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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. Our focus is [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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| Note, this wiki will be undergoing dramatic revisions over the next few weeks. It may not look pretty in the meantime.
| | =Free Geek Seattle: Helping Seattle's Needy Get Nerdy= |
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| | Welcome to Free Geek Seattle's mediawiki page. This is our knowledge |
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| == What We Do ==
| | If you're new here, please visit our home Page: https://www.freegeekseattle.org |
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| * '''Refurbish''' donated computer hardware, and install free [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source software] for distribution to the community. | | == What we do== |
| * Provide '''education''' about basic PC hardware, the Linux operating system, and any other technologies that we're working on or have expertise in. | | * Recycling, reusing, repurposing electronic equipment and computer hardware |
| * '''[[Recycle]]''' anything we can't fix or use an environmentally-responsible manner.
| | * Support and education in [[Free]] software |
| | * Helping with construction and maintenance of local [[Neighborhood Networks]] |
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| | ==Free Geek Seattle is currently re-organizing.== |
| | As of August 2025 we are in the process of "rebooting", after a hiatus of |
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| == [[donations|Donations]] == | | ==Meetings== |
| | No meetings are currently planned. Jump on the mailing list and organize |
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| We are currently accepting [[Donate|donations]] via the Filipino Community Center of Seattle.
| | Past meetings and other events may be found on the [[Event Schedule]] |
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| We are always looking for more sources of donations and have a lot of ideas kicking around on that front. Elcaset is in charge of donations. | | We used to meet on the second Monday of each month at Third Place Commons. |
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| We are saving CPU's from teardowns, as there is a particular company that we'd like to send them to for $$$. Elcaset, please post instructions for that here.
| | Prior to that we met at various Seattle public libraries (Greenwood |
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| == [[Volunteers]] ==
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| * Info about [[volunteering]]
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| * or [[Donate|make a donation]] to Free Geek Seattle.
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| * Attend one of our regular [[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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| * [[Positions]] we'd like to fill
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| [[Free_Geek_Seattle:Current_events| Current Events]]
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| * Regular Saturday Workshops ([[Volunteer Lead sign-up]]). <span style="color:#c71585">Note: dates with positions unfilled may have no lead volunteers present.</span>
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| * 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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| * Help us [[Promotion|promote]] Free Geek Seattle.
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| == Education ==
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| * Friday STE(A)M Classes [[Volunteer sign-up]]
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| * [[Training]] - Let's learn to geek
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| * [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Main_Page FreekiWiki]
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| We are closely partnered with the Filipino Community Center of Seattle to provide computer education through their STE(A)M program, and by cross-participation in our weekend workshops/build program and classes.
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| Some solid course materials/lab setups (we have repair tools, servers, desktops, networking gear... just need to arrange it better) for the weekend classes is something to work on. PC hardware, Linux, networking, maybe some programming. Just needs to be better organized, like everything else.
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| This wiki could always use better documentation of procedures and educational material. Some photos would also go a long way towards showing the world know we're real.
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| Some handy instructions on wiki editing:
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Cheatsheet]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Wiki Markup]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing Wiki Editing FAQ]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Intro_to_GNU_Linux Intro to GNU Linux]
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| There are a ton of articles on the wiki that aren't organized/can't be navigated to from the front page. Examples of those, and/or things that need to be documented better:
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware Hardware]
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| [[Security_Basics|Security Basics]]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Workshop_guide Workshop guide]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/FCS_Network FCS Network]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Personal_Computer_Training Category:Personal Computer Training]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Programming Web Programming]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Server_Administration Server Administration]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Procedures Category:Procedures]
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| The [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Build Build Program] especially needs much more structure, especially being one of our core programs.
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Classes Classes]
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/STE%28A%29M_Education STEAM Education]
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| == Infrastructure/Operations ==
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| The workshop has never been better, but it still needs some work. Lots of junk everywhere, tabels, wiring, unlabeled/not QCed boxes. Needs more organization. We could also badly use a server rack, and some mounting hardware for our current unused telecom rack. Would be great to have racks with servers and network hardware for instructional purposes. Plus, those servers can't sit on that back shelf forever. Have to really be organized to make the most of a relatively small space. Hard to keep build program organized/keep track of who has worked on what, etc.
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Install_Server PXE Install Server] - Andrew/koanhead is working on this. Will make OS installs easier by being able to installation images from one central server.
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| The FCC/FCS/whatever acronym we like to use needs the whole network redone. Contact Jon.
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| We should probably have our own network infrastructure that is entirely separate from the rest of the building.
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| There is a project page going for a [[Volunteer_database|Volunteer Database]], but we're using an Etherpad hosted by Dan at the moment.
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| There's another project page for an [[Inventory_tracking_database|Inventory Tracking Database]], but once again we're using an Etherpad spreadsheet.
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| Lots of fun things we could set up with our servers if we had a rack to put them on, from network services to a virtual machine host for playing with all kinds of distros, to an LDAP for SSO.
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| Web Site. For coordination and/or administration, contact [[User:mfoster|Mark Foster]].
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| We have a ticketing system at https://atrium.schoolfactory.org/fgsea. We haven't used it much yet.
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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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| Different sections with different people responsible for editing them. Everyone with a wiki account is encouraged to add content to every section however. Editor's job is to look at it every once in awhile.
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| [http://freegeekseattle.org/wiki/index.php/Special:RequestAccount Apply for a wiki account here!!!]
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| == Administrative ==
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| We are in the process of obtaining full [[501c3_Status|501(c)3 status].
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| We are seeking grants. Contact Tom Heuser for specifics.
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| == Other Activities and Projects ==
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| We love Seattle Meshnet. Have ''proposed'' a collaborative [[Seattle Meshnet|project]] with [http://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleMeshnet Seattle Meshnet].
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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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