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.

Action

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

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

Current Staff Members: Guy, Kathie, Liane, Oso, Rick

Meets: Week B, Tuesdays 10-11

Email: action at freegeek.org

C7

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; accounting and financial oversight, health care and benefits packages, liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere).

Current Staff Members: Dave, Oso, Richard, Shawn

Meets: Week A, Saturdays 10-11

Email: c7 at freegeek.org

HR

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

Programs: Human resources, volunteer management, volunteer and staff discipline, procedures regarding theft from Free Geek, mediation between conflicting parties, volunteer and staff scheduling, staff and intern reviews, volunteer acculturation and training, employee manual.

Current Staff Members: Michael, Nathan, Richard, Shawn

Meets: Every Friday 11:15

Email: hr at freegeek.org

Knowledge Bees

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

Programs: Education, documentation, liaison with Distro group, technical support, Computers for Kids.

Current Staff Members: Kathie, Liane, Martin, Michael

Meets: First Tuesday of every month at 10-11.

Email: grok at freegeek.org

Outreach

Mission: Oversight of outreach, public relations, and associated fundraising.

Programs: Fundraising, grantwriting, outreach, advertising and marketing, parties, festivals and other events, community building, relations with the neighbors, relations with the non-profit and social change communities, membership development, the Free Geek website, the reception area, public email addresses, media relations, advertising and design of donation pickups; liaison with NAP group.

Current Staff Members: Liane, Oso, Shawn

Meets: Thursdays (except 3rd Thursday), 7:15

Email: modsquad at freegeek.org

Reuse

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

Programs: Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production, build, 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; liaison with Hardware Grants group; development of receiving policies with a goal of maximum reuse.

Current Staff Members: Dave, Guy, Matthew, Nathan, Rick, Steve

Meets: Every Wednesday, 10-11

Email: reuse at freegeek.org

Receiving

Mission: ???

Programs: ???

Current Staff Members: Dave, Liane, Michael, Nathan, Shawn

Meets: Week A, Fridays, 12:30-1:30

Email: receiving at freegeek.org

Recycling

Mission: ???

Programs: ???

Current Staff Members: Guy, Liane, Nathan, Oso, Steve

Meets: Week B, Fridays, 12:30-1:30

Email: recycling at freegeek.org

Technocrats

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, liaison with GAP volunteers, selection of software commonly used at Free Geek, computer security, technical infrastructure.

Current Staff Members: Martin, Michael, Richard

Meets: Second Tuesday of every month at 10-11.

Email: technocrats at freegeek.org