Council Orientation
Draft!
The purpose of Council
From the Bylaws:
- The Free Geek Community Council (the "Council") shall be organized from members of the Free Geek community. The function of the Council is to provide general guidance and vision to Free Geek. This includes both short term and long term vision and goals. The Council normally meets on a monthly basis and shall meet to elect members to the Board at least once per year. The Council shall not have the authority to act for or on behalf of the Board.
- Do we want to include the whole thing or make it a little more friendly?
- Make this section more of a "welcome" and "here's how to know you're in the right place"?
Its relation to staff and board
Decisionmaking
Resources
Because council only meets once a month and we often have a lot to discuss, we use email a lot to share information and continue discussion. The email list is open to anyone interested, and you can sign up or just read the archives at the URL below.
- Council email list: http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo/council
- Send email to: council@freegeek.org
Other email lists are often mentioned in Council meetings, such as the staff list, the core list (for volunteers who are around all the time; if you think you should be on it, you probably should), and the email lists of various working groups and programs. There are too many to list here, but if you're curious about one or more of them (or if you're told to send your concerns to one!), please ask a fellow council member.
The minutes from council meetings, as well as discussion, documentation, and other collaboration, can be found on Free Geek's wiki. If you've never used a wiki before, please feel free to ask someone to help you out. Here are a couple of key points:
- The wiki main page: http://wiki.freegeek.org
- The Council's page, which links to meeting minutes: http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Council