Trends and Attributes

If you have a idea that you want incorporated into Free Geek's long term plan, please look through these lists of trends and attributes to see how they may affect your idea.

External Trends

• ewaste legislation
• basel action network
• change in tech:
  • desktop -> laptops
  • CRT -> LCD
  • Printers -> AllInOnes
  • PDAs and phones
  • wifi
• more corporate donations
• more free geeks
• more irritating pseudo free geeks
• more recycling competition
• continued growth
• flattening growth
• increasing cost of transportation
• more and better FS/OSS

Internal Attributes

• messy (getting better?)
• increasing benefits for staff
• two strong programs
• constant flow of volunteers
• diverse income stream
• gobs of hardware
• crappy project management skills
• could be better at customer service:
  • store
  • receiving/donations
  • tech support
• volunteer management issues (good and bad)
• growth in paid staff
• FS/OSS community involvement
• solid core of volunteers