It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon - Thread 3

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[Mo1]

It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon - Thread 3

Posted on 04/07/2003 6:33 PM EDT 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

[Mo1]

Just for you ---->click here

[Gabz]

Just in:

$50 from Louisiana
$20 from California
$20 from Utah

Thank you FReepers!!!

Les than $700 to go!

[Gabz]

I'll be back.

I'll count on it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mo1]

**FNC ALERT***

Reuters is saying that China and North Korea will likely have talks next week with the US

[CedarDave]

Are we there yet?
Almost!

Are we there yet?
Getting close!

Are we there yet?
Maybe!

Are we there yet?
Just a couple of minutes more!

[EdReform]

Why THANK YOU Mo'!!

[justshe]

ROFL!!!!!!

Yep......you've got that "Dad" talk down pat!

[Mo1]

Louie Louie - The Kingsmen ---->click here

[Mo1]

FOFL ... Now crank up the speakers for this one ...

Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers ---->click here

[EdReform]

I HAVE to go potty!

[Jim Robinson]

Looks like it is. Thank you very much, Gabz!

And, just in:

$10 from Texas
$100 from Minnesota
$200 from California
$50 from Canada
$50 from Pennsylvania

Thank you all very much!!

Less than $300 to go!

[Gabz]

I love that tune - but I'm in the midst of an argument with my daughter about her going to bed and if I play music - I'm going to have some major problems areound here.

I don't know how this kid does it - she's still on full energy at this time and is back on full energy no matter what time I get her up in the morning.

[justshe]

I'm loaning Amy my letter opener!

THANK YOU !

$10 from Texas
$100 from Minnesota
$200 from California
$50 from Canada
$50 from Pennsylvania

[EdReform]

I'm on dial-up. Waiting.......................

[Gabz]

And, just in:

$10 from Texas
$100 from Minnesota
$200 from California
$50 from Canada
$50 from Pennsylvania

Thank you all very much!!

Less than $300 to go!

[Mo1]

They like to hide it and suprise you .. My youngest has been a real pitsel the last few days

Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers ---->click here

[justshe]

Let Freedom ring,
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a Day of reckoning

Let the weak be strong,
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, Let the guilty pay,
It's Independence Day

[Mo1]

Dial up .. Bummer .. OK, do you have any special requests?

Thank You Freepers from
from Texas
from Minnesota
from California
from Canada
from Pennsylvania

[CedarDave]

Ahh!! Music to listen to while we're waiting. Sort of like when the t.v. station has extended technical difficulties and the program director is desperately looking for something to fill dead air time!

[Gabz]

I just wish she would share some of that energy with me - I should be doing laundry right now.

I have to be out of here at noon on Thursday and I have no clue how I'm going to be able to accomplish it.

As I said to hubby earlier today - where are all the people we've helped move over the years????