Difference between revisions of "Stats and Testimonials"

Latest revision as of 17:47, 27 January 2010

Overview

This page exists as a landing page for information that talks about how great Free Geek is. This page was written

Awards now have their own page. It includes grants we have received.

Testimonials now have their own page.
If you're unsure of anything, put it below the double line until it's ready.

Proposed New Format For Statistics

Stats for the most recent year
- Recylcing stats
- Program stats
- Donation stats
Cumulative Stats
- Recycling stats
- Program stats
- Donation stats
Portland Ewaste Statistics
General eWaste statistics
Information about environmental toxins (linked to wikipedia)

I think that reorganizing this way would help make this document way more usable.Luiz 00:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Statistics

Free Geek

Free Geek has received 31,441 computers (systems), 33,169 monitors and 22,102 printers

taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005

Free Geek has put more than 6,400 (6,412) computer systems

taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005

Free Geek has recycled approximately 1,000 tons of e-scrap since its inception (current as of 12/2005).

Last year (2005) Free Geek recovered 420 tons of e-scrap (compiled by Oso - life of program - 11/2000 to 12/05/2005).

Roughly 20% of systems donated to Free Geek over the last 5 years, after reconfiguration, have gone back out as working systems.

rephrased from Oso's two stats above. --Pete 12:32, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)

see 2005_Annual_Report

The World Outside

Portland writer Elizabeth Grossman has a lot of numbers in her 2006 book: High Tech Trash [1] (WARNING: sweet link)--Revphil 15:45, 23 August 2007 (PDT)
- The world generates twenty to fifty million metric tons of e-waste each year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
- Discarded electronics account for approximately 70 percent of heavy metals and 40 percent of the lead found in U.S. landfills according to a 2001 EPA report.
- 250 million computers are expected to become obsolete between 2007 and 2008 and at least 200 million televisions will be discarded between 2003 and 2010.
- Between 1992 and 2002, U.S. sales of consumer electronics, including PCs, quadrupled.
- 95 percent of American consumers do not know the meaning of “e-waste” and 58 percent are not aware of an electronics recycling program in their community.
- Between two and four million tons of e-waste from the United States wind up overseas each year for low-tech recycling.

1.5 billion pounds (750,000 tons) of electronic equipment dumped annually and processed into landfills (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)
In the next decade, about 3 billion units of consumer goods will become garbage (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)

Needed

# of boxes adopted/granted/sold last year
Toxins in computers
Functions of toxins in computers
A few hardware grantee examples: what does the org. do? what did we give them? what did they use the hardware for? contact info at organization.

Table below reflects number of monetary donations (including monitor fees, individuals, organizations) over $500, $400, etc. Note that several donations of $50 in one year would show up in the "under $100" column, instead of showing up in aggregate.

--Pete 12:14, 4 Jan 2006 (PST) (using data supplied by Richard. See talk page for SQL queries.)

Number of Donations by Dollar Amount
year	$500 & up	$400 -499	$300 -399	$200 -299	$100 -199	under $100	hardware only
2001	1	1	0	3	12	1131	729
2002	1	1	2	7	40	2100	979
2003	3	2	7	10	76	3329	1368
2004	19	5	9	30	130	5875	1530
2005	11	3	13	40	181	7496	1799

Awards

See Awards. Includes Grants received.

in-progress stuff

When an item has been completed and verified, please move it above the double line AND put your name by it, in case of questions.

Quantifying our accomplishments:

Oso- curious about the estimate. Are there any materials, or time periods we CAN get hard numbers for, or is that just something that isn't tracked? Also, do I understand right, this is what we've sent out and literally "recycled", not including the stuff we've reused? --Pete 21:00, 7 Dec 2005 (PST)

possible interviewees

folks reporters might want to interview for more detail on certain topics:

