New Server Drive - donation and prize thread (Final total: $13,310!)

[Mark CMG]

Gladly, but I don't have the list! I'll ask PC for it, though, and see what I can do.

Let's chat. I have a couple of other thoughts on the matter that might be helpful.

 

[BSF]

New job? I hope that's a good thing Morrus.

If Piratecat is having difficulties getting through the lists, a few of us have offered to help if we can. We might be able to make that easier for him and take the load off pushing data.

 

[Morrus]

OK, good news! Mark of CMG had a list of all the donators, which he just emailed to me.

I'll do something cool with it. Just need to work out what! Any suggestions are welcome (remember, I can't afford to spend money, though!)

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Hey, Morrus, a page or so back I offered to take over the data crunching part of this (randomly matching prizes with people). If you've go the list, I'm still willing to take it on. If there are privacy issues, I can work with just name and prize and someone else can match up the name with the address, etc. and send it along to the donor.

Of course, I'm assuming all the prizes are still available at this date. Probably need to contact the donors and make sure.

 

[fafhrd]

I'm okay with waiting, but if you have a list of vendors too, maybe some free ad impressions.

 

[Morrus]

The list is just of donators - not of prizes or anything, so I can't do anything about the prizes themselves. What I'm suggesting is that I do something different to help make up for the delay - something I can do with a mere list of 300-odd email addresses!

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Prize list on the first page....is that comprehensive?

 

[BSF]

Hey Morrus,
How about a real quick summary on how it all worked out? We know we have a new server and all that. Weren't part of the funds also going toward rack space and bandwidth? Is everything going better now than it was last year and in 2003?

I'm not looking for an accounting of it all, just a general state of affairs I guess.

 

[Elocin]

OK, good news! Mark of CMG had a list of all the donators, which he just emailed to me.

I'll do something cool with it. Just need to work out what! Any suggestions are welcome (remember, I can't afford to spend money, though!)

I ask that you please remove me from this list as I am happy enough that this website is still here (and running faster) and you guys do enough work as it is so there is no reason why you need to do more on my behalf. I was happy to donate what I could and will happily do it again when I am able to regardless if there is something in it for me or not. I would be donating to the Ennies as well but currently with the house being flooded and all, money is kind of tight at the moment.

Just in case you do not have ENworld handles on there my email address is:
rtbailey01(at)comcast(dot)net

Thank you again Morrus, Piratecat, Adlon, Alsih2o and the rest of the Moderators on here who make this website a great place to visit on a daily basis as again it is my home away from home.

Thank you.

 

[Morrus]

Prize list on the first page....is that comprehensive?

Well, yes... but I don't have those prizes! PC has. I've never even seen 'em!

How about a real quick summary on how it all worked out? We know we have a new server and all that. Weren't part of the funds also going toward rack space and bandwidth? Is everything going better now than it was last year and in 2003?

I'm not looking for an accounting of it all, just a general state of affairs I guess.

Pretty much as you say. The new server seems to have worked out brilliantly. It's hard to remember just how BAD things were back then.

Funds also went towards rack space and bandwidth, as you say. There's about enough to last until the end of the year. So, in all, we got a server and over a year's hosting (and without that, we'd have been in real trouble, let me tell you!).

All in all - the general state of affairs is very good!