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Grex > Coop10 > #21: PLEDGE DRIVE: Buying Grex a Much Faster Internet Connection |  |
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aruba
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response 50 of 203:
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Jul 26 05:40 UTC 1997 |
We just hit $800, so this is an official fundraiser. If you have pledged,
please send your money to
Cyberspace Communications
P.O. Box 4432
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4432
If you haven't pledged yet but are thinking about it, please don't let the
fact that we have reached $800 stop you. The real total for setup costs will
be somewhere around $1350, and the less of that that has to come out of Grex's
current bank balance, the better. Please keep the donations coming.
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senna
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response 51 of 203:
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Jul 26 09:19 UTC 1997 |
Indeed, keep them coming. Thanks to everyone for their help.
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glenda
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response 52 of 203:
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Jul 26 09:57 UTC 1997 |
I'll kick in $40
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scott
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response 53 of 203:
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Jul 26 11:06 UTC 1997 |
I'll pledge $50.
(In one item Richard thinks Grex needs to be faster, then in this one it will
only cause trouble if Grex is faster. (sigh))
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fitz
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response 54 of 203:
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Jul 26 13:24 UTC 1997 |
I've got $40, since my employer just paid me my my unused personal-leave days.
What a wonderful employer! How could it have known?
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robh
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response 55 of 203:
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Jul 26 13:43 UTC 1997 |
Re 53 - Perhaps this is an admission on richard's part that he
wants to make trouble for us. >8)
Count me in for $20.
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aruba
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response 56 of 203:
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Jul 26 17:42 UTC 1997 |
Re #54: Was that a pledge, fitz?
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fitz
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response 57 of 203:
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Jul 26 20:25 UTC 1997 |
More than a pledge, if the fund drive fails, I specified in my letter that
the check can be put into the general fund for indiscretionary spending.
The check is in the mail. Really. It is. Live it up. Buy some spare
electrons. It's too late to stop it: The USPS now has control. Do not
adjust your mailbox. Hahahaaaa. You'll never stop me now, sleep
deprivation has taken over and I'm going on 32 hours non-stop.
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aruba
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response 58 of 203:
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Jul 26 20:38 UTC 1997 |
Well, thanks fitz - and get some rest. Thanks to everyone else, too. Keep
the pledges coming!
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janc
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response 59 of 203:
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Jul 28 14:10 UTC 1997 |
Yes. Thanks to all.
I sent e-mail to about 90 of the people who spent the most hours telnetted
into Grex in June. Unfortunately, I screwed up the setup of the
"faster@cyberspace.org" address I asked them to respond to, and didn't fix
it while at Grexstock. Oh well. At least we reminded a few more people that
Grex does need donations.
I'm glad people haven't stopped donations at the $800 goal. Sometimes some
of the pledges don't get fulfilled, and it is good to have some more margin.
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valerie
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response 60 of 203:
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Jul 28 15:06 UTC 1997 |
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senna
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response 61 of 203:
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Jul 28 20:26 UTC 1997 |
And I wasn't one of them? Wow, I'm impressed with myself all of a sudden :)
Actually, I don't spend all that much time online.
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aruba
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response 62 of 203:
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Jul 28 20:41 UTC 1997 |
Please thank scg, mta, and aruba for handing their pledges to me in person,
and thank nt and irvingp for sending theirs through the mail. Thanks!
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valerie
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response 63 of 203:
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Jul 28 20:42 UTC 1997 |
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dpc
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response 64 of 203:
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Jul 28 21:07 UTC 1997 |
I pledged (and sent) $50 earlier this year to buy the new 670.
So far, that hasn't gotten off the ground. What guarantees do we
have that this project won't just sit around for six months or so?
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jared
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response 65 of 203:
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Jul 28 21:38 UTC 1997 |
This is a much different item, david.. The dropping in of a router
on each end and the ordering of a phone line is all it takes, not
playing with hardware and software for a bit to almost no end.
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steve
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response 66 of 203:
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Jul 28 23:00 UTC 1997 |
Heh. The 670 is a complex beast; from both a hardware, software
and security standpoint. The ISDN line is going to be a couple
hour session where most of the Grex staff gets to watch as the
more knowledgable staff gets it working, and then hopefully gets
to do it over again for experience value.
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tsty
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response 67 of 203:
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Jul 28 23:22 UTC 1997 |
GREAT that we have reached the $800 threshold in pledges without banging
on the grex piggy bank. grex now *does* need to receive teh $$ pledged, so
please do not delay - the phone line has been ordered (based on cash$$ donated
at the board meeting)
also note, please, that the expected total initialization cost is ~$1200 with
$800 being the threshold for *action*.
we still need the additional $400.
I am in for $10.
<<dpc, different projects have different time lines and differnt problems, the
670 is being worked on, as the minutes of the last board show. everyone is
munching on the bit for the 670 to become grex's evolution - and it will
happen.>>
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aruba
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response 68 of 203:
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Jul 28 23:34 UTC 1997 |
The actual estimated installation charges are
$625 for an ISDN router on our end
$625 for a router on the other end
$42 for installation of an ISDN line on our end
$42 for installation of an ISDN line on the other end
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$1,334 total
We currently have $960 in pledges.
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remmers
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response 69 of 203:
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Jul 29 12:04 UTC 1997 |
To bring it up to an even $1000, I'll pledge $40.
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dpc
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response 70 of 203:
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Jul 29 13:14 UTC 1997 |
Well, this is certainly a good idea; I just don't want to see it
sit around like the 670 - collecting dust and excuses. 8-)
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danr
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response 71 of 203:
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Jul 30 17:31 UTC 1997 |
I'll kick in $25.
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aruba
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response 72 of 203:
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Jul 30 18:08 UTC 1997 |
Please thank fitz for sending in his pledge. Thanks!
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valerie
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response 73 of 203:
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Jul 30 21:28 UTC 1997 |
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steve
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response 74 of 203:
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Jul 31 04:41 UTC 1997 |
I ordered the ISDN lines today--it took a little longer
than I thought it would to get to them, but its done now.
At this point I have the installation scheduled for 8/15.
Unforunately, at the last board meeting where we
decided to go ahead with ISDN, I got the price for the
installation of the lines wrong.
I said that they would cost $42 each. That was incorrect.
The cost per line is $147, or $105 more per line, or $210
more for both. Sigh. I'm sorry for leading the board
astray on that one. On the brister side, the monthly
charges are going to be right around $25. I'll be getting
the exact prices a little later.
Having said that, any few more dollars we can eek
out would be good to help cover the cost of this
connection... ;-)
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