Re: List funding request/pledge drive...

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Original poster: Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the plug!  One should not underestimate the contribution that
Terry makes too.  He's what keeps the list in the fine shape that it is
in. :-)

Chip

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> For those that do not know...
>
> The Tesla list is run entirely off Chip's personal home
> computers!!  He "pays" for "everything"!!!  As the Tesla list grew,
> he needed dedicated computers, and pretty nice ones, to run all this
> stuff.  So it is "new computer" time again ;-)
>
> The more money we give him, the longer between times he has to ask ;-))
>
> So I encourage everyone to drop him some cash to keep us going ;-))
>
> Chip, get dual raid 1 hard drives!!  Fixed all my HD blowing up 
problems ;-))
>
> Cheers,
>
>          Terry
>
> BTW - "Terry" is just a moderator that has nothing to do with the
> hardware or "technical side" of the list.  Chip is the list owner and
> the one that really keeps it going...
>
>
> At 10:28 PM 9/29/2005, you wrote:
> >Greetings all,
> >
> >As many of you know I have occasionally asked for donations to the list.
> >These are strictly voluntary, but highly appreciated.  I bear the bulk of
> >the costs for the list, including the internet bill and hardware costs.
> >Recently I had to replace the disk, motherboard, and processor of the web
> >server.  This cost $400 US.  The web server is down again, so I'm worried
> >about that.  I did decide on the extended warranty this time tough. :-)
> >
> >
> >Still, I would like tto replace the current machine that is pupman.com.
> >It is an aging PIII-500 with old disk drives in it.  It has been very
> >reliable so far, but I do not want to take chances on such an extended
> >down time as this would result in.
> >
> >I ask that you all consider how useful this list has been to you and
> >contribute to its continued success. For those of you who have not been on
> >the list for very long, this is not a frequent occurrance.  In the 10+
> >years that the list has been around, this is the third time (IIRC) that
> >I've asked for funds.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Chip ATkinson,
> >List owner
> >Tesla list.
> >
> >
> >Here are the payment details:
> >
> >Pay to the order of :
> >William W. Atkinson
> >705 Sedge Way
> >Lafayette, CO 80026
> >(303)828-3649
> >
> >Pay pal:
> >chip@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >Thanks again.  I'll keep everyone up to date on the donations and the way
> >they were spent.    I hope to purchase a new server machine.
>
>
>