Winter/Spring 2012 Inservice Trainings

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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