STAFF

While FREE GEEK depends greatly on its volunteers, the staff (and those volunteers who are as good as staff) help make for day-to-day continuity. The staff works as a collective to make sure that FREE GEEK runs smoothly and grows appropriately, in both its daily and more long-range operations.

If we are hiring, job descriptions will be posted at freegeek.org/jobs. Wanna know what your favorite staff member is up to? Check out our schedule!

Ali doesn't mess around. She'll teach you how to perform a task like no other. By the end of your shift, you'll feel the power.

"THE ONLY GOOD PC IS A RECYCLED PC"

Dana is a superhero who works best after a morning of Kung Fu and tea. She enjoys working with others who feel passionately about creating,
Together. As a student of life, the universe, and everything, Dana has the patience of an ant and the energy of a dragon.
Ask her a question, she may answer it.

Darryl would like to create a Recycling Triathlon:

• Event 1: Blindfolded Toolkit Inventory
• Event 2: Schnitzer Steel Toss for Distance
• Event 3: Plastics Gaylord Shakedown

When not at the 'Geek, he enjoys throwing and chasing plastic in the mud. No wonder he's the right guy for the job.

Dave was once Europe's leading specialist in the relation between Seasonal Affective Disorder and the thornier paths of existential ontology. Now he rides a swanky refurbished bicycle, collects mushrooms and cooks Indian food. He can also build a mean computer, but builds nice ones more often.

Jeff's a Gemini, enjoys short walks to the bar, and beautiful clear starry nights. He's currently looking for sweet, sweet laptops so he can refurbish them long into the night. He also likes working with volunteers and has a good head for program coordination -- we like that lots!

Kathie's friendly face and banter bring in the donations that keep us all fed! She was also interviewed in an article about collectives, talkin' about how crazy we all are.

...gebt den Kindern das Kommando/sie berechnen nicht
was sie tun/die Welt gehört in Kinderhände....
Kinder an die Macht/
sie sind die wahren Anarchisten/lieben das Chaos/
räumen ab/
kennen keine Rechte keine Pflichten
noch ungebeugte Kaft/massenhaft
ungestümer Stolz/
gebt den Kindern die Macht
Liane: Born and raised in the East of Germany.

Luiz Sudbrack brings his experience as a Free Geek volunteer and keyboard enthusiast to the Thrift Store. Plus he gets things done, really fast. And he's got a friend that makes curtains.

take a troupe and
teach them to
turn tons of trash into
the talk of all the town.
but no! the bugs march in!!!
summon martin
to touch his toes
and trounce his foes,
the gremlins in the boxes.

Mary Kate majored in perpetual metamorphosis and minored in talking to the animals. She has been an event coordinator and veterinary technician in her past lives. Digging in the dirt with her bare hands, and hugging old, mossy trees are the secrets to her happiness. Her major breakthrough was the day she realized that understanding animal behavior explains a heck of a lot about human behavior, too.

A little bird also told us that MK is one of the foremost chicken coop experts in the state. How b'gok that, little birdies?

Michael spent the early part of his life looking at bugs and wanting to be a computer. The concept nerd was invented to describe him (yes, he had a briefcase in high school). The bugs have been replaced by worms and Michael is now a world expert on a small group of earthworms known only from the Pacific Northwest. He does not try to combine the worms with his computers.

Michael was trained to be generous and helpful by a team of older sisters. Despite this early experience he enjoys people and helping them, and helping them to enjoy computers. He is even still polite to his sisters. In other spheres, Michael is an obsessive gardener, a former Reedie, and a wikipedian. Current projects include the search for the perfect ale.

Richard grew up on a NAFAL space ship travelling between here and Tau Ceti Prime. He invented the ansible, and Free Geek's build program, but has forgotten everything he once knew, due the fact that he lives backwards in time. After starting the build program, Richard tricked Martin and Dave into taking it over, both because they're better at it and because he wants to draw cartoons.

Ethnicity: Awesome American
Graduated: Brown University in 2004. Major - Soul Caliber; Minor - Street Fighter III
Favorite color: pink
Shorts length: ultra-short
Online Sales Experience: +500XP

When we first met Shawn, she was a piece of paper. Several pieces of very convincing paper. Before we hired her, she built her own office. Like the rest of us, sometimes she gets grumpy about computers. She is very humane and classy and uses her mind control powers for the good of the earth and stuff.

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