[frgeek-michiana] Lab Notes 10/24/06
- From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: FreeGeek Michiana <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:22:59 -0500
:: Lab Clean Up Done
John dropped the pickup truck off at my office before lab since he
would be indisposed most of the evening.
Goose, Albert and I finished the clean up at the lab. We filled two
more gaylords and took them to the warehouse. There are minor odds
and ends to deal with at the lab. Otherwise, it is neat and clean.
The floor is vacuumed.
John showed up at the warehouse as we finished. We ran the truck back
to his office.
:: Printer Night at Warehouse Thursday
The plan is to sort gaylords so we can send at least one skid of
material to our other-than-steel recycler this week or next. There is
one gaylord of bad monitors for sure. We think there may be a skid
full of dot matrix and other printers sprinkled throughout the
inventory. Goose is going to recruit several friends to help dig
through the inventory and pull out printers.
:: Online Volunteer Log Application
Late last week, I discovered the online app wouldn't log
transactions. Goose and I looked at the code and found the problem.
Goose will correct the code asap.
I encourage everyone to make a note of time spent helping Free Geek
and add it to the log. If you don't have a login, contact Goose.
Statistics from the log will be invaluable in managing FGM, marketing
and applying for grants and other types of support.
:: Big Changes at the Sallie
There are recent changes at the Sallie which effects us. Albert,
Goose and I talked to Captain Jodie. She was working late.
Security issues.
There have been at least 3 attempts to break-in the church in the
last 2 months.
Funding issues.
The United Way has virtually stopped support for all but 3-4 programs
in St. Joseph County. As a result, the Sallie has lost all its
program funding except for one, and that program was cut either 50%
or 75%. FGM survives because we wisely chose not to depend on grants
to operate.
Sexual issues.
The Salvation Army nationwide now requires every adult who comes in
contact with children in their churches, sponsored programs and
events (even church services) to pass a child molester database
screen. This includes us.
Holiday food basket drive.
We told Jodie our online volunteer app is running in beta. We are
sufficiently confident in the technology to gather information from
responsible persons in the annual holiday food basket drive in order
to modify a version of the app for the Sallie's use.
More about these issues at the board meeting Saturday.
:: Board Meeting
Goose is the only person who requested the board meeting begin at a
time other than 2:00 PM. He was mostly joshing. So, 2:00 PM it is.
Let's look forward to a productive planning meeting and fun at
Barnaby's as we appreciate each other for volunteering.
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