State of the Onion

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This is a draft of a new or in-progress document, and is likely to have a few people specifically working on it. You may wish to check in on the discussion page to see what the purpose of the document is and who's working on it; then feel free to give this article love and attention if have extra of those things.


Big list of programs

Here is a list of Free Geek programs organized by the staff committee that is charged with their oversight. We are asking each committee to post a brief description of the state of each program.

(For more information on each committee see the Standing Staff Committees page.)

Action

Recycling
What is the state of this program?
Receiving
What is the state of this program?
Maintenance and design of the physical plant
What is the state of this program?
Building security
What is the state of this program?
General safety
What is the state of this program?

C7

Policy development
Currentley cleaning up the policy structure in the wiki, adding links and history. clean up mostley being done by volunteers.
load balancing of the committees
All of the committees have enough people, but some committees function better than others, partly because some people are better at being committee members than others. Some committees (such as HR) may be overstaffed.
liaison with Free Geek Community Council and Free Geek Board of Directors
Developing this page as a snapshot of information hopefully helps keep the council and board better informed about the state of things.
nominations to the various committees
What is the state of this program?
proposals concerning changes to the committee structure itself
What is the state of this program?
accounting and financial oversight
We have moved to quarterly budgets and have an intern that's helping us develop the budgeting process. We have reorganized the expense categories to mirror the committee structure, need to work on better income projections. Need to review policies about handling money from time to time.

HR

Human resources
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volunteer management
What is the state of this program?
volunteer and staff discipline
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procedures regarding theft from Free Geek
What is the state of this program?
mediation between conflicting parties
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volunteer and staff scheduling
What is the state of this program?
staff and intern reviews
What is the state of this program?
volunteer acculturation and training
What is the state of this program?
health care and benefits packages
What is the state of this program?
employee manual
What is the state of this program?

Knowledge Bees

Education
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documentation
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liaison with Distro group
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technical support
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Computers for Kids
What is the state of this program?
Free Geek library
What is the state of this program?

Outreach

Fundraising
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grantwriting
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outreach
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advertising and marketing
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parties, festivals and other events
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community building
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relations with the neighbors
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relations with the non-profit and social change communities
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membership development
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the Free Geek website
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the reception area
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public email addresses
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media relations
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advertising and design of donation pickups
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volunteer rewards
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Propagation

Liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere)
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liaison with GAP volunteers
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Hardware Grants
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liaison with NAP group (Nonprofit Assistance Program).
What is the state of this program?

Reuse

Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production (build)
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testing maintenance and development
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Laptops
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retail sales
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eBay sales
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printer refurbishing and sales
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locate, evaluation, and put oddball hardware into reuse
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wholesale or bulk sales of to-be-recycled parts
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Technocrats

Liaison with Coders group
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liaison with ASS group
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liaison with Distro group
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selection of software commonly used at Free Geek
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computer security
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technical infrastructure
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