2010 Staff Retreat Planning

Retreat Task Force

Caitlin, Liane, Luiz, Meredith, Valerie

Retreat Logistics

• Day: Monday, June 21st
• Schedule:
  • 9 AM-12 PM: Morning "big picture" brainstorm
  • 12 PM-1 PM: Lunch
  • 1 PM-4 PM: Afternoon brainstorm, more specifically-focused
  • 4 PM-5 PM: Social hour
• Place: McMenamins - Edgefield

Potential Goals

• Have the opportunity to discuss "big picture" issues we don't have time for in staff meetings
  • Prioritize hiring
  • Prioritize our priorities
  • Look at the Free Geek Structure in terms of hierarchy/compensation/movement within/access to power and decision making/etc.

Facilitation

We still need a facilitator! Laurel 1.0 is a possibility, Valerie might know some one also.

The Agenda

After hearing back from the collective, the two discussion items with the broadest support by a large margin:

• What do you envision the ideal future of Free Geek to be? (Morning discussion)
• Staff structure (Afternoon discussion)

Who's Coming?

The Retreat Task Force recommends to staff that we invite committed staff members to the entirety of the retreat.

Pre-Retreat All Staff Meeting

• Why: improve communication, improve access to information and decision-making, create an avenue to hear what more Free Geekers think, see each other's pretty faces all in a room together, solve problems, probably eat donuts or something... Also it's never happened before!
• We will hold an all-staff meeting on Tuesday, May 25th from 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
• Facilitator: maybe Jiro, maybe Richard?
• Some suggested agenda topics:
  • Clarity in mobility within staff categories
  • Long term planning for production areas (ex: how will we need to adapt Laptop Build to accommodate an increase in laptop donation and demand.)
  • Cross-department staffing - to improve communication and organizational security for when staff go on vacation.

List of Collective Members

Ali

Meredith

Caitlin

Luiz

Dave

Sergio

Richard

Darryl

Valerie

Liane

Laurel

Tony