Free Geek Chicago

November 28, 2005 at 12:41 am | In technology, co-ops, Chicago |

Looks very cool!
Free Geek Chicago
Check out the website: http://www.freegeekchicago.org/

Description from their website:

FREE GEEK Chicago is a not-for-profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to the underserved communities of Chicago in exchange for community service.

FREE GEEK Chicago was founded in August 2005 as a collaboration of NPOTechs and Logan Square CTC to recycle computer technology and provide low and no-cost computing to economically disadvantaged individuals and not-for-profit and social change organizations.

FREE GEEK Chicago does most of this work with volunteers. The volunteers disassemble the donated equipment and test the components, which are either recycled as electronic scrap or recycled into refurbished systems. These refurbished computers are then loaded with Open Source Software, such as GNU/Linux, Open Office, and other Free Software.

We are proud of being a democratically-run organization, and use consensus in our meetings. Our policy decisions are made by a group of volunteers and staff called the council, and those policies are executed by our staff collective.

Anyone can get involved! Donate used equipment… volunteer your time… support a grassroots community organization!

edited to include a hyperlink to the FGC website instead of just the text of the url

1 Comment

  1. Ted,

    On Tuesday I visited FreeGeek in Portland for the first time to attend a meeting of the Portland Ruby Brigade. FreeGeek is Amazing! I hope that your FreeGeek rocks as much as ours :)

    –Brandon

    Comment by BrandonCsSanders — December 10, 2005 #

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