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

[EdReform]

You're welcome, Chief! Do we get a raise?! ;o)

Thanks to you and John for everything you do to keep Free Republic up and running!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, EdReform.

Here's another donation that came in today:

$10 from Never Never Land

And here's another batch of checks:

$100 from Arizona
$25 from New Hampshire
$100 from North Carolina
$50 from Kentucky
$100 from Washington
$31 from Illinois
$25 from Missouri
$25 from Alabama
$50 from Texas
$10 from Never Never Land
$50 from Wyoming
$100 from California
$40 from Ohio
$50 from Wisconsin
$50 from California
$20 from Nevada
$25 from Virginia
$30 from New York
$25 from California
$25 from Florida
$30 from Tennessee
$25 from Montana
$11.93 from Alabama
$50 from Illinois
$20 from New York
$50 from South Carolina
$100 from Virginia
$20 from Oregon
$50 from New Jersey

Thank you all very much!!

[glock rocks]

I

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"The house we hope to build is not for my generation
but for yours. It is your future that matters. And I hope
that when you are my age, you will be able to say as I
have been able to say: We lived in freedom. We lived
lives that were a statement, not an apology."

- Ronald Reagan

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Here's another donation that came in today:

$10 from Never Never Land

And here's another batch of checks:

$100 from Arizona
$25 from New Hampshire
$100 from North Carolina
$50 from Kentucky
$100 from Washington
$31 from Illinois
$25 from Missouri
$25 from Alabama
$50 from Texas
$10 from Never Never Land
$50 from Wyoming
$100 from California
$40 from Ohio
$50 from Wisconsin
$50 from California
$20 from Nevada
$25 from Virginia
$30 from New York
$25 from California
$25 from Florida
$30 from Tennessee
$25 from Montana
$11.93 from Alabama
$50 from Illinois
$20 from New York
$50 from South Carolina
$100 from Virginia
$20 from Oregon
$50 from New Jersey

Thank you all very much !!

[Jim Robinson]

And here's the latest:

$25 from Florida
$20 from Texas

Thank you Florida and Texas!!

[Jim Robinson]

One more just in:

$10 from Minnesota

And here's another batch of checks:

$50 from Virginia
$20 from New Jersey
$50 from New York
$10 from Michigan
$50 from North Carolina
$20 from California
$75 from California
$100 from North Carolina
$25 from California
$50 from Virginia
$25 from California
$25 from Kentucky
$25 from California

Thank you all very much!!

[Publius]

You might also want to link to The Story of a FReeper Chapter.

[glock rocks]

And here's the latest:

$25 from Florida
$20 from Texas

Thank you Florida and Texas !!

[glock rocks]

One more just in:

$10 from Minnesota

And here's another batch of checks:

$50 from Virginia
$20 from New Jersey
$50 from New York
$10 from Michigan
$50 from North Carolina
$20 from California
$75 from California
$100 from North Carolina
$25 from California
$50 from Virginia
$25 from California
$25 from Kentucky
$25 from California

Thank you all very much !!

[Jim Robinson]

And here's the last batch of checks that have come in so far:

$3 from Michigan
$100 from New Mexico
$100 from Louisiana
$50 from California
$10 from Connecticut
$50 from Washington
$25 from Wisconsin
$20 from Massachusetts
$50 from Massachusetts
$25 from New Mexico
$5 from California
$20 from New York
$100 from Ohio
$25 from Mississippi
$60 from Texas
$50 from New York
$5 from Oregon
$50 from Pennsylvania
$50 from California
$100 from Texas
$20 from Vermont
$15 from Arizona
$40 from Idaho
$50 from Pennsylvania
$30 from Michigan

Thank you all very much!!

[EdReform]

Thanks Publius! I'll bookmark that thread and we will work it in during the next FReepathon.

[glock rocks]

wow!

And here's the last batch of checks
that have come in so far:

$3 from Michigan
$100 from New Mexico
$100 from Louisiana
$50 from California
$10 from Connecticut
$50 from Washington
$25 from Wisconsin
$20 from Massachusetts
$50 from Massachusetts
$25 from New Mexico
$5 from California
$20 from New York
$100 from Ohio
$25 from Mississippi
$60 from Texas
$50 from New York
$5 from Oregon
$50 from Pennsylvania
$50 from California
$100 from Texas
$20 from Vermont
$15 from Arizona
$40 from Idaho
$50 from Pennsylvania
$30 from Michigan

Thank you all very much !!

[Grampa Dave]

Dang, Jim did you tap into the IRS's mailbox with all of these checks coming in?

