Rebecca Rojer Dedicated Project Visit Application

Stats & Contact Info

1. Name: Rebecca R. Rojer
2. Age: 23
3. Gender: Female
4. Location: Brooklyn, NY
5. Contact Info:
   1. Phone: 'Will email separately'
   2. Email: rebecca(at)rrrojer(dot)net
   3. Skype: rrrojer

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   Please list schools you have attended, degrees and/or major areas of study or training, and independent studies that you have done.
   Please attach a resume or provide a list of work experience, both paid and volunteer.
   Please provide 3 References with email and phone number - 2 work references, 1 personal reference
   How did you hear about the program? Why are you applying for a Dedicated Project Visit? Why are you interested in our work?
   Describe practical skills you may have - from agriculture, workshop, industry, organizing, hands-on, CAD, manufacturing, computer skills, etc.
   Have you designed and built or produced anything for your own use?
   Which of your skills are particularly relevant towards creating the GVCS? Please view the TED Talk and recent update for the latest on our approach and on-the-ground work.
   Do you have any organizational skills and experience?
   Can you cook? Can you cover your food expenses?
   Do you have resources to support yourself while volunteering with us?
   Do you have any medical, physical, or psychological conditions or disabilities which may affect your ability to do physical work?
   Do you have any emotional, psychological, or mental conditions which may affect your ability to act with composure and good judgment?
   Are you easy to get along with and can you get along with other people?
   Do you have strong ideological views (political, religious, elitist, feminist, etc.)?
   Are you a team player - or someone who understands that the work we do at Factor e Farm is for a much greater purpose than for our own self-gratification, indulgence, or agenda? This implies a level of maturity in the participant which allows one to remain not only aligned with the vision, but also to remain motivated in this work.
   Do you smoke?
   Do you have any dietary restrictions? Will you eat meat raised at our farm?
   Do you have transportation? Will you be arriving by car and leaving the car on-site?
   Documentation is key to moving our work forward. Are you familiar with using a Wiki?
   Please produce a 1-3 minute video introduction to yourself and upload it to a video-sharing site of your choice for our review. See sample video from WilliamCleaver from a former application.
   Can you work well as a pioneer under rough conditions, by taking the responsibility to create your own environment?
   When would you be available for a Dedicated Project Visit?
   If you are accepted and things don't work out, do you have other options to pursue after the month?
   List your goals and deliverables for your Dedicated Project Visit, breaking it up by each of the four weeks. Please write a one-page proposal brief summarizing what you would like to do, how you would accomplish it, and what resources you would need to do so. Include a budget as necessary. We are willing to pay for prototyping materials.
   Are you willing to publish all the results of your work openly, and to make any of your contributions open source, consistent with our goal of creating Distributive Enterprise?
   How does your proposed work contribute to the creation of the GVCS?
   What are the metrics by which you could assess the success of your work? (prototypes built, documentation produced, resources or funding raised, infrastructure built, food provided, contribution to the community provided, True Fans recruited, etc.) Note that we are looking more for tangible and explicit proposals and results as opposed to 'I will help with whatever is needed' or other generalizations - unless we agree otherwise.
   What do you expect personally to get out of your Dedicated Project Visit?
   Can you visit us prior to your Dedicated Project Visit?
   Please share three interesting things about yourself.
   Please share three things you think people should know about living with you.
   Can you bring a digital camera or phone camera for documenting your work?
   Any other concerns or considerations?
   Please fill out the Team Culturing short survey if you haven't done so already.
   Please post your complete survey on this wiki by starting a page - titled 'Your Name Dedicated Project Visit Application'. Please embed your picture and video. See the wiki editing Instructions if you have any questions.