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

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