Consensus process: Richard (?)
Education/workforce training: Laurel, Michael, Liane
Free Geek as a good playground for making Free Software: Vagrant
Free Geek as Portland citizen: Oso, Marie, RevPhil
Fundraising: Oso
Kids at FG: Forrest, Michael McC.
LPI tests: Reid Leake, passed 101 and 102 in '05; Keith Lofstrom, prefers email over phone
Recycling: Christen/Oso
Linux-related aspects of Free Geek: Dave or Martin
Volunteer programs: Shawn
Volunteering: Bob G., Dirk M, Pete, Wren, Dottye, RevPhil
Worker's Collective: Shawn (?)

other relevant wiki pages

good sources for stats

places to use info contained here

Tour Howto
Press Kit
Grant applications
web site

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-This page exists as a central point for gathering information that demonstrates how cool Free Geek is.
+== Overview ==
-== share these at will ==
+This page exists as a landing page for information that talks about how great Free Geek is.  This page was written
-''Things that show how cool Free Geek is.''
+*[[Awards]] now have their own page.  It includes grants we have received.
-*Please indicate the source and date of anything you add to this list.
+*[[Testimonials]] now have their own page.
 *If you're unsure of anything, put it below the double line until it's ready.
-*If you have a longer testimonial or item elsewhere in the wiki, please link to it here.
+===Proposed New Format For Statistics===
+* Stats for the most recent year
+** Recylcing stats
+** Program stats
+** Donation stats
+* Cumulative Stats
+** Recycling stats
+** Program stats
+** Donation stats
+* Portland Ewaste Statistics
+* General eWaste statistics
+* Information about environmental toxins (linked to wikipedia)
+: I think that reorganizing this way would help make this document way more usable.[[User:Luiz|Luiz]] 00:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 === Statistics ===
-*Free Geek has received <strike>nearly 287,000 (286,916) Gizmos from the public, including</strike> 31,441 systems, 33,169 monitors and 22,102 printers
+==== Free Geek ====
+*Free Geek has received 31,441 computers (systems), 33,169 monitors and 22,102 printers
 :taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005
-*Free Geek has put <strike>nearly 50,000 (49,866) Gizmos back into reuse, including</strike> more than 6,400 (6,412) computer systems
+*Free Geek has put more than 6,400 (6,412) computer systems
 :taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005
-(See talk page for Richard's note concerning counting gizmos)
+*Free Geek has recycled approximately 1,000 tons of e-scrap since its inception (current as of 12/2005).
+*Last year (2005) Free Geek recovered 420 tons of e-scrap (compiled by Oso - life of program - 11/2000 to 12/05/2005).
 *Roughly 20% of systems donated to Free Geek over the last 5 years, after reconfiguration, have gone back out as working systems.
 :rephrased from Oso's two stats above. --[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 12:32, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)
-----
+* see [[2005_Annual_Report]]
-Table below reflects number of monetary donations (including monitor fees, individuals, organizations) over $500, $400, etc.  Note that several donations of $50 in one year would show up in the last column, instead of showing up in aggregate.
+==== The World Outside ====
+* Portland writer Elizabeth Grossman has a lot of numbers in her 2006 book: High Tech Trash [http://www.hightechtrash.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=73] '''(WARNING: sweet link)'''--[[User:Revphil|Revphil]] 15:45, 23 August 2007 (PDT)
+** The world generates twenty to fifty million metric tons of e-waste each year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
+** Discarded electronics account for approximately 70 percent of heavy metals and 40 percent of the lead found in U.S. landfills according to a 2001 EPA report.
+** 250 million computers are expected to become obsolete between 2007 and 2008 and at least 200 million televisions will be discarded between 2003 and 2010.
+** Between 1992 and 2002, U.S. sales of consumer electronics, including PCs, quadrupled.
+** 95 percent of American consumers do not know the meaning of “e-waste” and 58 percent are not aware of an electronics recycling program in their community.
+** Between two and four million tons of e-waste from the United States wind up overseas each year for low-tech recycling.
---[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 12:14, 4 Jan 2006 (PST) (using data supplied by Richard. See talk page for SQL queries.)
+* 1.5 billion pounds (750,000 tons) of electronic equipment dumped annually and processed into landfills (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)
+* In the next decade, about 3 billion units of consumer goods will become garbage (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)
