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It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon
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| March 7, 2003
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/07/2003 3:33:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Howdy everyone,
Are you ready for another FReepathon?
Good news:
John and Tami negotiated a new contract with our bandwidth supplier and got our bill lowered a couple thousand per month! Our monthly expenses are now totalling just under $20,000, so we're setting the target for this Freepathon at $60,000. We have approximately $18,000 (and growing) per quarter coming from our monthly donors so we will only need to raise a little over $40,000 this time. Hopefully, we can do this in a week to ten days.
We went over the goal last quarter and we used part of the extra money to purchase and install two new servers. We now have a total of five servers running Free Republic. John can post the details, but basically, we have two servers being used as web servers, two as database servers and one for the search engine. There may be some sharing and overlapping of duties, but that's the general configuration.
John also found a way to compress the files before serving them so we are able to effectively move 20mbs of data through our 10mbs line. In other words, we've doubled our capacity and halved our bandwidth cost!
Way to go John and Tami!!
(Just in time too! We hit the 10mps X 2 capacity a few times during the peak periods of the last couple of weeks).
And finally, we've added two new high capacity disk drives (I believe they're 72 gigabytes each) and just as soon as John gets the upload and file management programs ready to go, we'll be able to offer our donors directory space on their accounts to upload pictures, graphics, and music files, etc. I believe this is going to be a very popular feature!
Looking forward to another great fundraiser!
Thank you all very much for your continuing support and dedication to the cause!
Jim
TOPICS: Announcements; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adminlectureseries; freepathon
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To: cmsgop
Thank You Cmsgop
121
posted on
04/07/2003 5:29:47 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Can I ask the media stupid questions?)
To: dts32041
Being a monthly donor is nothing to be 'sorry' about! That's fantastic. If more FReepers contributed each month as you do, there would be no need for FReepathons. Thank you for supporting FR!
122
posted on
04/07/2003 5:30:44 PM PDT
by
Jen
(I $upport FR! Do you?)
To: SoDak
Thank You SoDak
123
posted on
04/07/2003 5:31:00 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Can I ask the media stupid questions?)
To: Mo1
bttt
To: humblegunner
Thank you, humblegunner!
Just in:
$50 from Michigan
$10 from Texas
$20 from Missouri
$40 from Illinois
$100 from Pennsylvania
$50 from California
Thank you FReepers!!
125
posted on
04/07/2003 5:31:34 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(FReepers are the GReatest!!)
To: NautiNurse
Thank You Freepers from
monthly from South Dakota
Florida
Arizona
Ohio
Ohio
Georgia
California
126
posted on
04/07/2003 5:32:10 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Can I ask the media stupid questions?)
To: Mo1
I just painted my office that color font. How did you know!..LOL!
127
posted on
04/07/2003 5:32:25 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( Arby's says no more Horsey Sauce for Scott Ritter !!!!)
To: BeforeISleep
BRB .. have to put the kiddies to bed
128
posted on
04/07/2003 5:32:35 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Can I ask the media stupid questions?)
To: Jim Robinson
Here's my two bits and a bump!
Thanks to Jim and FR
Tia
129
posted on
04/07/2003 5:32:56 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Mo1
I give a modest ammount monthly and another modest ammount quarterly. I think the monthly contributions help Jim with his budgeting but the quarterly contribitions get your name in lights, that's hard to resist. I win bother ways.
Thanks Mo1!
130
posted on
04/07/2003 5:34:57 PM PDT
by
Jean S
To: Jim Robinson
Thank you FREEPERS EVERYWHERE!!!
Bumpity Bump Bump!!!
131
posted on
04/07/2003 5:35:05 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Jim Robinson
$25 from Wisconsin
$50 from Oregon
$50 monthly from Never Never Land
$100 from Michigan
$50 from Wisconsin
THANK YOU FREEPERS!!!!
132
posted on
04/07/2003 5:36:07 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Rushmore Rocks
As you go thru the donate page, to make a pledge for the 50 bones, make sure it's known it's from SD. That is if you're from SD and not just a fan of the mountain. We South Dakotans have to band together to change the tarnished image we get from Dasshole.
133
posted on
04/07/2003 5:36:07 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: tiamat
Thank you, tiamat!
Just in:
$50 from Indiana
$30 from California
$20 from Nevada
Thank you Indiana, California and Nevada!!
134
posted on
04/07/2003 5:36:15 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(FReepers are the GReatest!!)
To: Jim Robinson
OK, I done my duty, EVEN though no gold stars like DU (/sick humor attempt).
135
posted on
04/07/2003 5:36:17 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Treason doeth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: Jim Robinson
$20 from Louisiana
$10 from Never Never Land
$20 from New York
$20 from Ohio
$50 from North Carolina
$10 from Indiana
Thank you FReepers!!
136
posted on
04/07/2003 5:37:09 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Jim Robinson
$20 from Never Never Land
$50 from Kansas
Thank you FReepers!!
137
posted on
04/07/2003 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Jim Robinson
$10 from Texas
$20 from Virginia
$50 from Oklahoma
$15 from Florida
$25 from New York
$20 from Never Never Land
$10 from Colorado
Thank you FReepers!!
138
posted on
04/07/2003 5:39:46 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Jim Robinson
$10 from Vermont
$20 from Indiana
$25 from Washington
THANK YOU FReepers!!!!
139
posted on
04/07/2003 5:41:07 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
To: Jim Robinson
$10 monthly from South Dakota
$100 from Florida
$50 from Arizona
$50 from Ohio
$25 from Ohio
$100 from Georgia
$20 from California
Thank you FReepers!!
140
posted on
04/07/2003 5:42:20 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers speak with forked tongue.)
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