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End of life Plan: Free geek needs to be prepared if it is ever forced to close.
List of Policies - Policy Development
List of Policies - Policy Development
Policy
If cash on hand drops under $75,000 shift to "shutdown mode" to clear out hazardous e-waste from building.
Shutdown Mode
Goals
- empty the building of all hazardous and non-hazardous material
- identify material that can be sold (without compromising our principles)
- identify material that can be given away (without compromising our principles)
Timeline
Notes
- As decided Board of Directors meeting October 2008 the plan was simply "If cash on hand drops under $75,000 shift to "shutdown mode" to clear out hazardous e-waste from building". The board also approve a one time budget expense of $1000 to have staff to estimate/refine cost of shutdown (in 3-6 months) and policy. This work was never completed.
- As Free Geek has grown and changed, it has become apparant that the $75,000 trigger amount is too little. For example, Article 21 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement requires 30 days notice of layoffs, and a shutdown would almost certainly be considered a layoff situation. $75,000 represented about three weeks of operating expenses in 2010 and 2011. Management suggests doubling this amount. RfS 19:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)