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| | =Free Geek Seattle: Helping Seattle's Needy Get Nerdy= |
| '''Free Geek Seattle:''' '''[[Free_Geek_Seattle:About|History]]''' | '''[[Programs]]''' | '''[[Locations]]''' | '''[[Governance]]''' | '''[[Contact Us]]''' | '''[https://facebook.com/fgsea1 Facebook]'''
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| | 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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| | If you're new here, please visit our home Page: https://www.freegeekseattle.org |
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| = Upcoming Events =
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| = Past Events =
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| = Community Links =
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| http://seagl.org
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| =News=
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| == What We Do ==
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| * Refurbish and distribute donated computer [[hardware]] to the needy.
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| * [[Educate]] the community members how to use the computer.<BR/> ''[[Seniors]], [[Children]], [[Busy People]], [[Handicapped]]''
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| * Install and support [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_Software Free] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open] Source Software.
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| * Provide [[Service]] opportunity to the community by training people to repair and support technology.
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| * [[Recycle]] anything we can't fix or use in an environmentally-responsible manner.
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| == Organization ==
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| * We are modeled after the original non-profit [http://www.freegeek.org/ Free Geek] of Portland, Oregon.
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| * Our focus is free and open source software advocacy, technology education, and sustainable computing.
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| == Get Involved ==
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| ** Join the {{maillist}}
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| ** Chat with us on {{IRCchannel}}
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| ** update the wiki [[WikiHowTo]]
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| ** Attend one of our recurring [[Event Schedule|Events]]
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| * [[Volunteer]]
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| ** [[Positions]] we'd like to fill
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| ** Help us [[Promotion|promote]] Free Geek Seattle.
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| * [[donations|Donate]] - Please contact [mailto:donate@freegeekseattle.org donate@freegeekseattle.org] with any questions or information about donating.
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| ** We are currently accepting hardware [[Donate|donations]] via drop-off at the [[Filipino Community Center]] of Seattle.
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| ** [[Wishlist]]: Thinks we'd kind of like to have
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| ** [[UrgentNeeds]]: Things that would help us a lot.
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| | == 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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| | ==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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| | ==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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| <small>[[:Category:Infrastructure| Infrastructure]]
| | Past meetings and other events may be found on the [[Event Schedule]] |
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| [[:Category:Governance| Governance]] </small>
| | We used to meet on the second Monday of each month at Third Place Commons. |
| <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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| | Prior to that we met at various Seattle public libraries (Greenwood |
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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).