Free Geek Structure
Free Geek is governed by its workers and volunteers. It's a complicated place and there are several working groups and committees involved. Here's a list of some of them:
Programs
These directly work to fulfill the mission of Free Geek. Some have meetings or associated email lists and queues in RT.
Working Groups
Groups are volunteer driven and are designed to support the various programs at Free Geek. They tend to meet after hours and have associated email lists and queues in RT.
Staff Committees
These standing committees of the Staff Collective and are designed to oversee all the areas of Free Geek, implementing policies that are set by other groups and making policy suggestions to those other groups. Each committee has a mailing list and aa queue in RT.
From time to time, there are also ad hoc committees that meet while needed before disbanding. Examples of this would be:
- Interview Committee
- Recommended by HR and approved by the collective to interview people applying for paid staff positions
- Resolution Committee.
- Recommended by HR and approved by the collective to bring to resolution issues that could result in the termination of a staff member if not dealt with.
- Review Panel
- Recommended by HR and approved by the collective to coordinate reviews of collective members.