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− | * we want staff to be paid a solid living wage, including retirement planning (ability to live the rest of your life on your FG income) | + | * scheduling software (Richard/Dave quits if we don't get this within 5 years) (!) |
− | * more efficient FG (full floor staffing all the time) | + | |
− | * | + | * we want staff to be paid a solid living wage, including retirement planning (ability to live the rest of your life on your FG income) (see [[General Administration Plan]] (X) |
− | + | * more coverage (X) | |
− | * better administration coverage (facilities, systems admin, bookkeeping) | + | ** more efficient FG (full floor staffing all the time) |
+ | ** better administration coverage (facilities, systems admin, bookkeeping) | ||
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+ | * grant writer on staff (?) | ||
===Volunteer=== | ===Volunteer=== |
Revision as of 20:02, 28 August 2007
This page will describe what Free Geek wants to be like 3-5 years from now. People contributing to this page should read through the Meta Question and its associated documents, especially the scenarios listed there. Contributers should also look at Free Geek's General Priorities page and have a cursory understanding of the program planning sheets that it points to.
If we can describe a common vision that has the rough consensus of the Free Geek community behind it, then we can move on to a strategy to get from here to there.
What does should our Vision Statement look like?
It should address the following points. (Add to the list.)
- Current programs:
- shift coverage
- staffed positions
- New programs
- description
- shift coverage
- staffed positions
- substantial education program
- General
- hours open -- ten hours per day, six days per week (10-8, Mon-Sat)
- 60 hours open to the public + 12 meeting hours (after hours)
- work schedule
- communication issues
- decision making
- what committees will exist?
- Staffing
- pay rate -- staff should be making a living wage, currently defined as twice the minimum wage. Currently that means an hourly wage of $15.60 per hour.
- hours worked -- staff will likely be working up to 40 hours per week. I'd like to see no one having to work extra unpaid hours just to get their jobs done, and I'd like to see options for people to work less if they so choose. I imagine staff members would work between 20 and 40 hours per week.
- benefits -- staff would get the same holidays as today, full health care (like today), the same PTO (sick and vacation) as today, but maybe as a reward to sticking around, those with greater seniority will get more PTO than new hires.
- size of staff -- maybe 20 collective members, a dozen interns, with a half dozen substitutes on call?
- Volunteers
- numbers in each program
- variety of programs / opportunties
- Space usage
- office space
- production dedicated space
- warehouse space
- receiving space
- thrift store
- common space and community use space
- classroom / educational space
Dollars and cents
Don't worry about inflation when writing your plans and predictions. We will use the current year's dollars when we project things. (But as we progress, we will adjust numbers for inflation.)
Goals Brainstorm
This is where we put ideas that people think we'd like to see happen. Once there are several up, we can combine, debate, etc. Nothing here is final or agreed upon. This is simply an organized list of ideas.
NOTE: There's some repetition here, because there have been so many brainstorms in the last year or so. This is an attempt to combine them into one coherent place for review at the Big Meeting.
Propagation
- more FG's intergalactic (X)
- GAP program growth (X)
- more community partnerships with non-profits, maybe adoption volunteers can volunteer elsewhere (X)
- this could be accomplished by sending out store spec boxes
- more partnerships with businesses that donate large amounts of stuff (X)
- better recognition of FG (X)
- FG stamp of approval for other businesses (particularly e-waste biz) (?)
- mobile, fly-by-night FG in a box (?)
- more FG's locally (?)
- more FG's that are sustainable, and more advice (Franchise Coordinator or Ambassador) (?)
Education
- make recycling more educational (what is this, where would it go if not recycled, etc?) (X)
- this would be very good for school kids (geeklets) to learn
- more paid interns gaining actual job experience (can complement full floor staffing) within limits (X)
- more variety of volunteer programs (especially real-life skills) (X)
- online sales
- tech support, etc.
- certifications for what we do now (X)
- added curicula with recognized certs (?)
- different and more classes (?)
Clarity
- better clarify in FG's attitude towards free software (X)
- to ourselves
- to the public
- clarify the 'community technology' aspect (X)
- to ourselves
- to the public
- are we a drop in internet cafe?
- can you fix your computer here?
- i.e. what people can do other than volunteer here and make that clear & welcoming (internet use)
- etc.
Facility
- a facility we own (!)
- open more hours per week (!)
- cleaner, including clutter AND dirt (X)
- low-tech solutions before high-tech solutions (X)
- make store more accessible for non-geeks (X)
- central vacuuming for build & eval (?)
- satellite thrift store(s) & drop-off locations (?)
- partner with local second-hand stores (?)
- could turn into branch FG's in PDX-area (?)
- stay small scale and spread faster (?)
Admin
- scheduling software (Richard/Dave quits if we don't get this within 5 years) (!)
- we want staff to be paid a solid living wage, including retirement planning (ability to live the rest of your life on your FG income) (see General Administration Plan (X)
- more coverage (X)
- more efficient FG (full floor staffing all the time)
- better administration coverage (facilities, systems admin, bookkeeping)
- grant writer on staff (?)
Volunteer
- more programs for geeklets (kids)
- more volunteer rewards - fun stuff to retain volunteers (untraditional is better)
- better routing of people to appropriate places they want to do
- FG more accessible / reach broader audience
Other
- more artistic expression on boxes (i.e. FG stencil or paint option)
- pickups (fleet of vehicles?!)
- scheduled neighborhood pickups
- be more embracing of software replacing tasks
- more detailed recycling (take apart more stuff)