Hardware grant plan
Intro
How will Free Geek's Hardware Grants Program change over the next 3-5 years so that Free Geek can better fulfill its mission and live up to its principles?
State of the program
Currently, the HWG program is run by staff, with the help of some volunteers. Members review the RT HWG page monthly and fulfill grants that are local or have a local contact. Some hardware grant requests are rejected because of distance to intended recipient without having a local contact, or for not being an actual organisation.
Current and past issues
Issues involve having volunteers take on grants and shepherd them through, the time it takes to fulfill some grants, and the trend torward requests for laptops.
Trends and predictions
More requests for laptops. Less requests for desktops and CRTs.
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Weaknesses: Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Things we do poorly or not at all.)
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Opportunities: Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek. (Good things that will or could happen to us.)
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Threats: Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.)
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