Free Geek: “Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the third millennium.”

The concept is simple, really.  Hire a handful of staff members, pay
them the same hourly figure from the top down, train volunteers to run
the business and work solely with donated electronic items to make them
reusable or recyclable. In the process, teach volunteers how the
business works and how to rebuild computers, allowing them to adopt a
computer after 24 hours of volunteer service, giving them on-the-job
training, as well as a social outlet.  The result of the effort keeps
harmful products out of landfills and enables schools and groups who
desperately need computers to receive them at no cost. Last, but not
least, make it all a democracy so volunteers and employees can
participate in the direction of the collective.

http://news.designtechnica.com/featured_article46.html

Anil

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Re: [TTLUG] Free Geek: “Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the third millennium.”

Anil Ramnanan wrote:
> The concept is simple, really.  Hire a handful of staff members, pay
> them the same hourly figure from the top down, train volunteers to run
> the business and work solely with donated electronic items to make them
> reusable or recyclable. In the process, teach volunteers how the
> business works and how to rebuild computers, allowing them to adopt a
> computer after 24 hours of volunteer service, giving them on-the-job
> training, as well as a social outlet.  The result of the effort keeps
> harmful products out of landfills and enables schools and groups who
> desperately need computers to receive them at no cost. Last, but not
> least, make it all a democracy so volunteers and employees can
> participate in the direction of the collective.
> 
> http://news.designtechnica.com/featured_article46.html
> 
> 
> Anil
> 

I was actually going to post this.

Worth thinking about.

-rj

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