Community/FundingStatement %u2013 FreeGeek Chicago Codex

Sustainable growth. Not relying on others' money.

FreeGeek is built around open participation, providing a useful commodity at a fair price, striving towards the humane use and responsible disposal of information technology, advocating for free and open source software, and treating each other well. Because we deeply value our freedom to act on these principles, we should remain attentive to institutional relationships – whether with a foundation or a recycler – that could compromise our values. A strong community process for approving and managing funding has great potential to guard these principles against the pitfalls and excesses of third-party funding, and encourages growth at a humane pace and scale.