----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "FreeGeek Michiana" <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:29 PM Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Fwd: FreeGeek Franchise, Ahoy! > fyi. > > Tom > > >From: shawn <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Organization: freegeek > >Subject: FreeGeek Franchise, Ahoy! > >Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:35:25 -0800 > >User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 > >To: franchise@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >Hello Arkansas, Chicago, Columbus, Michiana, Vancouver, and Tennessee! > > > >Congratulations! We all welcome you to become a new Free Geek! Your > >organization now has Preliminary Status as an official Free Geek. You have > >permission to use the name Free Geek as part of your organization's name. > > > >More importantly, you are now eligible for membership in Free Geek > >Intergalactic, and can participate in the process of helping others start > >down the path of becoming a Free Geek or an affiliated organization in their > >own community. Soon, we'll need everyone to sign a Trademark License > >Agreement. It's still in development, though, and since you're all now Free > >Geeks, we'd love any input you have: > >http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Trademark_License_Agreement. More on what > >might be involved in being part of Free Geek Intergalactic later. > > > >We can now help you start to work (if you haven't already) on things like > >incorporation, setting up your decision-making bodies, getting your bylaws > >together, learning how to run your organization in a democratic and inclusive > >way without bogging down in too much process, researching the recycling > >industry in your area, building up your infrastructure and recruiting > >volunteers to help out. All of these things need to be accomplished or set > >up so that your group can successfully complete the second step of the > >application process. > > > >The newly complete list of Free Geeks is: > > > >* Free Geek (Portland, aka the Mothership) http://freegeek.org > >* Free Geek Arkansas (in Fayetteville) http://freegeekarkansas.org > >* Free Geek Chicago (Illinois) http://freegeekchicago.org > >* Free Geek Columbus (Ohio) http://freegeekcolumbus.org > >* Free Geek Michiana (South Bend, Indiana) http://freegeekmichiana.org > >* Free Geek Vancouver (Vancouver, BC) http://freegeekvancouver.org > > > >Accepted but not using the Free Geek name yet: > > > >* Rutherford County Computer Recyclers (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) > > > >Please select a representative or two (or three) to be on the Free Geek > >Intergalactic email list that deals with new applications > ><franchise at lists.freegeek.org>, so we can start to discuss the other > >pending applications and begin the process of formalizing the Free Geek > >Intergalactic organization. Note: this is separate and different than the > >start-up list. Please keep sending questions and providing your own unique > >perspectives on the start-up list and we will see the list of official Free > >Geeks continue to grow. > > > >w00t! > > > >Shawn Furst and the rest of the Free Geek Franchise Group > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** > PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. > > To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ > > You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/556 - Release Date: 11/28/2006 > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana