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• Paying People in Freegle Guidelines
  ...med roles and the Board is appointed and has collective responsibility for Freegle, but these are all, so far, voluntary positions. ...ment seeks to put in place some general guidelines on paying people within Freegle.
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• EWell-Being Awards 2010 badge
  http://ukceed.org/ awarded the prize to the network of '''Freegle''' (that's all 248 groups!) for '''Building Community Networks''' to improve people's lives and the environment
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• Promise Button
  ...still reply but they're warned they might not get it. This is because some people promise things too soon, and then if they have a no show or change their mi *The other person is told - which "nudges" both people to realise they've entered into a commitment.
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• Freegle Direct - Why You Should Add Facebook
  *It will be the view of some of your members. But it's not most people's view - just look at how astoundingly successful Facebook is. ...'live'' online now. And that's where we should reach them; they're perfect people to be freegling.
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• Phone Numbers
  ...of making Yourgroupname Freegle as accessible as possible we don't advise people to include mobile phone numbers in their posts. ...that you do so at your own risk. Bear in mind that there are thousands of people subscribed to this community.
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• Sob Stories
  We know Freegle is a great resource for people in difficult circumstances, which are sadly becoming more common. ...sonal information about health problems, family situations, benefits, etc. Freegle is for asking for items, and that's fine - there's no need for lots of just
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• Group Volunteer Recruiting
  ...r group. The following steps are a suggestion on how you can get suitable people to join your team. ...on, there are similar processes and requirements needed to find your ideal people. In order to make this simpler for you, though, we have split up the recru
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• AGM 2012 Mailbox Report
  ...r. The increase is partly due to the new contact form; people can contact Freegle more easily. Because the form prompts for the group name, we can pass mess ...s, we are delighted to report that we now have Jacqui Houlding, Warrington Freegle, as back up cover for when one of us is away. Susan and Jacky would like t
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• Wiki Etiquette
  ...y of a page before making any changes and be sensitive about editing other people's work ...an flush out people who might also be intending to do that, also find people who might want to review the changes
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• AGM 2020 Agenda
  ...ringing Freegle into disrepute and putting community members at risk, when people get scammed or get distasteful or upsetting mail. ...eegle Rules allow the Board to co-opt two additional directors who are not Freegle members.
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• Cafe Disclaimer
  ...ensure you are not breaking any laws in offering or getting goods through Freegle.
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• Pre-approving Members
  The best option to make Freegling accessible and attractive to new people is to have open membership. * It is an unnecessary barrier for people who wish to freegle.
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• Distance - How far away is acceptable
  A member does not have to live anywhere near a particular Freegle community in order to be a member of that community. ...ss, or they are clearing the house of a deceased relative or friend - also people often work or study in a different place from the one they live.
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• Contributors
  Running Your Group: A big thank you to all the people who have contributed to this wiki section. We started this lovely compendiu Other people have continued to contribute to the wiki over the years. These include:
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• Emergency Response and Urgent Appeals - Group Response
  From time to time there will be disasters or emergencies where people are in need of help with goods and information. Local communities may wish ...this, (see [[Emergency Response and Urgent Appeals]]), which sets out what Freegle's position is on this. From previous experience, we would recommend local
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• Inactive Members
  ...ing inactive accounts, and some of them were people who had died, and some people objected to that because they wanted the accounts to continue as a kind of ...ave to have “ghost” deleted users still on the groups, which would confuse people.
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• Start Group Report 2011-09
  '''http://freegle.it/Start''' ...unteers are already helping groups or volunteering on national tasks. Ten people expressed interest but said they were not able to help at the moment.
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• AGM 2011 Tech Report
  ...lunteers - the people who develop this stuff, but just as importantly, the people who use it and want it to work well for their groups. *We maintain Freegle email addresses and distribution lists using Google Apps.
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• Working Groups
  They are open to all Freegle Volunteers; see [[ Central Discussion and Working Group Membership Policy|h *[[Freegle Funding Group]] - A group set up for looking at the availability of local a
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• Closed Groups
  On the site, people will see a message like this in various places: * Auto-reposts. The posts will get "bumped" as normal, but people won't be able to reply to them and they won't get emailed out. This avoids
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• Development Group Report 2017 05
  And added to the [[Glossary]] and [[Basic Requirements of a Freegle Group]]: We use the word 'autonomy' quite a lot. In Freegle terms this means:
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• Tech Group Report 2010-06-30
  This is a summary of the messages posted in June in the Freegle Tech http://freegle.it/Tech group.
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• Phone numbers
  *Makes Freegle more accessible to people who do not have good internet access. ...se that they are potentially sharing their details with thousands of other people. There have also been incidences when posts have been copied to other forum
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• Crowdfunding
  ...d already know they need. Crowdfunding for something which aims to change people's behaviour is less successful. ====Local Freegle Communities====
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• AGM 2011 Mailbox Report
  ==Freegle Mailbox - Report for AGM 2011== ...euk@googlemail.com’ and then transferring to a Freegle google account of ‘freegle-info@ilovefreegle.org’. As we use google mail, the messages are sorted
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• Discourse signing in
  Only Freegle people will be able to use Discourse. You do not need to be a member of [[Freegle Ltd Membership|Freegle Ltd]] to use the Discourse system.
