Receiving Calendar

This is a page for pre-announcing major drop offs and such.

"If you can, encourage them to do a drop-off between 10:45 am and 1:00 pm (Receiving is usually busy at 10:00 am every morning because of simultaneously getting donations and training volunteers. However, two staff members are scheduled for the first half of the day, so it's at least preferable to have them come then).

Also, discourage Thursday morning drop-offs because Free Geek gets off-site donations then, so we don't have as many push-carts available to handle that kind of volume."

From http://lists.freegeek.org/private/frontdesk/2009-December/001522.html

Please include:

• company name:

   * contact person:
   * contact's phone #:
   * contact's email:
   * day & date:
   * estimated time of arrival:
   * pallets yes/no:
   * estimate on amount:
   * FG contact (that's you!):

Please be sure to tell the company contact:

• About CRT & Television fees if applicable.
• If you can, encourage them to do a drop-off between 10:45 am and 1:00 pm (Receiving is usually busy at 10:00 am every morning because of simultaneously getting donations and training volunteers. However, two staff members are scheduled for the first half of the day, so it's at least preferable to have them come then).
• Also, discourage Thursday morning drop-offs because Free Geek gets off-site donations then, so we don't have as many push-carts available to handle that kind of volume. Brittany 02:23, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
• MOST IMPORTANTLY: "We are not open on Sundays and Mondays and do not arrange for drop offs on those days."

Once you have collected all of the above information and selected a date that works for them and for us:

• Send an email to the company contact summarizing all of the above information.
• Include the above statement about the days we are closed.
• Notify receiving at freegeek dot org, recycling at freegeek dot org and front desk at freegeek dot org (via a cc: if in the same email).

Earthday Collection Events Drop offs

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Adidas Employee Collection Event

Austin will pick up in our truck

• estimated time of arrival: after 2pm,
• what to expect: we don't know, no record of last year's event
• FG contact: Liane

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Puppetlab Employee Collection Event

Austin will pick up in our truck

• estimated time of arrival: after 1pm,
• what to expect: we don't know, first year event
• FG contact: Liane

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

SMILE collection event

we will pick up

• contact: Kris Heiberg
• where: Westmoreland Park (SE 23rd and SE Nehalem)
• 2011 amount: 36 TVs, 30 CRTs, 45 systems, accessories
• approved by NCER?: yep
  • tell downstream vendor about potential increased volume
  • need to send tally of what was collected to NCER
• FG contact: Liane

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Richmond Neighborhood Collection Event

• contact:Sabrina Litten
• 2011 amount: about 3000 lb of mixed electronics
• approved by NCER?: not yet
  • tell downstream vendor about potential increased volume
  • need to send tally of what was collected to NCER
• FG contact: Liane