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June 12, 2014

Major wiki cleanup. There are no more uncategorized pages as of today, except for the Main Page, which is in a class by itself.

February 2014

Welcome new board members: Chris Crihfield, Tim Leavitt, Dan Ryan, and Ann Summy.

Congratulations to Andrew Kane who now holds the newly designated title of Technical infrastructure manager.

Weekly FCS Workshops

When

Every Saturday, 3-6pm

If there are cancellations, we should make sure they are prominently posted to the front page.

Where

Filipino Community Center

Details

These weekly events start with orientation for new volunteers. The person who organizes the event that week may program other activities, like a presentation, a class, or a project. Build and Adoption program activities take place.

Here are some of the activities that often occur at our workshops...

• Replacing a defective hard drive and installing a new (Free) operating system, typically Linux
• Checking/modifying BIOS settings to see why a system won't boot up
• Wiping hard drives for re-use, and testing hard drives to make sure they're healthy
• Disassembly of systems for recycling
• Hacking on software to improve operational aspects, website
• Tracking systems in & out and volunteer time
• Research technical specifications on a particular motherboard, hard drive and so on.

• See Workshop guide for more details

Monthly Meetups

When

Monthly meetings occur on the 2nd Monday of each month, from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

Cancellations or postponements due to meeting space conflicts will be posted to the freegeek-seattle mailing list.

Where

Third Place Commons - http://thirdplacecommons.org/
(Upper Level of Lake Forest Park Towne Centre)
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155.

We meet in the commons area by Third Place Books on the top floor. Look for the Free Geek Seattle sign.

Details

Everyone is welcome. We'll be meeting at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park. We'll put two or more tables together by the electrical outlets in the main open area. Free Wi-Fi "kcls.org" is provided by King County Library System.

• See Meeting plans and notes for more details

Free Classes

Free Geek Seattle conducts occasional free classes on technical topics. The classes occur about once a month.

Board Meeting

When

The board meetings are held quarterly in January, April, July and October. Board meetings are part of the general meeting for that month.

Where

Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park (No. Seattle)

Details

This is when our board gets together and discuss the state of FGSEA and define strategy on our future plans.