-{{:cash donations by year and amount}}
+====Needed====
+* # of boxes adopted/granted/sold last year
+* Toxins in computers
+* Functions of toxins in computers
+* A few hardware grantee examples: what does the org. do? what did we give them? what did they use the hardware for? contact info at organization.
 ----
+Table below reflects number of monetary donations (including monitor fees, individuals, organizations) over $500, $400, etc.  Note that several donations of $50 in one year would show up in the "under $100" column, instead of showing up in aggregate.
-=== Testimonials ===
+--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 12:14, 4 Jan 2006 (PST) (using data supplied by Richard. See talk page for SQL queries.)
-If you'd like to interview someone to gather some testimonials check out the [[Testimonial Questions]] for some ideas of questions to ask. '''BADLY NEEDED: something from a hardware-grantee.'''
-*"Free Geek has been greatly supportive of the youth and families that I work with.  While developing important ties to the community, youth are able to develop important self esteem and job related skills.  They are able to do this while earning a computer of their own which can follow them as a tool into their search for jobs in our community."
-:''Scott Brown LCSW, Youth and Family Therapist, Counterpoint Outpatient, Morrison Child and Family Services''
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 18:12, 19 Dec 2005 (PST)
-*"as asked i will give my information my name is forrest i work in various places in freegeek usualy work where they need me meening i move around alot my main reason for joining freegeek was for the store discount but when iheard it was 4 hours for 90 days of discount i decided to just keep comeing in i like working on computers from building them at home or fixing them for friends from time to time  i also enjoy learniung new things and since i started at freegeek have learned more then i expected in a 1 month time"
+{{:cash donations by year and amount}}
-:''Forrest Gray, Dec '05.''
-:Posted to core, approved for public use via another email to core. Thanks Forrest!
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 18:51, 8 Dec 2005 (PST)
-*"At Free Geek, I have been able to both further my knowledge of computer hardware and software, and help train those less knowledgeable than myself. And when I or my clients have old computer systems to get rid of, we know they will be put to the best possible use."
+----
-:''-Pete Forsyth, small business owner, Puddletown Tech''
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 15:44, 3 Dec 2005 (PST)
-*"Sponsoring Free Geek's 'Geek Prom' event was great fun for all of us at New Deal Distillery. The volunteers were fun and easy to work with & the exposure New Deal received was excellent. We'd happily work with Free Geek to support their events again!"
-:''Jana Hughes, marketing director, New Deal Vodka''
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 21:06, 20 Dec 2005 (PST)
-*''Dottye Flowers, Free Geek volunteer since 4/2005, 61 years old.  Quotes dated 11/05.''
-**"[Free Geek] is a very good training place.  And to me it has been like my extended family."
-**"The folks that volunteer [at Free Geek] are fun to work with and all the instructores are very patient and couteous to me and so appreciative of everyone's efforts.  I get smiles when I arrive and I am sad to go when I have run out of time."
-**"When building my 5th computer, I had picked out one from the warehouse that most of the frequent or regular builders and the instructors thought it might be too hard for me to build.  I asked if it could be done and they said yes.  Then when I asked if I would have help to build it they all quickly said, ''"Yes, we will help you."''  So ''we all'' built it and it was a fine system when it was completed.  It was a really good looking computer system and I felt so good about the accomplishment.  But the thanks really goes to all of the folks around me that helped me build it.  My thanks to all who helped me."
-:--[[User:Shawn|Shawn]] 17:19, 29 Dec 2005 (PST)
-*An important turning point for me in my Free Geek experience was the day that I noticed, and stopped to consider, a sign in the front entryway that states discrimination based on sexism, and racism will not be tolerated.  Someone had modified this notice with the hand written inclusion of able-ism as an additional unacceptable point of view.
-:  The more I thought about this concept of accepting the contributions of others independent of their respective skills, the more I realized this sort of patience and tolerance is at the core of volunteering at Free Geek.  In essence, that having a person’s heart be in the right place, and be willing to contribute at all, transcends the individual results of their abilities.
