[freegeek-startup] visit with FREE GEEK Michiana

[Shawn Campbell]

If that's y'all's warehouse in the pictures, that's a pretty sweet looking place!! and some pretty nice comps. as well. We in TN could hope to be so lucky :o)

Thanks for the sharing (and the hope)

Good Luck in finding some recyclers to pay nice ;)

Shawn Campbell
TN Hopeful

Billings John <jgbillings at gmail.com> wrote: The logistics of traveling from 45 minutes West of Chicago to the heart of South Bend Indiana, are seriously impairing my ability to volunteer for my favorite non-profit organization, but I was able to make it to their meeting this past Tuesday by 8:30 pm EST.    

Here are the obligatory flickr pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157594241285360/

We had an informal state of the GEEK conversation, FGM is having a temporary lull due to some bottlenecks in building a lab and  volunteer recruitment.   FGM is also having difficulty finding recycling partners that play nice.  Or should I say pay nice?  It's not for lack of trying, the volume they generate is just not enough to overcome the transportation costs.  For small type FREE GEEKs who lack enough volume to make revenue in recycling, it's all about not loosing money, but still getting enough used gizmos to use in the program. Since I left off with FGM, 3 years ago, I observed a lot of progress, especially the great partnership formed with the company who is donating warehouse space to them.  I think FGM has good plans for generating revenue in the future to sustain the project, I'll jot down some of the things we've brainstormed somwheres in the freekiwiki soon.  It's not easy being GEEKy but I see FGM as a mainstay in Michiana.      

Geekishly,
John Billings
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