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The term "Mission Statement" comes up occasionally. It has been publicly advertised on the [http://www.freegeek.org/mission.php main web site] since the beginning as follows:
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: ''FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.''
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The term "Mission Statement" comes up occasionally. Here's the text:
  
There's also similar wording in the [[Free Geek Bylaws#ARTICLE I. PURPOSE|bylaws]], reflecting Free Geek's purpose:
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: ''to recycle technology ''
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: ''and provide access to ''
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: ''computers, the Internet, education and job skills ''
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: ''in exchange for community service.''
  
: ''The primary purpose(s) of Free Geek, in furtherance of its charitable and educational purpose, shall be to recycle technology and provide access to computers, the internet, education and job skills in exchange for community service.''
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It's a simple declaration of what Free Geek intends to do.This comes from the [[Free Geek Bylaws#ARTICLE I. PURPOSE|bylaws]], in a clause reflecting Free Geek's purpose ''(The primary purpose(s) of Free Geek, in furtherance of its charitable and educational purpose, shall be ...)''
  
The following unofficial slogan is not the mission statement, but rather was coined by the media (and adapted slightly by members Free Geek):
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The mission statement serves as a basis of what Free Geek's activities will be, and in that sense justifies (to the IRS) our charitable tax status.
  
: ''Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the third millennium.''
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Note: it has also been publicly advertised on the [http://www.freegeek.org/about/overview/ main web site] since the beginning as follows in the form of a definition:
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: ''FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles '''used''' technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training '''to those in need''' in exchange for community service.''
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(This uses slightly different wording, and the most substantial differences appear in '''bold''' text.)
  
See also [[Free Geek Programs]].
 
  
 
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The term "Mission Statement" comes up occasionally. Here's the text:

to recycle technology
and provide access to
computers, the Internet, education and job skills
in exchange for community service.

It's a simple declaration of what Free Geek intends to do.This comes from the bylaws, in a clause reflecting Free Geek's purpose (The primary purpose(s) of Free Geek, in furtherance of its charitable and educational purpose, shall be ...)

The mission statement serves as a basis of what Free Geek's activities will be, and in that sense justifies (to the IRS) our charitable tax status.

Note: it has also been publicly advertised on the main web site since the beginning as follows in the form of a definition:

FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.

(This uses slightly different wording, and the most substantial differences appear in bold text.)