State of the Onion

Big list of programs

Here is a list of Free Geek programs organized by the staff committee that is charged with their oversight. We are asking each committee to post a brief description of the state of each program.

(For more information on each committee see the Standing Staff Committees page.)

Action

Recycling: What is the state of this program?
Receiving: What is the state of this program?
Maintenance and design of the physical plant: What is the state of this program?
Building security: What is the state of this program?
General safety: What is the state of this program?

C7

Policy development: What is the state of this program?
load balancing of the committees: What is the state of this program?
liaison with Free Geek Community Council and Free Geek Board of Directors: What is the state of this program?
nominations to the various committees: What is the state of this program?
proposals concerning changes to the committee structure itself: What is the state of this program?
accounting and financial oversight: What is the state of this program?

HR

Human resources: What is the state of this program?
volunteer management: What is the state of this program?
volunteer and staff discipline: What is the state of this program?
procedures regarding theft from Free Geek: What is the state of this program?
mediation between conflicting parties: What is the state of this program?
volunteer and staff scheduling: What is the state of this program?
staff and intern reviews: What is the state of this program?
volunteer acculturation and training: What is the state of this program?
health care and benefits packages: What is the state of this program?
employee manual: What is the state of this program?

Knowledge Bees

Education: What is the state of this program?
documentation: What is the state of this program?
liaison with Distro group: What is the state of this program?
technical support: What is the state of this program?
Computers for Kids: What is the state of this program?
Free Geek library: What is the state of this program?

Outreach

Fundraising: What is the state of this program?
grantwriting: What is the state of this program?
outreach: What is the state of this program?
advertising and marketing: What is the state of this program?
parties, festivals and other events: What is the state of this program?
community building: What is the state of this program?
relations with the neighbors: What is the state of this program?
relations with the non-profit and social change communities: What is the state of this program?
membership development: What is the state of this program?
the Free Geek website: What is the state of this program?
the reception area: What is the state of this program?
public email addresses: What is the state of this program?
media relations: What is the state of this program?
advertising and design of donation pickups: What is the state of this program?

Propagation

Liaison with Free Geek startups (the replication of Free Geek elsewhere): What is the state of this program?
liaison with GAP volunteers: What is the state of this program?
Hardware Grants: What is the state of this program?
liaison with NAP group (Nonprofit Assistance Program).: What is the state of this program?

Reuse

Freekbox, storebox, grantbox production (build): What is the state of this program?
testing maintenance and development: What is the state of this program?
Laptops: What is the state of this program?
retail sales: What is the state of this program?
eBay sales: What is the state of this program?
printer refurbishing and sales: What is the state of this program?
locate, evaluation, and put oddball hardware into reuse: What is the state of this program?
wholesale or bulk sales of to-be-recycled parts: What is the state of this program?

Technocrats

Liaison with Coders group: What is the state of this program?
liaison with ASS group: What is the state of this program?
liaison with Distro group: What is the state of this program?
selection of software commonly used at Free Geek: What is the state of this program?
computer security: What is the state of this program?
technical infrastructure: What is the state of this program?