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 OR Friday 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 #:
   * day & date:
   * estimated time of arrival:
   * pallets yes/no:
   * Forklift needed 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).

Please put drop-off Information here

Example

contact person/company: ?
contact's phone #: ???-???-????
day & date: (Thursdays and Fridays are Pick up Days, Please try to Schedule a different day if possible)
estimated time of arrival: ?
pallets yes/no: ?
estimate on amount: ?
FG contact (that's you!): ?

New Drop-offs

Lisin Metallurgical Services

contact person/company: Jennifer McElroy
contact's phone #: jennifer@lisinmet.com
day & date: Tuesday May 21, 2013
estimated time of arrival: 2 pm
pallets yes/no: no
estimate on amount: 2 scanning electron microscopes http://wiki.freegeek.org/images/6/64/ElectronMic.JPG
FG contact (that's you!): Austin

Upcoming Neighborhood Collection Events 2013

Saturday, May 18th, SMILE Neighborhood

   * contact person: Kris Heiberg
   * location: south end of Westmoreland Park 
   * Austin will be there from 10am -2:30pm (confirmed by Kris, event starts at 9am))
   * estimate on amount: truck was full last year, lots of systems, TVs, AV, miscellaneous 
   * estimated time of arrival: around 3:00pm
   * NCER approved(Liane)?: yes/no
   * Special Notes: 
   ** find a Outreach volunteer to go with Austin
   ** bring an envelope for money, and blank receipts
   ** print 300 brochures, stickers, volunteer informational material
   ** May want a receipt showing (estimated) weight of collected material

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