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What We Do Refurbish and distribute donated computer hardware to the needy. Educate the community members how to use the computer. Seniors, Children, Busy People, Handicapped Install and support Free and Open Source Software. Provide Service opportunity to the community by training people to repair and support technology. Recycle anything we can't fix or use in an environmentally-responsible manner. Organization We are modeled after the original non-profit Free Geek of Portland, Oregon. Our focus is free and open source software advocacy, technology education, and sustainable computing. Get Involved Join the FGSEA Google group Chat with us on our IRC channel, #freegeek-sea on freenode.net or webchat Attend one of our recurring Events Volunteer Positions we'd like to fill Help us promote Free Geek Seattle. Donate - Please contact donate@freegeekseattle.org with any questions or information about donating. We are currently accepting hardware donations via drop-off at the Filipino Community Center of Seattle. Wishlist: Thinks we'd kind of like to have UrgentNeeds: Things that would help us a lot.

Upcoming Events manage events Upcoming Events RSVP requested but not required. SeeAlso: Full Event Schedule Workshops activated when lead signs up typically 2 days before. (NONE YET, or event_page_name indicates no lead) Day,Time,Date, Location, Type, (Lead), (Backup) (no lead cancels event) SAT 3pm 2015-05-02 FCS Workshop | e RSVP See the Event Schedule Workshop at the Filipino Community Center Facility Address {{#widget:Google Maps

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centermarker=yes }} http://goo.gl/maps/9Fp6A Filipino Community Center 5740 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S Seattle, WA 98118 206-722-9372 http://fcseattle.org There is parking to the north, south, and east of the building Our lab is just south of the main hall. If you can't find it, or if the north door is locked, the front desk is on the south side of the building. Facility Contact Jon Madamba, 2014 president of FGSea, is also a board member at FCS. Contact him at jon@freegeekseattle.org Related FCS Network | FCS Workshops | Category:FCS Hardware | Category:FCS Inventory Workshop Leads, remember to track the volunteers' time. You can use this worksheet: https://docs.google.com/a/freegeekseattle.org/spreadsheets/d/1qL1FNq-c2DyKyWD55ToccATMkC3zCsvsWAa09X9TsEM/edit?usp=sharing Times Saturday afternoons: 3:00pm until 6:00pm. -- These events are very common Wednesday evenings: 6:00pm until 9:00pm. --these events rarely occur Presence of a Lead in the RSVP section indicates that an event scheduled to occur. What Happened Lead Koanhead (talk) --Megyoung (talk) 06:01, 21 May 2015 (EDT) Full Event Cameo Agenda Training for Workshop Leads. See: Workshop guide New Volunteer Orientation HOWTO Receiving HOWTO Where SUN 10am 2015-05-03 Special Meeting | e RSVP A special board meeting has been called per the Bylaws to dissolve and reorganize the board due to lack of inolvement and attendance by most of the current board members. This meeting is scheduled for 10am on May 3rd 2015 at ALTSpace, over at 2318 E Cherry St, Seattle WA 98122. SAT 3pm 2015-03-07 FCS Workshop | e RSVP NONE YETKoanhead (talk) MON 7:30PM 2015-03-09 TPC Meetup | e RSVP whoooo? SAT 3pm 2015-03-14 FCS Workshop | e RSVP NONE YET SAT 3pm 2015-03-21 FCS Workshop | e RSVP Koanhead (talk) SAT 3pm 2015-03-28 FCS Workshop | e RSVP koanhead SAT 3pm 2015-04-04 FCS Workshop | e RSVP Koanhead (talk) SAT 3pm 2015-04-11 FCS Workshop | e RSVP Koanhead (talk) SAT 3pm 2015-03-18 FCS Workshop | e RSVP 2015-03-18 FCS Workshop SAT 3pm 2015-03-25 FCS Workshop | e RSVP 2015-03-25 FCS Workshop Past Events Category:Events Community Links http://seagl.org http://linuxfestnorthwest.org http://seafoss.org/calendar http://meetup.com News manage news Pinned Announcements We have created a pfsense box to isolate our network and provide caching of our package downloads and have our own wireless access point now. The FGSEA Google group is our primary form of communication. To request a wiki account, post a message on the Google group. See Event Schedule to see events scheduled to happen further in the future, and some recent past events. SeaGL 2014 was fun. We are in the process of obtaining full 501(c)3 status. We are currently operating under the Filipino Community Center. We are seeking grants. Contact Tom Heuser for specifics. 2014-09 Log 2014-10-24_SeaGL_conference Occurred on FRI 24th and SAT 25th of October Quarterly 2014-10-13 TPC Board Meeting | e RSVP A board meeting--occured Monday Meetup 7:30pm at Third Place Commons 2014-11-10 TPC Meetup | e RSVP Topics:Wiki,inventory

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