Issues list

Change Name?
- Nonprofit Assistance Program (take a NAP)?
- Software, Hardware, Information, Tech Support (we deliver SHIT)?
Resources we have available:
- Software
  - Open office
  - Media Wiki
  - RT
- Hardware
- Volunteers
  - who know stuff
  - who want to learn
- Programs:
  - Build
  - Grants
  - Tech Support
  - Education
  - Adoption
Demand by NPs for training
- Admin Literacy
  - Teaching them vocabulary
  - Basic Skills
    - Backups
    - Admin Mailing list
    - ?
- User Training (of various apps)
What are our goals
How is this financed?

A basic rough proposal

Collaborative Technologies should:

consider changing its name: (to dissassociate itself from seeds of a bad reputation inside and outside of Free Geek)
re-invent itself as a a way to package existing Free Geek programs for Nonprofits: Hardware Grants, Technical Support, and Education would be the three corenerstones of the new program
initially add to that package only a few very easy to do things: a slightly expanded distro with a few extra packages that we already understand could add to our existing software and make a Nonprofit distro that is supportable, teachable, and much more useful to nonprofits
survey the nonprofit community about what additional services would be useful: The survey should only offer small, reachable steps beyond what we can currently do. Surveys are as much a marketing tool as they are information gathering, so this needs to be done carefully.
plan and maintain three stages defined by short term, medium term, and long term goals: As we complete each goal, we should adjust the phases. The short term stuff is on the plate right now, but the medium and long term goals give us a sense of direction.

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
financing: fee for diskless lab,education (System Admin,Vocabulary, on site Training),tech support(small monthly fee?)
staffing: Current staff and volounteers

Hardware: all of the above plus enterprise level (fail over, redundancy, etc.) Maybe some additional peripherals like scanners and cameras as they are requested and we develop the capacity to suppor them.
Software: all of the above plus an off the shelf, non-customized database application for Linux and/or a generic front end to windows or linux databases.
Education: all of the above plus training on the non-custom database application.
Tech Support: Support during regular working hours.
financing: all of the above plus monthly fee for support, charging for education, charging for enterprise level hardware.
staffing: A part time coordinator paid for by the income streams generated by the program. Paid and volunteer internships.

Hardware: same as above
Software: all of the above plus custom database applications.
Education: same as above
Tech Support: all of the above plus on site support.
financing: all of the above plus charging for on site support and open source software development grants.
staffing: Full time staff as can be supported by the income streams and volunteer interns