Standing Staff Committees

These standing committees of the Staff Collective are designed to oversee all the areas of Free Geek, implementing policies that are set by other groups and making policy suggestions to those other groups. Each committee has a mailing list and a queue in RT. Standing committees are ongoing. Ad hoc committees are temporary.

Standing Action Committee

Mission: Building and equipment security, staff and volunteer safety, supply, waste removal, and the sale of scrap material.

Programs: Recycling, receiving, maintenance and design of the physical plant, building security, general safety, relationships with neighbors.

Current Staff Members: Liane, Luiz, Matteo, Sergio

Email: action at freegeek.org

Standing C7 Committee

Mission: The standing committee structure, liaison with board and council especially regarding policy development, financial considerations.

Programs: Policy development, load balancing of the committees, liaison with Free Geek Community Council and Free Geek Board of Directors, nominations to the various committees, proposals concerning changes to the committee structure itself; volunteer and staff scheduling; accounting and financial oversight.

Current Staff Members: Dave, Michael, Richard, Ali, Mary Kate

Email: c7 at freegeek.org

Ad Hoc Events Committee

Mission:

In charge of major 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

Email address: events at freegeek.org

Standing HR Committee

Mission: Provides oversight for those areas of Free Geek pertaining to the health and well being of volunteers and staff.

Programs: Human resources, volunteer and staff discipline, procedures regarding theft from Free Geek, mediation between conflicting parties, staff and intern reviews, health care and benefits packages, employee manual, oversee the hiring process.

Current Staff Members: Ali, Dave, Laurel, Michael, Richard

Email: hr at freegeek.org

Standing Inreach Committee

Mission:

In charge of tours, volunteer rewards, core breakfast, front desk, public email addresses (like Volunteer@ and Info@), and large donation thank you notes.

In charge of room use, tabling, relations with neighbors, and networking with other organizations. This is the warm and fuzzy side of Free Geek outreach, in which we can just "be" and pursue our obvious interests with other groups.

Current Staff Members: Ali, Laurel, Mary Kate, Matteo

Email address: inreach at freegeek.org

Standing Knowledge Bees Committee

Mission: Facilitating access to information through documentation, training and support.

Programs: Education, documentation, liaison with Distro group, technical support, Free Geek library.

Current Staff Members: Laurel, Liane, Michael

Email: grok at freegeek.org

Standing PR Committee;

Mission:

In charge of media outreach & relations, ads & marketing, the main Free Geek website, fundraising, grants, membership development, tabling, networking with other organizations, and corporate donations solicitation

Also oversees fundraising, grants, and membership development.

Current Staff Members: Ali, Jeff, Kevin

Email address: pr@freegeek.org

Standing Propagation Committee

Mission: Outreach to organizations to promote reuse of hardware and use of Free and Open Source Software.

Current Staff Members:

Programs: Liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere), liaison with GAP volunteers, Hardware Grants.

Current Staff Members: Ian, Matteo, Michael, Richard

Email: propagation at freegeek.org

Standing Reuse Committee

Mission: The testing, building, refurbishing, and sales of reusable equipment.

Programs: Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production, build, laptops, testing maintenance and development; retail sales, eBay sales; printer refurbishing and sales; locate, evaluation, and put oddball hardware into reuse; wholesale or bulk sales of to-be-recycled parts.

Current Staff Members: Dave, Ian, Jeff, Luiz, Matteo, Sergio

Email: reuse at freegeek.org

Standing Technocrats Committee

Mission: The selection or creation, maintenance, and technical security of hardware and software used at or installed by Free Geek.

Programs: Liaison with Coders group, liaison with ASS group, liaison with Distro group, selection of software commonly used at Free Geek, computer security, technical infrastructure.

Current Staff Members: Lantz, Michael, Richard, Vagrant

Email: technocrats at freegeek.org