-:  Further examination of this credo allowed me to apply it to other aspects of my world; whether volunteering at my daughter’s school, at work, or even my role as a bicycle commuter.  Awareness of able-ism as a discriminatory force has broadened my perspective on cooperation, and humanity.
-:''Dirk Morgan, volunteer''
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 19:03, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)
-*I had heard about it years ago through a friend and they said “you have to see this place”. At the time I wasn’t interested; a bunch of geeks recycling computers? That didn’t sound like my idea of fun.
-:...
-:About a year ago I had a meeting scheduled for me at Free Geek so I was finally going to get a chance to see the facility. Again, I was a little skeptical (for whatever reason I don’t know). I showed up about 10 minutes before Free Geek opened and I was amazed … what were all of these people doing out in front of the store front? Oh, they must want in on some cheap equipment. That makes sense.
-:At 11am the doors opened and I was surprised to see that nobody went into the thrift shop; they were all there to volunteer.
-:Scott Kveton, Associate Director, Oregon State University Open Source Lab
-:full blog [http://staff.osuosl.org/~kveton/2006/01/03/why-i-love-free-geek/ on web]
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 19:03, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)
-*I started at Freegeek about two years ago because another computer recycling group had stopped after its leader Marshall Pryon died and a friend there suggested Freegeek as a good place to help others. Now my wife says I just feed my addictions to computers at Freegeek, so whichever it might truly be is not important. I work mostly in advanced laptop build and diagnosis why the laptop hardware is not responding, so we can get them out to non-profits, so they intern can use more of thief resources to reach the needy. I love it at Freegeek, I have learned important things from so many people there, almost everyone there has something to share. Freegeek is a eclectic mix of the best of our society, it is truely a example of people helping each other, there is allot of sweat and tears behind the scenes that is full of love.
-:''John Warzynski, Build volunteer''
-:--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 19:03, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)
 === Awards ===
-''(copy-and-pasted from [[Organizational Narrative]])''
+See [[Awards]].  Includes Grants received.
-*In November of 2003, Free Geek received Honorable Mention for the Peter F. Drucker Award for Non-Profit Innovation.
-*In November of 2002, Free Geek was named a Founder of the New Northwest by Sustainable Northwest. They recognize leadership in sustainable business and economic practices in the northwestern United States. Free Geek was profiled in a book published by Sustainable Northwest in May 2003. Free Geek received the award at the 2003 Sustainability Forum awards banquet.
-*In June of 2001, Free Geek's Administrative Coordinator, Oso Martín, was presented an E-chievment Award from the National Public Radio program, E-Town, in recognition of his work to make "a positive difference in his community and beyond".
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 ''Quantifying our accomplishments:''
-*Free Geek has recycled approximately 700 tons of computer equipment since its inception. (estimated by Oso - life of program - 11/2000 to 12/05/2005)
 :Oso- curious about the estimate. Are there any materials, or time periods we CAN get hard numbers for, or is that just something that isn't tracked? Also, do I understand right, this is what we've sent out and literally "recycled", not including the stuff we've reused? --[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 21:00, 7 Dec 2005 (PST)<br>
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 *Consensus process: Richard (?)
-*Education/workforce training: Laurel (?)
+*Education/workforce training: Laurel, Michael, Liane
 *Free Geek as a good playground for making Free Software: Vagrant
-*Free Geek as Portland citizen: Oso
+*Free Geek as Portland citizen: Oso, Marie, RevPhil
 *Fundraising: Oso
+*Kids at FG: Forrest, Michael McC.
 *LPI tests: Reid Leake, passed 101 and 102 in '05; Keith Lofstrom, prefers email over phone
 *Recycling: Christen/Oso
 *Linux-related aspects of Free Geek: Dave or Martin
 *Volunteer programs: Shawn
+*Volunteering: Bob G., Dirk M, Pete, Wren, Dottye, RevPhil
 *Worker's Collective: Shawn (?)
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 *web site
-[[Category:Outreach]]
+[[Category:PR]]
 [[Category:AboutFG]]
+[[Category:History]]
+[[Category:Media Kit]]
+[[Category:Fundraising]]
+[[Category:Grantwriting]]