It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon

Donate to FR via Secure Server ^ | March 7, 2003 | Jim Robinson

[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

[Mo1]

Thank You Cmsgop

[Jen]

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!

[Mo1]

Thank You SoDak

[firewalk]

bttt

[Jim Robinson]

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!!

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
monthly from South Dakota
Florida
Arizona
Ohio
Ohio
Georgia
California

[cmsgop]

I just painted my office that color font. How did you know!..LOL!

[Mo1]

BRB .. have to put the kiddies to bed

[tiamat]

Here's my two bits and a bump!

Thanks to Jim and FR

Tia

[Jean S]

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!

[Gabz]

Thank you FREEPERS EVERYWHERE!!!

Bumpity Bump Bump!!!

[Gabz]

$25 from Wisconsin
$50 from Oregon
$50 monthly from Never Never Land
$100 from Michigan
$50 from Wisconsin

THANK YOU FREEPERS!!!!

[SoDak]

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.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, tiamat!

Just in:

$50 from Indiana
$30 from California
$20 from Nevada

Thank you Indiana, California and Nevada!!

[Mark]

OK, I done my duty, EVEN though no gold stars like DU (/sick humor attempt).

[Gabz]

$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!!

[Gabz]

$20 from Never Never Land
$50 from Kansas


Thank you FReepers!!

[Gabz]

$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!!

[Gabz]

$10 from Vermont
$20 from Indiana
$25 from Washington


THANK YOU FReepers!!!!

[Gabz]

$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!!