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FreeGeek News
2013 Internship Campaign is Live!
Monday, May 13th, 2013
FreeGeek Chicago is again fundraising to support our super-awesome Summer Internship Program. This is our third-annual, paid summer internship which will help expand our services to the community and our earned revenue sources. Learn more and Donate on our Indiegogo Campaign Page.
Application for 2013 Summer Internship Available
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
FreeGeek Chicago is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for our paid summer internship program. You can grab an application or you can visit our summer internship page.
Projects will focus on expanding earned revenue sources and services to the community. In exchange, FreeGeek will provide an opportunity to someone who is looking to use and expand their technology / communications / recycling skill-set and get some serious experience with a community-run non-profit organization. We plan on having this internship run from mid-June through mid-September with an average commitment of 12 hours per week. Applications for this position are due Friday, May 31st. Interviews will be given on a rolling basis.
Constitution 2.0 Adopted
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Good news everybody! The FreeGeek Community unanimously adopted a new Constitution on Sunday evening, finalizing the community's transition to a new governance model. This new Constitution puts full control of the decision-making process in the hands of the volunteer community at FreeGeek and outlines a Staff Collective for providing support services.
One goal in rewriting the FreeGeek Constitution is to provide a flexible document that any other community group might be able to pick-up, tweak, and reuse without too much effort. As such, this document is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Please adopt and share!
The FreeGeek Constitution is available online as a GoogleDoc.
Recycling Run Fri April 12, Orientation Cancelled
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
FreeGeek has scheduled a Recycling Run for Friday April 12. Come lend us a hand around 9:00a when we'll start loading out metals and circuit board. Everything should be loaded by 10:30a and then sent on to SIMS and SiPi for recycling. Major thanks to volunteer Larry B who will be our truck driver for the day.
Due to short staffing from the Recycling Run, our New Volunteer Orientation is cancelled for Friday April 12.
FreeGeek to Adopt New Constitution
Monday, February 25th, 2013
FreeGeek Members met Sunday evening (Feb 24) to hammer out a final draft of a new FreeGeek Constitution. After a lot of hard work to finalize the language and clarify a few points, the group voted unanimously to approve the new constitution.
This is not the final vote. There will be one week for anyone to raise questions, concerns, propose clarifications to the wording, or object to specific policies. If any concerns can't be resolved, we'll delay the final vote. Otherwise, a final vote will be made at the upcoming Community Council meeting on Sunday March 3. FreeGeek members will also specify the timeline for the new constitution to take effect.
The final draft of the new FreeGeek Consitution is available as a GoogleDoc.
FreeGeek members would like to thank all of those from the extended FreeGeek Chicago community for their input and during this process.
Workshop - Intro to Digital Privacy on Feb 16
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
FreeGeek Chicago will host our first Workshop Class on Saturday Feb 16th from 1:00-4:00PM. The "Intro to Digital Privacy" Workshop will be presented by Keidra Chaney and Raizel Liebler, creators of The Learned Fan Girl, and is aimed at people who have started to extend their professional online presence using social media. Check out the Event Page for more information.
This event is free and open to the public, though we do suggest a $5.00 donation to support FreeGeek's Education Programming.
FreeGeek Outreach Events on Feb 10
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Interested in donating or volunteering with FreeGeek Chicago? Come visit us at the Chicago Volunteer Expo, 10:00am-4:00pm in Lincoln Park or at the Logan Square Farmers Market 10:00am-2:00pm on Sunday Feb 10. FreeGeek Volunteers will be available at both events to answer questions. Donations will be accepted at the Logan Square Farmers Market only.
For locations and more information, check out our event pages:
FreeGeek @ Chicago Volunteer Expo
FreeGeek @ Logan Square Farmers Market
Change in OpenShop Hours
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
FreeGeek's OpenShop Hours for our ReSale Shop are changing! Starting Wed Jan. 23, FreeGeek will be open Wed-Sun, 11:00a - 5:00p for Sales and Donations. Remember to check our Calendar for up-to-date information on upcoming events. We will return to late hours on Wed and Thurs this Spring.
FreeGeek Tees
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
What's this? FreeGeek Chicago swag is now available?! Starting October 14th, we will be taking pre-orders for our first run of FreeGeek T-Shirts. This fancy black tee is emblazoned with the FreeGeek logo on the front and our web address on the back. These shirts will be selling in our shop for $20.00 per shirt, but those who pre-order now will get a discount price of $15.00 per shirt.
Registration Open for Software Freedom Day
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Registration for Software Freedom Day is now open. Please register at: http://softwarefreedomdaychicago.eventbrite.com/
Software Freedom Day, Call for Speakers
Friday, August 10th, 2012
FreeGeek
Chicago invites you to participate in our first annual Software
Freedom Day on Saturday, September 15, 2012. We a currently looking for
speakers / teachers to present during our event. Please send a
class/lesson proposal to ceciliacalabria AT mncarpenters DOT
FGC @ Logan Square Farmers Market
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
FreeGeek Chicago is having an information and donation day at the Logan Square Farmers Market on Sunday, July 22 from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. Stop by to donate, learn, and check us out!
Meet Cecilia, FreeGeek's Summer Intern
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Good news everybody! FreeGeek Chicago has officially hired Cecilia Calabria as our Summer Intern for 2012.
New Summer Hours!
Monday, June 11th, 2012
FreeGeek Chicago has started NEW summer hours for Shopping and Donations. We are now open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:00pm to 7:00pm in addition to our regular hours.
Summer Internship Application Available
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
FreeGeek Chicago is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for our paid summer internship program. You can grab an application or you can visit our summer internship page.
