Winter/Spring 2012 Inservice Trainings
The Free Geek board, in conjunction with staff liaisons, are planning an In-service for Winter/Sring 2012 to conduct trainings, board/all-staff meetings, and generally facilitate open communication and strategic planning discussions (dates and related logistics TBA). Following is a list of proposed trainings, categorized by relevant department/committee.
All paid workers should feel free to edit this page directly to add training topics that are required to fulfill their job descriptions and their general ability to navigate Free Geek processes, systems, policies and communication channels. (If you want to add something but lack the wiki editing training to do so, email your additions to alamb@freegeek.org.)
Notes from these inservice trainings can be found here: http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Category:Inservice_Notes
Administrative Services
- Closing the tills - Michael
- All front desk and thrift store staff
- IOU/Reimbursement and misc. cash-ins - Michael
- All front desk and thrift store staff
- Database training - Richard
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - Mark - Patrick - Jake - Cliff F - Sarah - John M - Omar
- Wiki Paul
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - Patrick - Jake - Lynnae - Cliff F
- RT Paul
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Patrick - Jake - Sarah - John M
- Talon Paul
- Misty - Mark - Patrick - Cliff F - Sarah - John M
- Wordpress Paul
- Adrienna - Greg - John McNamee - Misty - Sarah - Ebeth - Cliff F - Patrick - Jake - Liliana G - Elizabeth - Lynnae
- Alarm system issues - Richard
- Cliff F - John A - Liliana - Sarah
- Closing training - Darren
- Cliff F - Mark - Omar V
- Routing the mail - Richard
- Budget and spending - Richard
- Everyone
- Scheduling, How to request changes, etc. -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- Breaks how to make sure you get them -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- How to call in sick -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- Your rights at work and how to deal with them -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- Confidentiality -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- PTO -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- Understanding your benefits -- Mark will do
- Everyone
- FAQ from info@ (how to reply to info@ emails)
- Misty
- Free Geek elevator speeches (PR Committee will conduct this.)
- Adrienna - Gregory - Mark - Sarah - Omar
- Free Geek Website Redesign - PR Committee
- Darren - Amelia - Misty - Omar
- Decision-making; policy and management structure of FG
- Everyone (this will be discussed during the all-staff meeting on the 28th.)
- Meeting facilitation - led by Amelia
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Patrick - John A - Jake - Sarah - John M - Elizabeth - Lynnae - Omar
- Meeting scribing - Sean
- Patrick - Jake - Cliff F - Sarah - John M - Omar
Recycling & Receiving
- Oregon eCycles -Liane
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Mark - Sarah - John M - Vagrant - Lynnae
- Tallying and Inventory - Michael
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - Darren - Cliff F - Sarah - John M
- Data security - Vagrant
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - John A - Sarah - John M
- Receiving support (how to best provide backup during a Receiving rush) - Misty, Sarah
- Adrienna - Gregory - Darren - Mark - John A - John M - Lynnae - Cliff F
VETS (Volunteer, Education, Tech Support)
- 86ing people (what's the process/policy) - Stephen
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Mark - Patrick - John A - Sarah
- Volunteer management training - Stephen
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Patrick - John A - Sarah - John M - Elizabeth
- Training on Training (Education) - Darren
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - Patrick - Sarah - John M - Amelia
- Tours - Stephen
- Adrienna - Gregory - Mark - Liliana G - Sarah - Amelia
- Accessibility (how to accomodate different abilities and needs) - Stephen
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Mark - John A - Sarah - John M
- Discrimination (FG policies and procedures) - Stephen
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Mark - John A - Sarah -John M - Lynnae
- Diversity awareness/sensitivity training, volunteers with disabilities - Stephen and/or HR
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - John A - Sarah - John M
Safety Committee
- Safety training, including proper lifting techniques - Darryl
- Everyone
- Fire drill
- Everyone
- Emergency medical things
- Everyone
- mental health awareness
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - John A - Sarah - John M
- CPR
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - John M - Lynnae
- De-escalation and ombudsman usage
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Mark - John A - Liliana G - Sarah - John M - Lynnae
- First Aid stations (what's there, how to use them) - Liane
- Everyone
Organizational issues
- Hiring goals/priorities
- Everyone (this will be discussed at the all-staff meeting.)
- Understanding the Union Contract (for both union and non-union folks) - Vagrant and Ebeth
- Everyone
Area Check-Ins/Meetings
- Sales/Reuse/Production check-in
- What the store (also online/bulk sales?) needs and wants. Maybe should involve Receiving as well.
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - John A - Liliana G - Sarah - John M - Elizabeth - Lynnae
- Production identity investigation
- What does this committee do, how is the Sales staff involved.
- Adrienna - Gregory - Misty - Liliana G - John M - Elizabeth - Lynnae
- Receiving flow
- clarify gizmo flow between Receiving, Store and Warehouse.
- Adrienna - Gregory - Cliff F - Misty - Darren - Patrick - John A - Liliana G - Sarah - John M - Lynnae
Admin Time
Template: [Name: # of hours requested]
Amelia: 3 hours
Mark: 2/21 4 hours for payroll | 3/6 4 hours for payroll | will be coming in for 8 AM, so maybe admin time will get calculated at a lower #
Lynnae: 2.5 hours
Liane: Safety: 3/9: 2 hrs
Darryl: Safety: 2/28: 2 hrs, 3/6: 1 hr, 3/9: 3 hrs, 3/10: 1 hr (Total: 7 hrs)
Workshops scheduled for 3:30-5:30pm March 13
Group 1 (3:30-4:30, classroom). Decision-Making Processes at Free Geek: How the chart that the VETS group created at the All-Staff Meeting might play out in practice, and how it can be implemented in other areas and across the organization.
- Attending: Sarah, Stephen, Paul, Richard, Adrienna, Brian, Gregory, Omar, John A., Misty, Patrick
Group 2 (3:30-4:30, meeting room). 360-Degree Staff Reviews: How to incorporate Bargaining Unit member feedback into Collective-level reviews, and who should participate in which reviews, so that feedback is holistically and fairly represented.
- Attending: Amelia, Darren, Mark, Aradan, Darryl, Santiago, Lynnae, Liliana
Group 3 (4:35-5:30, classroom). Major-Minor Supervisor Communications: Whether staff with both a "major" and a "minor" should have an official minor supervisor, and if so, how the major and minor supervisors should interact in order to avoid complications with scheduling, performance expectations, etc.
- Attending: Stephen, Sean, Richard, Adrienna, Gregory, Liane, Brian, Cynthia, John A, Cliff.
Group 4 (4:35-5:30, meeting room). Bargaining Unit Discipline Policy: Adopting a parallel policy to the discipline policy recently adopted within the Collective, with consideration to the agreements already set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Attending: Sarah, Amelia, Darren, Mark, Aradan, Omar, Misty, Santiago, Lynnae, Liliana