In addition to fundraiser, what about asking members if they have equipment to donate directly? Many people here no doubt work for IT firms, huge companies, etc. There is a LOT of extra (and perfectly good) network/computer gear around. If folks know what you need, many might be able to donate stuff they or their companies are not using. I see an awful lot of good stuff (even high end servers, etc) at many of my clients simply collecting dust, utterly unused, or donated to schools and such.
Well, John has his eye on getting some of the newest powerful servers, plus he’s going to beef up memory on all of our existing servers and add some additional disk storage capacity. We’ll do fine with financing and making payments out of our budget. Thanks!
My post was to DJ MacWoW when she was telling me about the additional equipment required and then she explained that being a grand mother she didn’t know what she was talking about.
I am a grandfather and that didn’t make a difference. I didn’t become an expert on anything or become stupid.
New servers I understand. Additional equipment I do not.