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