to see how they may affect your idea.
External Trends
- ewaste legislation
- basel action network
- change in tech:
- desktop -> laptops
- CRT -> LCD
- Printers -> AllInOnes
- PDAs and phones
- wifi
- more corporate donations
- more free geeks
- more irritating pseudo free geeks
- more recycling competition
- continued growth
- flattening growth
- increasing cost of transportation
- more and better FS/OSS
Internal Attributes
- messy (getting better?)
- increasing benefits for staff
- two strong programs
- constant flow of volunteers
- diverse income stream
- gobs of hardware
- crappy project management skills
- could be better at customer service:
- store
- receiving/donations
- tech support
- volunteer management issues (good and bad)
- growth in paid staff
- FS/OSS community involvement
- solid core of volunteers