Please see my reply to John Robinson's kind reply to my inquiry regarding upgrading the hardware etc.
I believe we do need a special fundraising effort. If any are interested, perhaps you'll chime in to John and Jim.
Anyone willing and able to spearhead such an effort?
Anyone know wealthy folks in the hardware business? Or just wealthy enough to fund the whole thing themselves? I really believe it's important.
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I believe we do need a special fundraising effort. If any are interested, perhaps you'll chime in to John and Jim.
One way to do this it to try to beat Jim's fundraising goal by at least 30%. I plan to dig deeper into the budget during the upcoming Frepathon (should start around October 1).
While monthly donations help (and we should continue to work hard to increase the number of monthly donors), we need to make sure that all FReepers and regular lurkers understand that ALL donations are important and greatly appreciated.
As kayak said in a previous FReepathon:
"While large donations are great, often it is the small ones that are sacrificial and inspiring. Every penny that is donated is greatly appreciated and helps to pay the bills."
I'm not sureif FR needs new/faster equipment. The site will always bog when it spikes and most websites design their system not for the infrequent spikes but to handle the traffic the other 98% of the time.
I'm sure Jim and John have seen this suggestion.