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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
  
Outreach is a staff committee that is open to volunteer participation. We cover alot of different areas at Free Geek, which are listed below.
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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.  
  
== Current events/news ==
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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
  
*[[Events Calendar]] - what's coming up.
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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
  
*[[Optimizing Outreach]] - results of the FinOp meeting.
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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@
  
*[[Africa Projects]] - stuff were doing in Africa.
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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
  
*[[Geek Aid]] - Techo-nerdy caravan of help for New Orleans (Oct.-Nov 2005)
 
  
== Outreach Projects and Responsibilities ==
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[[Category: History]]
 
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[[Category: Meetings]]
*[[Monitored by Outreach]]
 
*[[Stats and Testimonials]] - tidbits to support various marketing, advertising, PR materials
 
*[[Conferences]]
 
*[[Corporate]] - cultivating corporate sponsorship for Free Geek programs.
 
*[[Events]] - fun activities with music and games.
 
*[[Front Desk]]
 
*[[Grant Writing]]
 
*[[Media Liason]]
 
*[[Mailings]] - asking for money via letters.
 
*[[Pickups for Money]]
 
*[[Presentations/Lectures]]
 
*[[Public Email Addresses]]
 
*[[Room Use]] - when people want to use our spaces for their events.
 
**[[Event Prep]] - for events at the mothership
 
*[[Tabling]]
 
[[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