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| location        =   South Bend, IN 46628
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http://www.freegeekmichiana.org/  (umm our website is temporarily down)
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Sadly, [http://www.freelists.org/post/frgeek-michiana/Unfortunate-new-for-Tom Tom Brown passed away] in early 2012.  He was the heart and soul of the Free Geek Michiana project. There was a website here which has been taken by domain squatters:
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<s>http://www.freegeekmichiana.org/</s>
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A lot of what there is to know about FREE GEEK Michiana is logged in the archives of their mailing list, here:
  
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A lot of what there is to know about FREE GEEK Michiana is logged in the archives of our mailing list, here:
 
 
http://www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/
 
http://www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/
  
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One thing FGM has always been cognizant of, is South Bend ain't Portland.  While we understand the spirit of what FREE GEEK is all about, our programs and culture are somewhat different having to do with our geography. If you can make it in the midwest, you can make it anywhere.
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The last posting was in 2013, and seems like the group is now defunct.
  
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So why does our web site resolve here? A while back our web server hard drive failed. Like manly Midwestern geeks we don't make frequent backups. Actually, we thought we had a backup. Turns out we didn't. The Way Back Machine at Archive.org appears to have a pretty good grab of our site. If we are lucky, they will permit us to download our old code, and a local data center may let us colo a box at no cost.  
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South Bend ain't Portland but FGM reflected the spirit of what FREE GEEK is all about. The programs and culture were somewhat different having to do with our geography.
  
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Here's what you need to know otherwise.
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Some activities of FGM were:   
  
 
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<li>FREE GEEK Michiana (FGM) volunteers meet twice weekly 6:00 to 10:00 PM, Tu and Th evenings, at 743 W. Chippewa in South Bend, IN. Our office is donated space inside an old factory now called the Studebaker Business Center. </li>
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<li>FREE GEEK Michiana volunteers meet twice weekly 6:00 to 10:00 PM, Tu and Th evenings, at 743 W. Chippewa in South Bend, IN. Our office is donated space inside an old factory now called the Studebaker Business Center. </li>
 
<li>To save money we use our personal cell phones to conduct business. Call us at 574-298-2706 -- that's my cell number.</li>
 
<li>To save money we use our personal cell phones to conduct business. Call us at 574-298-2706 -- that's my cell number.</li>
 
<li>FGM accepts computer equipment for free, except for monitors. We charge $15 for monitors, working or not. Please donate cash with the gift of your computer if you can. It really helps. </li>
 
<li>FGM accepts computer equipment for free, except for monitors. We charge $15 for monitors, working or not. Please donate cash with the gift of your computer if you can. It really helps. </li>

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Free Geek Michiana
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  • Areas: computer refurb and recycling
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  • Company Type: non-profit
  • Free Geek Status: affiliate

Sadly, Tom Brown passed away in early 2012. He was the heart and soul of the Free Geek Michiana project. There was a website here which has been taken by domain squatters:

http://www.freegeekmichiana.org/

A lot of what there is to know about FREE GEEK Michiana is logged in the archives of their mailing list, here:

http://www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/

The last posting was in 2013, and seems like the group is now defunct.

South Bend ain't Portland but FGM reflected the spirit of what FREE GEEK is all about. The programs and culture were somewhat different having to do with our geography.

Some activities of FGM were:

  • FREE GEEK Michiana volunteers meet twice weekly 6:00 to 10:00 PM, Tu and Th evenings, at 743 W. Chippewa in South Bend, IN. Our office is donated space inside an old factory now called the Studebaker Business Center.
  • To save money we use our personal cell phones to conduct business. Call us at 574-298-2706 -- that's my cell number.
  • FGM accepts computer equipment for free, except for monitors. We charge $15 for monitors, working or not. Please donate cash with the gift of your computer if you can. It really helps.
  • Please volunteer. If you have computer skills, wonderful! If you don't, we'll teach you. Free and open source software (FOSS) is terrific. Because of FOSS, we can teach and learn almost anything there is to know about computing.
  • Our primary mission is keep computer components out of our landfill. FGM refurbs computer systems to distribute to low income families. Currently, we are preparing computers for a Parent Teacher Organization to give to 60 targeted households in the Perley primary school district in South Bend.
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