[FGCMH Core] Agenda: First post for CCC + FGDB REQUIREMENTs

Thu May 27 17:35:27 EDT 2010

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Robert <org-freegeek at 11-55.com> wrote:

>
> > ... offered to set up a video
> > surveillence system for the FG shop.
>
> There is a box with parts for this system in the large wooden cabinet.
> Please don't throw it away :)
> 
> > But 20 hours with a variety of folks leaves
> > us wondering what the person has learned.
>
> That's right. Some sort of testing of what they learned could add a
> motivation. I would help to get it going.
> 
> > if we had a basic checklist of things we want the
> > adopter to learn and we make sure the things get checked off as they
> > progress. (We could enable this in the new Database - Hey guys a new
> > FGDB REQUIREMENT).
>
> When somebody adopts a computer I write it to the "note" box in the
> volunteers profile until this is solved otherwise one could adopt one
> computer every day in one week.
>
> I use the note box for other important information so if there is some
> problem look at the volunteer's record in FGDB - there could be some
> useful information (contact, past problems, adopted ...) there.
>


> I disagree, when someone wants to adopt, all you have to do(if you ever
> used it like that) is enter it into the database.
>
   The database automatically records who adopted what, and on what date,
all the information you need.

    Barb

Robert
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 19:26:34 -0400
> > From: P Schulz <schulzp at rrohio.com>
> > Subject: Re: [FGCMH Core] Agenda: First post for Community Council
> >       Committee Meeting 2010-06-06
> > To: General discussion of FreeGeek activities
> >       <fgcmh at freegeekcolumbus.org>,   aulta at xenos.com
> > Message-ID: <4BF9B9AA.7030402 at rrohio.com>
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> >
> > One of our newer volunteers (Dan Beech) has offered to set up a video
> > surveillence system for the FG shop. He dug out a half dozen video
> > capture cards from the bins as candidates for use with the system. The
> > ideal would be a video card that supports 2 camera inputs at once. He
> > didn't find one but found many that will work with Linux.
> >
> > Dan would like to work on this at home, and for that we'll have to send
> > a computer home with him. Anyone object? If not, I'd like to send him
> > home with the computer and video cards on 5/29.
> >
> > I spoke with another newer volunteer (Andy Ault) that feels better
> > suited to education and community outreach. We spoke for a while about
> > the policies of granting computers and giving computers to volunteers.
> > He had 2 observations / suggestions.
> >
> > 1) He wonders how "needy" non-profits are. They have access to
> > commercial software at deep discount (sounded like 90% off in some
> > cases). They also have access to decent new computers at discount. This
> > made him wonder how broad and relevant Ubuntu / used computers are to
> > our target audience. (Andy is the IT chief at a large church.)
> > 2) Andy and I would also like to get more computers in the hands of the
> > needy in and around our neighborhood (University Area, Wineland Park,
> > South Clintonville, Short North). There are some seriously needy folks
> > in our neighborhood that might benefit from Freegeek computers. Under
> > our current scheme we could blanket certain parts of the neighborhood
> > with flyers inviting them to come down and volunteer and earn computers.
> > We'd have to assess the need to some extent - do folks need to get on
> > the internet? High speed is not free. Are there free options? Do they
> > want to do word proccessing, video games, photo album, ... These answers
> > would guide our CPU, hard drive and memory requirements, too. Maybe we
> > could take a survey along with the flyers if we pass them out.
> > 2a) An alternative would be to adjust the adoption criteria for needy
> > folks. (For a while now I have been telling folks that we require 20
> > hours so the adopter can learn to operate without coming back to us for
> > support.) I guess I haven't been to an adoption class, but I wonder how
> > well prepared someone is after 20 hours of volunteering? We could be
> > more effective at working with those that are coming specifically for
> > the purpose of adoption. I think it is difficult to usher someone
> > through adoption when they come on different days and work with
> > different volunteers. That may be the key. If I had the assignment to
> > guide an adopter through their 20 hours, I'd be able to make sure they
> > learned what they needed to. But 20 hours with a variety of folks leaves
> > us wondering what the person has learned. We may be able to handle the
> > variety of folks issue if we had a basic checklist of things we want the
> > adopter to learn and we make sure the things get checked off as they
> > progress. (We could enable this in the new Database - Hey guys a new
> > FGDB REQUIREMENT).
> >
> > (Dan and Andy are friends of mine from church that responded to the
> > community outreach fair we held at Xenos a couple months ago. They've
> > both bringing their high school age sons with them.)
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On 5/23/2010 11:52 AM, Mark McKenzie wrote:
> > > Upcoming Community Council Committee Meeting
> > > Date: Sunday, June 6  2pm-4pm
> > > Location:  Summit on 16th church, room 202
> > > Facilitator:  Mark
> > > Scribe:  Kirk
> > >
> > > New proposals that authors wish to have considered at the upcoming
> > > meeting should be posted to this list no later than Thursday, June 3,
> > > 2010 at 11:59 pm.  If posted before this deadline, they can be included
> > > in the final agenda release scheduled for June 4, 2010.
> > >
> > > Current agenda items:
> > >
> > > 1. Consideration of the Community Council Handbook
> > > 2. Consideration of procedural changes to allow changes to scheduled
> > > date of a Community Council meeting after the date is selected via
> > > consensus in the previous meeting
> > > 3. Proposal to the Board to have the Community Council Committee become
> > > the Community Council
> > >
> > > Also, the window for comments to proposed bylaw changes closed at
> > > 11:59pm on May 19.  Kirk should be in the process of having proposed
> > > changes reviewed by two lawyers and is expected to have review results
> > > no later than June 5, 2010.
> > >
> > >
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