HR Calendar

Stats

The staff collective currently has 14 members. With the hiring of a Tech Support Coordinator at the first of the year, we'll be back up to 15. There are currently 3 interns -- a Store Intern, a Front Desk Intern, and the Tech Support Exploratory Intern. When the Tech Support Coordinator is hired at the begining of the year, we will onlly have two interns.

Goals

We're trying to look ahead at the big picture for staffing Free Geek. Our aim is to decrease the roller coaster effect.

One unofficial goal for Free Geek might be to increase the number of interns as compared to staff collective members. This opens up more opportunities for young people and others with job experience issues to build up job resumes. It also gives us staffing flexibility since internships are shorter term by definition and makes it more likely we can absorb an intern's duties back into the staff collective in case of financial shortfalls, avoiding other types of cutbacks and layoffs. This can be done by hiring new positions as interns (when we expand staff as we can afford it), or by converting existing staff positions to internships (as staff collective members leave). Of course, this can only be done where appropriate. We do not want to require or expect an intern to do collective level work.

January, 2005

Tech Support Coordinator begins as a collective position on the 4th.

Clout's Store Internship at 3 months on the 4th -- Due for review

Richard starts bookkeeping duties, training with Oso and Michael Charno. At some point, we'll have enough money to hire an office coordinator who may take on this job.

February, 2005

Homestreet Project should be done sometime during this month. Nathan should be working on turning offbeat hardware, laptops, phones, etc. into a program for volunteers that brings in a more consistent income stream for Free Geek.

March, 2005

Matthew's Front Desk Internship at 3 months on teh 1st -- Due for review

April, 2005

Clout's Store Internship ends

June, 2005

Matthew's Front Desk Internship ends

Summer, 2005

Geiner may be leaving and we will need to evaluate the printer refurbishing program. To hire a replacement, Free Geek needs an ideal three month's notice:

• one month for determining what to do with the position
• one month to hire (if necessary)
• one month for cross training

Winter, 2005 or Spring, 2006

Marlin may be leaving and we will need to evaluate his Operation Co-coordinator position. To hire a replacement, Free Geek needs an ideal two month's notice:

• one month for determining what to do with the position
• one month to hire (if necessary)
• most cross training could be done with Jon, the other Co-coordinator