Collaborative Technologies

Basic Info

Collaborative Technologies (aka Collab) is a program of Free Geek. The general idea behind Collab is to encourage nonprofit organization to use free and open source software. To accomplish this we hired a coordinator to that end and formed a group of consultants that would work for pay, in theory providing cheap services for the nonprofits and providing some income for Free Geek.

Our first big project, developing the hardware and software infrastructure for Homestreet (mental health provider in Washington County), is nearing completion.

We are now reconsidering how Collab will work in the future as we have learned much on this first project.

The Future of Collab

• Change Name?

• Resources

• • Software
    • Open office
    • Media Wiki
  • Hardware
  • Volunteers
  • Programs
    • Build
    • Grants
    • Tech Support
    • Education
    • Adoption
• Demand for training
  • Admin Literacy
    • Teaching them vocabulary
    • Basic Skills
      • Backups
      • Admin Mailing list
      • ?
  • User Training

• Goals
• Financing

Short term Goals

Hardware

We can deliver,grant Spec computers,Firewalls, Diskless Labs,cabling,networking,printers

Software

Linux(debian), Standard Freekbox Applications, Samba, Webmin, CUPS

Education

Training on freekbox standard(adoption style) webmin. on site training or here

Tech Support

during Tech support hours. Trying to increase as much as possible

Medium Term goals

Hardware

all of the above plus. Enterprise level (fail over, redundancy, etc..) Scanners, cameras?

Software

all of the above plus. off the shelf non customized database app. (front end to windows DB or vice versa)

Education

all of the above plus. Traing on non custom DB

Tech Support

all of the above plus. regular working hours

financing

monthly fee for support charging for education all of the above plus.

staffing

all of the above plus.

long term Goals

Hardware

all of the above plus.

Software

all of the above plus. Custom Applications (DB)

Education

all of the above plus.

Tech Support

all of the above plus. on site support

financing

all of the above plus. Charging for on site support

staffing

all of the above plus.