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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

...ng communities to local conditions (e.g rural or urban or innovation), and keeping our ethos of being a collective of like minded people who support grass roo **Local communities must work to http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Basic_Requirements_of

...sed firm can offer you similar prices and deals to Vistaprint - keeping it local fits very well with our Freegle ethos! ...me then keep it simple and just take the best couple of offers.<br>However it is worth taking time to get your business cards right.

*Our dependence on a small number of geeks to provide the IT back up in order for us to function and Edward’s plan to reduce his paid ...o bid for a proportion of the budget for this with a view to providing the IT development to enable the scheme. Chris and Edward agree that this is tech

...arrington) stepped down as co-owner and was replaced by Wendy (Leicester). It was agreed in future that these appointments should be made more democratic ...nimously agreed that any group could use any platform they wished. However it was felt mutually beneficial if the Tech Team were consulted in advance

...three elements, all with the aim of promoting the local Freegle group and keeping items out of the waste stream: Thanks to the seven helpers who made it happen.

...ntly and in proper English. While I don't pull up members on their English it is important mods can communicate well in written form. Swap a couple of em ...ther you or them feels it isn't right then you have a reason to talk about it sooner rather than later."''''

...al term. The Reps Map has been updated and can be viewed at http://freegle.it/RepsMap. ...d decided to wait until the Reps elections were finished before discussing it further on Structure.

The Freegle People Working Group can be found at http://freegle.it/People ...groups: A proposal has now been submitted to the reps and they have given it the thumbs up.

Freegle aims to provide an easy, free, local and friendly way to reuse stuff to avoid unnecessary disposal and to enable ...ke it less complex for our volunteers to support waste prevention in their local area. Upgrading Freegle would not be possible without the Microsoft winning

Apologies for not sending a report last month to Central. It is a busy time for Mentors and we felt the report was the least important o ...orough was handed over by the owner who decided he no longer wished to run it..

2. Promote community spirit by sharing between local people.<br> ...below is within the context of the [[Basic Requirements of a Freegle Group#Local Rules]].

...s from another network. http://frgl.it/groupapplicationform or http://frgl.it/MoveMergerForm ...48 hours) with no obligation to chase replies, although comments based on local knowledge may be considered at any time before approval.

...nteers. The difficulty here is that the process consumes so much time that it’s easier just to let the matter drop and leave the task either undone, or ...art has Paul and Sian, Media has Adam and Paul, Tech has Ollie and Edward, Local Funding has Kath and Jane.

...f local volunteers from hundreds of local groups facilitate our members in keeping many tonnes from going to the tip, Freegle was also transformed nationally ...s document. Please ask any such questions that you have on [http://freegle.it/Central Freegle Central] or send them to the [mailto:ReturningOfficer@ilove

...ssion on revising Best Practice. The merits of unmoderating members versus keeping them on moderation were the first to start the new year. ...uld be taken off of moderation as soon as possible. Based on this result, it was suggested changing the guidelines in best practice to:

...t opened and of groups not responding to owner emails..<br>We decided that it would be okay to do this once a month for those responding and more often f ...after a further 90days if still not freegled. Each time they put a post on it will revert to 30days. These settings can be changed or turned off.

This will change as more groups use the MM and put it on their home pages. */how-it-works/ 7,545 5.72%

...and what it does with it, in terms of processing, protecting and deleting it. Hopefully, this is a straight forward explanation for Freegle volunteers a ...ail addresses and in some cases postal addresses. These tend to be kept in local or group email accounts and in Google docs with restricted access. || Email

...otion of your group. A description of the different roles for promoting a local group are described more fully at [[Group Promotion Volunteers]]. ...you get more than one interested, do consider recruiting more than one as it often helps new people to integrate and learn together.

...s time and attention. We have started to engage better with councils, and it is becoming clear that we could achieve so much more if we were able to eng ...hosted entirely ourselves, with a steady stream of groups leaving Yahoo as it declines.

* Promoting the keeping of usable items out of landfill. * Promoting and supporting local community groups working in the area of reuse.

...ttp://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Freegle-Tech/ [1]]for February&nbsp; 2012. It covers messages 6999 to 7583. ...server. Actual switching will be a manual task, and will need a geek to do it.

...d in time for the Festival of Thrift at the end of September<br> and their local Give and Take on 3rd October<br><br> *Keeping track of conversations where you've replied to someone else's post; current

...to spend the time “freegleising” it) and money at present is a bit tight, it has been put on the back burner for now.<br> On the whole it has been a trouble free month. A few minor changes and a lot of questions.<

...om one member of a community to another, which also has the added bonus of keeping usable items out of landfill. Each group is locally run by volunteers. ...cy, guidelines and actions so that less stuff enters the waste stream. If it is illegal at present for a private individual to pass on an unwanted GSL i

Getting a story in the local press is easier than you think; local news papers like to report what is happening in their area, particularly if Publicity can help increase membership in your group, and it is good for Freegle overall, so you have a valuable role to play. These gui

...media presence of your group. A description of the roles for promoting a local group are described more fully at [[Group Promotion Volunteers]]. ...you get more than one interested, do consider recruiting more than one as it often helps new people to integrate and learn together.

...d a fond (or not so fond?) farewell to Yahoo Groups, for our main groups. It’s a credit to Freegle that we did this without having massive arguments a ...ew home for our discussion groups. That will also be tricky, but we’ll do it with cheerfulness, virtual cake, and dreadful puns. We need to provide som

*Promoting the keeping of usable items out of landfill. *Promoting and supporting local community groups working in the area of reuse.

We’re still here! We say this each year, but it’s an enormous achievement for us simply to keep going, as the tech world But simply focusing on keeping going in the short term is a recipe for not keeping going in the long term. How many of us could answer the question “What is

...s of volunteers) without more national volunteers who want to help provide it. ...queries from all members and translation into other languages, eg Welsh. It was suggested that micro-moderation tasks be on a per group basis as not al

...been twice as busy - either because they have more time, or greater need. It is lovely that we can help, and the Board is grateful for all the volunteer As in previous years, there are key areas (IT, media, work with councils) for which we cannot find enough volunteers and

...ubscription to litmus.com to test any changes. It is too expensive to use it permanently..<br> We’ve added some monitoring on the MT dashboard to make it easier to see when we are having trouble sending to particular email domain

...l [http://freegle.it/Central] or the Funding Working Group [http://freegle.it/Funding] ...be called 'Aims' or 'Objects' and is a required part of the constitution. It should state the reasons you exist and the parameters you are working withi

A It is on my list but I am not likely to look at it soon.<br> Again it was brought up about seemingly blank messages between members. Something ha

...ident Societies Act 1965 or any Act or Acts amending or in substitution of it or them for the time being in force; ...notice is handed to someone or left at their Address, or the day on which it is sent, is in the process of being sent and is