[Mo1]

Thank you Freepers from
Michigan
New Mexico
Louisiana
California
Connecticut
Washington
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
New Mexico
California
New York
Ohio
Mississippi
Texas
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
California
Texas
Vermont
Arizona
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Michigan

[Jim Robinson]

Online donations received since my last report:

$29.82 from Alabama
$30 from Never Never Land
$10 from Virginia
$50 from Tennessee
$10 from California
$10 from Virginia
$20 from Pennsylvania

And a batch of checks that came in last week:

$30 from Nebraska
$20 monthly from Virginia
$50 from Louisiana
$10 from Illinois
$10 from Indiana
$10 from North Dakota
$20 from Texas
$50 from Washington
$20 from Arizona
$20 from Ohio
$30 from Washington
$10 from Tennessee
$10 from Georgia
$10 from Arkansas
$10 from New York
$50 from Missouri
$27.50 from New York
$20 from California
$25 from California
$100 from Florida
$20 from Alabama
$25 from Pennsylvania
$35 from New Mexico
$50 from Texas
$150 from Nevada
$50 from Virginia
$65 from Texas
$25 from Texas
$20 from Florida
$5 from Ohio
$25 from Virginia
$50 from Texas
$250 from Ohio

And a final batch of checks from last week:

$100 from Missouri
$40 from California
$50 from Virginia
$100 from California
$50 from New York
$10 from Utah
$10 from Kentucky
$20 from New York
$25 from Wisconsin
$20 from Missouri
$20 from California
$20 from Pennsylvania
$20 from Washington
$25 from Illinois
$15 from Illinois
$25 from Nebraska
$50 from Texas
$25 from Florida

Thank you all very much!!

[Mo1]

Thank you Freepers

$29.82 from Alabama
$30 from Never Never Land
$10 from Virginia
$50 from Tennessee
$10 from California
$10 from Virginia
$20 from Pennsylvania

And a batch of checks that came in last week:

$30 from Nebraska
$20 monthly from Virginia
$50 from Louisiana
$10 from Illinois
$10 from Indiana
$10 from North Dakota
$20 from Texas
$50 from Washington
$20 from Arizona
$20 from Ohio
$30 from Washington
$10 from Tennessee
$10 from Georgia
$10 from Arkansas
$10 from New York
$50 from Missouri
$27.50 from New York
$20 from California
$25 from California
$100 from Florida
$20 from Alabama
$25 from Pennsylvania
$35 from New Mexico
$50 from Texas
$150 from Nevada
$50 from Virginia
$65 from Texas
$25 from Texas
$20 from Florida
$5 from Ohio
$25 from Virginia
$50 from Texas
$250 from Ohio

And a final batch of checks from last week:

$100 from Missouri
$40 from California
$50 from Virginia
$100 from California
$50 from New York
$10 from Utah
$10 from Kentucky
$20 from New York
$25 from Wisconsin
$20 from Missouri
$20 from California
$20 from Pennsylvania
$20 from Washington
$25 from Illinois
$15 from Illinois
$25 from Nebraska
$50 from Texas
$25 from Florida

[Jim Robinson]

Credit card donations since my last report:

$12 from Alabama
$10 from Never Never Land
$100 from Maryland
$5 monthly from Minnesota
$10 from Alabama
$25 from Florida
$10 from Virginia
$20 from Texas
$20 from Maryland
$10 from Colorado


Checks received during May:

$10 from Georgia
$50 from Texas
$50 from Ohio
$10 from Florida
$100 from Maryland
$25 from New Mexico
$15 from California
$15 from California
$10 from Georgia
$25 from Texas
$50 from North Carolina
$30 from Illinois
$20 from Georgia
$37.50 from New York
$10 from Massachusetts
$10 from Illinois
$10 from California
$30 from California
$10 from Florida
$40 from Texas
$10 from Florida
$40 from Texas
$10 from South Carolina
$15 from Florida
$10 from California
$20 from California
$30 monthly from Illinois
$10 from Oregon
$25 monthly from Ohio
$10 from Canada
$25 from Michigan
$50 from California
$25 from Australia
$50 from Virginia
$25 from California
$7 monthly from Illinois
$15 from Texas
$20 from Maryland
$5 from Washington
$25 from Colorado
$60 from Alabama
$117.76 from New Jersey
$100 from Connecticut
$10 from Maryland
$20 from Maryland
$35 from Illinois
$3 from Washington
$25 from Rhode Island
$50 from South Dakota
$40 from South Carolina

Thank you all very much!!

[Jim Robinson]

$200 just in from California!!

Thank you California FReeper!!

[JohnnyZ]

This is just like PBS. Except not.