About

Board of Directors

Shelby Funk

Kyle Krafka

Charles H. Leggett

Brian Pitts

Clint Ricker

Board Alumni: Brent Buice, Erika Lee, Lara Guidry, Anthony Hamlet


Staff Volunteers

Brian Pitts

Charles James

Jake Hays

Joel Izlar

John Ingersoll

Patrick Graham

Rachel Rotz

Timothy Preston

Brent Buckner

Zoe-Gabrielle Miroy

Staff Alumni: Michael Moore, Michael Luchtan, Charles Leggett, David Siegel, Matt Guidry, Stuart Freeman, Rua Mordecai, Angel Brown, Shawn Riley, John Von Hollen, Semmy Purewal, Mike Hawe, Mark Huguet, Anthony Hamlet


Other Organizations

Here are some other organizations with whom we are affiliated and/or support.

Common Ground

  A progressive resource center in Athens.

Economic Justice Coalition

A group promoting economic fairness in Athens.

Ubuntu Georgia Loco

A Georgia Ubuntu Linux support organization.

CHUGALUG

Athens/UGA Linux users group.

Growing Up Free

Directory and news portal for organizations giving computers and software to children.



Impact

Free IT Athens was founded in Fall 2005 by Tarsem S. Purewal Jr., Michael Moore and Michael Luchtan. Since its inception, Free IT Athens has provided over 1,000 computers to individuals, nearly 200 computers to over two dozen community groups, and has recycled over 6 tons of unusable equipment. In 2009 alone, more than 50 volunteers have contributed over 1500 hours of community service.

Photos

Photos and videos from our activities are viewable on Picasa and Youtube.

Mission Statement

Free IT Athens is a group of like-minded citizens who realize that computers are a necessary component of everyday life. We believe that everyone deserves access to low-cost computer equipment and computer-related services. Our goal is to provide access to information technology resources to Athens-Clarke County residents and organizations. We also aim to create well informed advocates in free software and open information technology.

Vision Statement

Free IT Athens aims to increase the availability of free and open information technology and provide individuals with the experience and knowledge necessary to become both comfortable with IT and proficient in its usage. We seek to ensure that all people in the Athens  Clarke County area have a friend that knows about technology and that information technology is free and/ or open.