ATTENTION: CF will be upgrading hardware and changing datacenters...

[DailyBlessings]

Erwin, have you looked into the many grants and so forth that are available for Christian ministries? Companies like Thrivent Financial might be willing to cover some costs of upkeeping this site.

 

[VioletAngel]

Thrivent is for Lutherans, but it's worth a try. I think CF would have to be a non-profit organization to qualify.

 

[DailyBlessings]

Thrivent is for Lutherans, but it's worth a try. I think CF would have to be a non-profit organization to qualify.

I thought CF had an NPO, Loh Enterprises? You're right though, I forgot Thrivent was a Lutheran org., but there are others. Also, they'll double any fundraising if Thrivent members are involved, and there's got to be at least a few on CF. Thrivent gives to NPR as well, so I think it might be at least worth looking in to.

 

[pgp_protector]

looks like it time to renew early.

 

[Erwin]

Mmm... I'm planning to stick to SCSI drives rather than SATA Raptors so I may still be upgrading to Dual Processor/Dual Core Opterons but sticking with the current datacenter... if they give me a good price. We shall see what happens...

 

[no_worries]

Mmm... I'm planning to stick to SCSI drives rather than SATA Raptors so I may still be upgrading to Dual Processor/Dual Core Opterons but sticking with the current datacenter... if they give me a good price. We shall see what happens...

dual core opterons... opterons as in multiple... scsi...
*drool*
That sounds pretty spiffy, I hear that the scsi are more reliable than sata over the long run at least. I'll definately have to come up with some cash to spare to support a site running such fine hardware.

 

[Erwin]

I'm even investigating quad dual-core opterons (8 physical CPUs!!!) ... but very pricey...

Definitely going for 15k SCSI in RAID0+1 - should be mighty fast once we do it!!!

 

[CaDan]

I have an old Mac Plus I can donate to the effort . . . .

 

[Bradford]

I'm even investigating quad dual-core opterons (8 physical CPUs!!!) ... but very pricey...

Definitely going for 15k SCSI in RAID0+1 - should be mighty fast once we do it!!!

Be very careful here, Erwin. Dual-core technology is very much in it's infancy. Intel's long range plans call for 18-core chips to be on the market by mid-2007. Which is to say, that if Intel pulls off what the bigwigs at thier company think they can do, dual-core CPU's are going to be very expensive space heaters within a couple years.

None of this stops me from having a dual-core 2.8Ghz on my desk, now. Then again, I got this thing for the cost of 5 or 6 tanks of gas. You're just talking about spending a rather substantual amount of money right in the middle of a technological evolution

 

[Veiled Viper]

My Mom won't let me donate. She said I should give more to my church if I need to donate anywhere.

Looks like someone donated for you!

 

[PaladinValer]

I'd stay with the SCSI too, Erwin. While WD Raptors have gotten better each time, the fact that they are still not as speedy as some SCSIs (10k RPM Raptor vs. 15k RPM SCSI) and still have the same storage (150gb) shows that it probably would make CF work quicker and smoother. The only advantage the Raptors have is in cache.

 

[Erwin]

Mmm... I'm looking at quad Opterons at the moment, with 15k SCSI in RAID0+1 setup... nice... I should be getting the new servers in the next couple of weeks hopefully... still shopping around.

 

[Angel4Truth]

I have a couple ideas to increase donations to help offset the costs :

1)Set up a po box just for people to send money orders for donations for those of us who cannot use paypal and or/do not have access to use it but wish to donate and if need be increase membership amount accordingly to what your bank would charge to convert funds to your currency so there is no loss for you and the site is supported by more people .

2) For those who can and do use paypal for membership who bless others with site supporter status , I suggest that you offer the donor as well as the person being given the membership the dollar amount of blessings that come with the dollar amount they donated so they are blessed while they bless others and this also would increase donorship for the site .

For example, if jane doe blesses jonny appleseed with a 3 month site supporter status , instead of just giving the 10,000 blessings to johnny , also give jane doe who donated 10,000 blessings also .

This blesses the donor and gives added incentive for others to bless others with site supporter and those who are already site supporters blessings others would benefit as well and it supports the site and might increase donations (even though the best reason is to help support the site).

Anyway just a couple ideas ...

 

[Veiled Viper]

2) For those who can and do use paypal for membership who bless others with site supporter status , I suggest that you offer the donor as well as the person being given the membership the dollar amount of blessings that come with the dollar amount they donated so they are blessed while they bless others and this also would increase donorship for the site .

For example, if jane doe blesses jonny appleseed with a 3 month site supporter status , instead of just giving the 10,000 blessings to johnny , also give jane doe who donated 10,000 blessings also .

This blesses the donor and gives added incentive for others to bless others with site supporter and those who are already site supporters blessings others would benefit as well and it supports the site and might increase donations (even though the best reason is to help support the site).

Anyway just a couple ideas ...

Love that idea!

 

[beehoney]

Love that idea!

Yep. It's a good one.

 

[PorcelainHeart]

I have a couple ideas to increase donations to help offset the costs :

1)Set up a po box just for people to send money orders for donations for those of us who cannot use paypal and or/do not have access to use it but wish to donate and if need be increase membership amount accordingly to what your bank would charge to convert funds to your currency so there is no loss for you and the site is supported by more people .

2) For those who can and do use paypal for membership who bless others with site supporter status , I suggest that you offer the donor as well as the person being given the membership the dollar amount of blessings that come with the dollar amount they donated so they are blessed while they bless others and this also would increase donorship for the site .

For example, if jane doe blesses jonny appleseed with a 3 month site supporter status , instead of just giving the 10,000 blessings to johnny , also give jane doe who donated 10,000 blessings also .

This blesses the donor and gives added incentive for others to bless others with site supporter and those who are already site supporters blessings others would benefit as well and it supports the site and might increase donations (even though the best reason is to help support the site).

Anyway just a couple ideas ...

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good idea,I like it.

 

[Mayflower1]

Knight4God!!!! Detective Lily is questioning you!!! Do you know anything about the mysterious donor?

Oh, and also!!!! Do you'll have a P.O box? If I could like donate a couple dollars to help outside of the site supporter thing, I definitely could. My Mom gave it a big okay!

 

[PorcelainHeart]

my mom never will give me the ok, she's very weary about internet sites.

 

[Veiled Viper]

Knight4God!!!! Detective Lily is questioning you!!! Do you know anything about the mysterious donor?

Oh, and also!!!! Do you'll have a P.O box? If I could like donate a couple dollars to help outside of the site supporter thing, I definitely could. My Mom gave it a big okay!

It wasn't me.I rarely bless anonomously.Glad your mom came around!

 

[Breetai]

Well, now that I'm making some decent money, I can donate more next time. Double the price of upkeep, and double from me! I don't think I'll be posting double though! Maybe half...

Not that this is a ton of money, but if a few people think like this, it can add up!