Outreach

Overview

Outreach (was) staff committee that is open to volunteer participation. We cover a lot of different areas at Free Geek, so to make this more manageable we broke it down into five subcommittees and one over-sight committee called "Outreach." Each has a mailing list that can be joined by signing up at: http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo

We broke it down to five subcommittees and one over-sight committee called "Outreach." They each have mailing lists, so please sign up if you see one that suites your fancy and you would like to join! Just go to http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo

-FG Events (parties & festivals)(Geek Fair, prom, holiday party)
*could meet once a month, maybe even skip a month) meets seasonally
*For more info, e-mail: events@freegeek.org

-Inreach (tours, volunteer rewards, core breakfast, front desk, public
email addresses, thank yous) meets once a month 4th wed 7 pm
*email address: inreach@freegeek.org

-Communitybuilders (room use, tabling, relations with

neighbors,networking with other orgs)twice a month on the A week Thurs 7pm

• email address: communitybuilders@freegeek.org (forward commies@ to this address, please)

-Fundraising (fundraising, grants, membership development) once a month maybe. We will consult Marie.

• email address: unknown at the moment

-PR (media outreach & relations, ads & marketing, website, corporate donations solicitation) Twice a month on the B week Thurs 7pm

• email address: pr@freegeek.org

-Outreach - Once a month Tues morn at 10am when Technocrats meet

• email address: outreach@freegeek.org

Current events/news

• Events Calendar - what's coming up.

• Optimizing Outreach - results of the FinOp meeting.

• Africa Projects - stuff we're doing in Africa.

• Geek Aid - Techo-nerdy caravan of help for New Orleans (Oct.-Nov 2005)

Outreach Projects and Responsibilities

• Monitored by Outreach
• Stats and Testimonials - tidbits to support various marketing, advertising, PR materials
• Conferences
• Corporate Sponsors - 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.
• Donations - calling businesses in town and asking for donations--cash, food and non-food--for events.
• Unusual Form Letters - how to reach those special groups; a basic primer.
• Sick Friend Letters - "My friend's too sick to work, can I get a computer for him?" How to answer these questions.
• Pickups for Money
• Presentations/Lectures
• Public Email Addresses
• Room Use - when people want to use our spaces for their events.
  • Classroom Use Expectations
  • Event Prep - for events at the mothership
• Tabling
• T-Shirts
• Log of Ads
• GeekVideo - documentation, proliferation, replication... consternation?
• Webadmin
• Ambassador Basics
• Neighborhood Association