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Thanks for volunteering for Freegle. Freegle is run nationally and in local Communities by volunteers. Here's what nationally and locally we aim to do *Providing the IT infrastructure to list and host local Communities.

...either give it away or put it back on Freegle when you have finished with it. ...ht to use $groupname received items in fundraising support of a recognised local charity at a car boot or garage sale, in a 2nd hand shop or even on Ebay as

...le who are giving, getting and sharing stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reducing, re-using, recycling and saving the planet." ...and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by local volunteers (them's good people). Membership is free."

The fundamental purpose of Freegle is to promote the keeping of usable items out of the bin, this reduces the impact on landfill whilst ...aste stream". But "the landfill test" is what we've always called it, and it's snappier :-).

...with local publicity etc as long as applications clearly show that it is a local Community application only. Please do let the Board know, however, of your ...moderators and owners are welcome to join [http://www.freegle.it/Funding]. It supports Communities, working together to provide information and ideas for

...ds an Offer or Wanted request to more than one community at the same time. It is particularly useful where members live near to a few communities. ...iles from their postcode or within their local community boundary) can see it by adjusting the distance on their settings.

...s moderators. It was felt that we needed to create a moderators remit, so it is clear what Freegle will do for mods and what is expected from mods in re for agreeing to volunteer for Freegle, for your local group or nationally.

...or-profit aim to facilitate free giving and receiving items for reuse in a local community, free to use by its members. *Owner - Volunteer who takes on full responsibility for a local group, including being able to recruit and demote other Volunteers, control

Thanks for agreeing to volunteer for Freegle, for your local group or nationally. *Providing the IT infrastructure to list and host local groups

...oving to a chat or forum type. If anyone has views or suggestions on this it would be useful to hear them. ..., with notes made for final changes at the end of September 2018, when all local groups will stop getting getting support for Yahoo.

Support our local and national publicity efforts. ...e people who develop this stuff, but just as important are people who want it to work well for their groups. However we do remain desperately short of p

Freegle was formed in September 2009, after a difficult birth. Two years on, it’s well worth reflecting on just how far we’ve come since then. ...ple united in doing something which helps individuals, the planet, and our local communities.

...evelop this stuff, but just as importantly, the people who use it and want it to work well for their groups. *We’ve got the website and server up and running, and maintained it since.

===Local Rules=== ...e, apart from adhering to what is agreed regarding the basic requirements, local Freegle groups are fully autonomous, independent and self governing.

* To maintain the trust of our membership by keeping data safe and only using it as members would expect ...out all of the data we have associated to members, allowing them to ensure it is accurate.

...nity how you would like it to be run and how members would like you to run it is not always easy. ...chest". So their mail might be a bit of a rant, but by the time you read it, they're probably already feeling calmer. Bearing that in mind might help

Hello everyone, this is a 'keeping in contact' email to you all.<br> ...to members, other than chitchat and encouragement to post pending offers. It is looking very likely that we won’t have the restrictions on travel lift

...euse media campaign and has produced national and local press releases for local Groups to send out. http://www.startuk.org/products--materials/local-giving-with-freegle.aspx

====GAT and local group issues==== We discussed changes to Jane and Sian’s role and a few queries about local groups (Clacton on Sea, Stockport, Redbridge, Bury).

This procedure does not apply to dormant or abandoned local Freegle reuse groups. ...is not practical, after to ensure that there is general agreement to close it. The group will be set to full moderation to effectively 'close' the group