June 27th, 2009: This week at Free Geek

27 Jun 2009
Posted by Nathan


These last two weeks have been rather productive at Free Geek Providence.

For anyone looking to volunteer, now is a great time as we are starting to get lots of projects in and many calls for volunteers. It's just one quick form page away when clicking the Volunteer link up top on this page.

Volunteer Opportunities:

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June 15th, 2009: This Week at Free Geek.

15 Jun 2009
Posted by Nathan


Short and sweet.

1. We got an awesome write up last week that I posted here. Our organization is starting to build a little momentum.

2. We're having our first off-site DEMAN meeting on Thursday at 630 pm at Malachi's cafe. This group will be handling all aspects of triaging all computers coming into Free Geek; some computers get reused, some get recycled.

3. Our PR group lead by Maura meets this Wednesday at 630pm at Malachi's. This group handles all aspects of public relations including social networking and creating press releases, working with events, etc.

4. Our Board meets this Tuesday at 630pm.

 

A Local Geeky Bunch Fills in a Digital Gap

Posted by Nathan


Excerpted from
City of Providence
Office of Mayor David N. Cicilline
25 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 421-2489
www.providenceri.com
citynews@providenceri.com

Issue No. 295 l June 4, 2009 l Providence, Rhode Island

The digital divide won’t close by itself. Filling in the gap between people with and without access to technology requires the know-how and drive of those like the members of the newly formed nonprofit, Free Geek Providence. Armed with a simple slogan borrowed from a Portland group, Free Geek Providence founder and native Nathan Hutnak is setting out to “help the needy get nerdy.”

To read the rest of this story, click here!

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This week at Free Geek! June 3rd, 2009

03 Jun 2009
Posted by Nathan


Hi everyone.

Things are moving quickly, and I need your help. Please forward this to anyone who's interested in joining and volunteering at Free Geek. We are going to coordinate introductory meetings this week and next week and then start working on these projects ASAP. This is not a call for a core or open meeting. These are one-time hour-long meetings to START these projects. Everyone is welcome to reply with their availability and what topic they are interested in.

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What Is Free Geek Providence??

Posted by Nathan


This series of online documents explains what Free Geek Providence is.

  

Flyers

26 Jun 2009
Posted by KHall


Hey Everyone, this is Krystal Hall from the PR department. I was wondering do we have an official logo besides "Free Geek"? The reason why I am asking is because a big event is going on in downtown Providence. I am going to be there and I was thinking while I'm done there I could pass out flyers or leaflets. I could make a couple and pass out some. I just need to know where the logo is.

 

We need volunteers to teach young kids,age 6 and up, about computers!

22 Jun 2009
Posted by ReneeG


Hi Everyone!
Free Geek is starting a new program which will be teaching young kids about computers - things like how to move a mouse and use simple programs, very basic information. If you are interested in being one of our teachers,please get in touch with me at this email address as soon as possible or call Free Geek at 401-369-9783 for more information. The program will start sometime in July or early August. Thanks for your help!

Renee
Volunteer Coordinator
griffinifreegeek@gmail.com
401-369-9783

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Work in progress sort of.

Posted by TdiMan


I thought about this a little and one of the best methods i can think of to do massive amounts of installs is via tftp over the network. I have been trying to find a VMware app that can do this so far i have not been able to find one that works. I have found a few that had great promise but did not actually work. Especially now that freegeek will have a home and a more centralized place to do installs i think this might be a great option because if it is an appliance it can easily be taken offline when not in use. i will see what more i can dig up for this maybe it will be easy enogh to use a thin client to boot with and simply have the CD as a shared device.

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No Saturday Meetup at Skip's This Week

29 May 2009
Posted by Skip


Hello All,

I announced at Malachi's that we meet up at my place on Saturdays. Unfortunately I'm going to have to cancel tomorrow's get together. We'll go back to the regular schedule next week.

I apologize but my weekend is completely over-booked. I picked up a side job last week for some extra moving money and it is turning out to be a lot more time-consuming than I initially thought.