Category:Standing Committees

Standing Committees of the staff are "small groups within the staff that are a bit more autonomous and easy to work with, and that all areas of responsibility at Free Geek have a small group assigned to them. In many cases, especially at first, the final authority still resides with the full collective, but the committees hash out the ideas in advance and present them at staff meetings for approval. As we do this, we'll define what types of tasks don't need to go to the full staff for decision and can be left up to the committees themselves.

There [are] eight standing committees and every collective member [is] on at least one. Collective members working 32 hours [are] on at least two. Collective members could be on more, but it's important to limit the number of committees a given collective member would be on so that no one is trying to keep track of too many things. Some committees won't require as much work as others, so the number of people on each committee would vary depending on the work load."