The week in Geek!

As everyone knows by now, we are at the final stages of our setup phase. We are getting all the legal paperwork together, putting together systems for fund raising as well as organizing NewBCamp and micro build programs. We've got about 50 volunteers and 10 organizers to make a good ratio of organizer to volunteer here at Free Geek. We've got a board of directors, a bank account, a po box, a phone number and someone is starting the grant application process.

We are raising funds for a lot of things. We need to pay fees in order to apply for status as a non-profit. We need to raise funding for rent and utilities. We need funding to make an impact on our community. We've already taken steps by taking in donations and getting them all situated in a local storage facility. We've been distributing systems to people who are putting them together and testing them out for us.

This past weekend, a small group of us got together at the storage facility to rip apart a few things to help people build computers easier. Christian and Bob are going to start putting together systems and testing them with Linux. The sale from these systems will go toward our general fund. The general fund is for fees and expenses.

So if you would like to buy a nice fancy (hardly ever been used) Free Geek Providence computer system, now is your chance! Put in your order now! Tell a friend: Free Geek Computers are coming. We haven't specified an exact price, but an entire system will be in the realm of about $50.

Each computer system we sell will include a PIII, at least 375-512 MG RAM, 20 Gig hard drive, Ethernet card, a 15" or greater CRT monitor, keyboard and mouse. Some might have sound and video cards as well, but all motherboards have integrated sound and video. These specs are more than enough to surf the web, create office documents, pictures and watch movies/dvd's.

We need mice and keyboards! If you have a mouse or keyboard that you aren't using, we ask you donate it to Free Geek Providence. Maybe you know a company that just upgraded to laser mice or upgraded all their keyboards. Please point them in our direction!

Be one of the first people ever to get a Free Geek PVD system and support our cause in the meantime!

We have created a new site which is easier to use and navigate and once we have all the information migrated (well, as much as we possibly can, that is) we'll open it up for everyone to use.

In addition, our domain name (Keep your fingers crossed) will be changing to www.freegeekpvd.org very soon. We are in the process of transferring our domain fgri.org and all it's emails etc to freegeekpvd.org.


Thanks for all your support,

Nathan
Executive Director
FREE GEEK PROVIDENCE