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• Global Sharing Day
  As created by The People Who Share http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/ Freegle will as always be encouraging people around the UK to share unwanted resources by giving
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• Freegle Cumbria County Council Partnership
  ...the partnership between Cumbria County Council's Waste Prevention Team and Freegle in Cumbria. *Cumbria County Council and Freegle have been working together for about 18 months now and it’s a relationshi
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• Planning a Campaign
  ...that all your connections have to deliver that clear message to the right people in a timely manner * Be nice when you meet (and write/talk to) people
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• Contacts
  Want to contact the Groups, people, groups or teams of Freegle? *[[Freegle Family]] gives links to all Freegle Groups
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• Freegle App Developer
  ...on 20th September 2016, that Chris Cant had been contracted to develop the Freegle mobile app to work with the new platform. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/grou The Board announced on Central, on 29th November 2021, a document aimed at people who develop mobile apps, to ask for “expressions of interest”. https:/
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• January 2013 Press Release
  ...ons of anything (legal) they want to give away and puts them in touch with people locally who may want it. ...ved thingamyjig, find someone who will love that gizmo or whatchamacallit. Freegle has over 1.4million members across the UK in 370 locations doing just that.
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• Central UK Summary - July 2016
  ''Freegle UK Central: Summary of items of interest - July 2016 (206 posts)'' ...etailed discussion on Tech, go here https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Freegle-Tech/info .
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• Freegle Reps Report 2011-06-08
  ...discussed when we met as a group in Leeds. We are preparing a document for Freegle outlining a number of different possible strategies and recommending one. ...as a whole – there are tasks which require significant chunks of time from people with specific skills. We have a lot of volunteers who can offer small chunk
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• Collecting Stuff
  ...e able give away lots of stuff, collecting it all yourself from individual Freegle members is either very laborious, or just downright impractical, as it's ve .... You might wish to be wary about giving your address details to too many people.
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• Keep Safe
  ...your personal safety on the community. The following are precautions only. Freegle is a friendly place, but we have to stay on the safe side, so please consid ...t away from your home to pass on items (where practical) or make sure that people come round when you have a friend or relative with you. If you are deliveri
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• Presentations
  Here are some powerpoint presentations given by various people about Freegle. Please feel free to use them yourself and adapt to suit your group: ...on and Hove Chamber of Commerce in July 2011. 'Why should businesses join Freegle?' <br>
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• AGM 2012 Tech Report
  The Freegle Tech Working Group’s purpose is to: ...to work well for their groups. However we do remain desperately short of people with technical skills.
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• Crossposting
  ...via the distance setting, so there is no need to do it to reach interested people * It can be the cause of no-shows when people realize how far they'll have to drive
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• Admin Feedback System
  We hope this will encourage people to only ask for an item if they are going to be able to collect it, because ...90 day period. We believe if a person has to be unpromised more than once, people should see that they are less likely to actually collect their item.<br>
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• Re-selling
  ...reegle guidelines directly, but many members prefer to give their items to people who will be using them not selling them. ...o prove that a member has been reselling goods that have been acquired via Freegle.
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• Cafe Guidelines
  This is a group where people in the XYZ area can share local information, chat about local issues (inclu * Ask for help, advice or information from your fellow Freegle members
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• Waitrose scheme
  ====What's in it for Freegle?==== ...- just one side of A5. I encouraged people to write what they liked about Freegle, how they had been helped, and gave them key facts, eg membership numbers,
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• Sustain Eden project
  ...pass on unwanted seeds, plants, trees and surplus produce to others using Freegle. ...ng sub-group on Freegle, and actively promotes it in various ways. Helping people learn how to grow fruit and veg is also an important element to the project
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• Complaints Procedure
  ...d appeals to try to find a resolution that is fair for the complainant and Freegle. We aim to ensure that issues are dealt with calmly, courteously and as qui ...ir Freegle local community or who wish to appeal a decision or practice of Freegle.
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• Reseller-admins
  ...take it for your own use then please either give it away or put it back on Freegle when you have finished with it. ...ts of reselling will be checked and may lead to suspension or a ban within Freegle.
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• No-Shows
  Thank you being a member of xxx Freegle. If you have any queries, we are here to help. ...remind everyone that if you have arranged to collect an item from another Freegle member, please show up. Not showing up to arranged collections is really ve
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• Structure Group Report 2011-03-24
  http://freegle.it/Structure ===Mediation Service - how do we recruit suitable people?===
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• Running an Info Stall
  ...r flyers), that’s also handy, since the posters will grab the attention of people who might otherwise not have stopped at a small stall/stand. You can get b ...re free to any takers, that can make quite a bit of difference to how many people actually come over and grab a flyer or ask you about the group. Or have it
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• Hosting provision
  We then moved over a number of years from Yahoo to Freegle Direct (www.ilovefreegle.org) with hosting eventually being provided free o ...uble - our free web hosting is being withdrawn. To keep going, we need 200 people across the UK to set up regular donations of £10/month. Could you be one o
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• First Steps
  ...never hesitate to ask questions. You are not alone, you are part of the [[Freegle Family]], and the only question that is silly is one which isn't asked! *[[Potted History]] - a brief history of how Freegle came about
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