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| |'''[[Free_Geek_Seattle:About|Free Geek Seattle]]''' is a growing non-profit organization modeled after the original [http://www.freegeek.org/ Free Geek] of Portland, Oregon. We are focused on promoting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_Software free] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source software] advocacy, technology education and sustainable computing.
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| == What We Do == | | =Free Geek Seattle: Helping Seattle's Needy Get Nerdy= |
| * '''Refurbish''' donated computer hardware, and install [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source software] to distribute back into the community.
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| * Provide '''education''' about basic PC hardware, the Linux operating system, and any other technologies that we're working on or have expertise in.
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| * '''[[Recycle]]''' anything we can't fix or use an environmentally-responsible manner.
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| === Volunteering ===
| | Welcome to Free Geek Seattle's mediawiki page. This is our knowledge |
| | base and used to store documents, images, procedures and such. |
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| === Education ===
| | If you're new here, please visit our home Page: https://www.freegeekseattle.org |
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| === Donations === | | == What we do== |
| | * Recycling, reusing, repurposing electronic equipment and computer hardware |
| | * Support and education in [[Free]] software |
| | * Helping with construction and maintenance of local [[Neighborhood Networks]] |
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| === Administration === | | ==Free Geek Seattle is currently re-organizing.== |
| | As of August 2025 we are in the process of "rebooting", after a hiatus of |
| | 8 years. |
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| === Other Activities and Projects === | | ==Meetings== |
| | No meetings are currently planned. Jump on the mailing list and organize |
| | a meet up if you are so inclined! |
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| == Old/Work In Progress material below here ==
| | Past meetings and other events may be found on the [[Event Schedule]] |
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| | We used to meet on the second Monday of each month at Third Place Commons. |
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| == [[Free_Geek_Seattle:Current_events| Current Events]] ==
| | Prior to that we met at various Seattle public libraries (Greenwood |
| * Regular Saturday Workshops ([[Volunteer Lead sign-up]]). <span style="color:#c71585">Note: dates with positions unfilled may have no lead volunteers present.</span>
| | and Broadview mostly). |
| * Monthly meetings 2nd Monday of every month. Time: 7:30pm - 9pm. Location: Town Center at Lake Forest Park food court (Upper level across from Third Place Books), 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155.
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| * Friday STE(A)M Classes [[Volunteer sign-up]]
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| == Getting Started ==
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| To get you started here are some links to select information resources.
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| * [[Freekbox| How to get a free computer]]
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| * [[Volunteer]], [[Promotion|promote]] or [[Donate|make a donation]] to Free Geek Seattle.
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| * Find out when and where our [[Free_Geek_Seattle:Current events|next meeting or workshop]] is happening.
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| * Join the [http://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/ FGSEA Google group] (mailing list)
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| * For real-time communication sign on to [[mw:IRC|IRC]] channel #freegeek-sea on irc.freenode.org (Freenode IRC network)
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| * [[Training]] - Let's learn to geek
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| * [[Positions]] we'd like to fill
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| * [https://atrium.schoolfactory.org/fgsea/ Our SchoolFactory Atrium page]
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| * [http://www.freegeek.org/ Free Geek Portland]
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| * [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Main_Page FreekiWiki]
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| == Projects ==
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| * [[Projects]] are what we're working on now.
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| This wiki needs some serious work. You can help by [[Help:Contents#Before_you_log_in| logging-in]] and [[Help:Contents#I_found_a_mistake.21| editing]] the wiki yourself, or by proposing changes on our [http://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/| mailing list], or send recommendations to our [[Technical infrastructure manager]].
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| <small>Keywords: volunteer community technology center ethics ethical software freedom reuse recycle refurbish computers hardware open-source Libre GNU linux GNU/Linux FLOSS foss f/oss education training seattle puget sound gslug non-profit stem networks</small>
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Free Geek Seattle: Helping Seattle's Needy Get Nerdy
Welcome to Free Geek Seattle's mediawiki page. This is our knowledge
base and used to store documents, images, procedures and such.
If you're new here, please visit our home Page: https://www.freegeekseattle.org
What we do
- Recycling, reusing, repurposing electronic equipment and computer hardware
- Support and education in Free software
- Helping with construction and maintenance of local Neighborhood Networks
Free Geek Seattle is currently re-organizing.
As of August 2025 we are in the process of "rebooting", after a hiatus of
8 years.
Meetings
No meetings are currently planned. Jump on the mailing list and organize
a meet up if you are so inclined!
Past meetings and other events may be found on the Event Schedule
We used to meet on the second Monday of each month at Third Place Commons.
Prior to that we met at various Seattle public libraries (Greenwood
and Broadview mostly).