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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
  
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Outreach is a staff committee that is open to volunteer participation. We cover a lot of different areas at Free Geek, which are listed below. The email list associated with this committee is [http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo/modsquad outreach@].
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Outreach ''was'' a staff committee. It was open to volunteer participation. We covered a lot of different areas at Free Geek, so to make this more manageable we broke it down into several committees.  
  
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The Outreach committee meets every Thursday night except 3rd Thursdays from 7:15 until 8:15pm at Free Geek.
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;FG [[Events]]
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:In charge of Free Geek parties and festivals, like Geek Prom, Geek Fair, and the holiday party.
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:Meets seasonally, as needed.  Generally, monthly for a few months before an event, then every other week, then weekly, then freakout right before the event.
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:Likely suspects: Ali, Laurel, Caitlin, Meredith
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:Email address: events at freegeek.org
  
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== Current events/news ==
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;[[Inreach]]
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:In charge of room use requests, tours, volunteer rewards, front desk, public email addresses (like [[Volunteer@]] and [[Info@]]), and large donation thank you notes.
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:Meets the first and third Thursday of the month
  
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*[[Events Calendar]] - what's coming up.
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;[[Fundraising]]
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:In charge of fundraising, grants, and membership development.  
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:Meets Thursdays at 10 AM.
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:Likely suspects: no one
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:Email address: funding@
  
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*[[Optimizing Outreach]] - results of the FinOp meeting.
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;[[PR]]
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:In charge of media outreach & relations, tabling, ads & marketing, the Free Geek website, corporate donations solicitation, and networking with other organizations
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:Meets every Saturday
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:Likely suspects: Ali,Laurel, Luiz, Tony
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:Email address: pr AT freegeek DOT org
  
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*[[Africa Projects]] - stuff we're doing in Africa.
 
  
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*[[Geek Aid]] - Techo-nerdy caravan of help for New Orleans (Oct.-Nov 2005)
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[[Category: History]]
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[[Category: Meetings]]
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== Outreach Projects and Responsibilities ==
 
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*[[Monitored by Outreach]]
 
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*[[Stats and Testimonials]] - tidbits to support various marketing, advertising, PR materials
 
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*[[Conferences]]
 
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*[[Corporate Sponsors]] - cultivating corporate sponsorship for Free Geek programs.
 
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*[[Events]] - fun activities with music and games.
 
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*[[Front Desk]]
 
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*[[Grant Writing]]
 
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*[[Media Liason]]
 
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*[[Mailings]] - asking for money via letters.
 
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*[[Donations]] - calling businesses in town and asking for donations--cash, food and non-food--for events.
 
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*[[Unusual Form Letters]] - how to reach those special groups; a basic primer.
 
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*[[Sick Friend Letters]] - "My friend's too sick to work, can I get a computer for him?"  How to answer these questions.
 
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*[[Pickups for Money]]
 
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*[[Presentations/Lectures]]
 
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*[[Email Lists | Public Email Addresses]]
 
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*[[Room Use]] - when people want to use our spaces for their events.
 
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**[[Classroom Use Expectations]]
 
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**[[Event Prep]] - for events at the mothership
 
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*[[Tabling]]
 
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*[[T-Shirts]]
 
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*[[Log of Ads]]
 
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*[[GeekVideo]] - documentation, proliferation, replication... consternation?
 
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*[[Webadmin]]
 
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*[[Ambassador Basics]]
 
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[[Category: Structure]][[Category: Outreach]][[Category: Standing Committees]]
 

Latest revision as of 16:12, 6 July 2010

Overview

Outreach was a staff committee. It was open to volunteer participation. We covered a lot of different areas at Free Geek, so to make this more manageable we broke it down into several committees.

FG Events
In charge of Free Geek parties and festivals, like Geek Prom, Geek Fair, and the holiday party.
Meets seasonally, as needed. Generally, monthly for a few months before an event, then every other week, then weekly, then freakout right before the event.
Likely suspects: Ali, Laurel, Caitlin, Meredith
Email address: events at freegeek.org
Inreach
In charge of room use requests, tours, volunteer rewards, front desk, public email addresses (like Volunteer@ and Info@), and large donation thank you notes.
Meets the first and third Thursday of the month
Fundraising
In charge of fundraising, grants, and membership development.
Meets Thursdays at 10 AM.
Likely suspects: no one
Email address: funding@
PR
In charge of media outreach & relations, tabling, ads & marketing, the Free Geek website, corporate donations solicitation, and networking with other organizations
Meets every Saturday
Likely suspects: Ali,Laurel, Luiz, Tony
Email address: pr AT freegeek DOT org
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