Fundraising for BlackAdder 6 (Totals Announced)

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TeaLeaf

August 01, 2018, 07:11:41 PM Last Edit: August 06, 2018, 09:04:40 AM by TeaLeaf
As you all know BlackAdder5 recently suffered a hardware failure which resulted in us having to spend some money to get it going again.   BA5 is fast approaching its 5th birthday, so the chances of further hardware failures is much higher than with a new box.   Council's view is that irrespective of whether BA5 can be further maintained, it is now time to replace BA5 with a brand new BlackAdder 6.

We still see a demand and need for our own server hardware and the server we want to purchase will cost just over £3,000.  This will give us lights out management, redundant PSUs, high clock speed multi-core CPU, plenty of RAM and multiple disks (both SSDs and mechanical).   We have planned for this eventuality and have been putting aside some capital over the past five years,  so dMw currently has about £3,500 in its bank account, BUT we need to keep about £500 to provide short-term cashflow to meet month to month costs, and a further £500-750 for planned forum software upgrades, so we need to raise some additional funds.   All being well, we will be ordering BA6 in mid August.

What Can You Do To Help?
Become a Supporting Member or Donate to the dMw community fund.  Just click the link below

CLICK TO DONATE OR BECOME A SUPPORTING MEMBER

You can contribute either using Mastercard, Visa or Paypal (you do not need a Paypal account).  If you want to avoid dMw paying Paypal charges for the receipt of your donation then please make a direct transfer into the dMw bank account, the details of which are on the above link.

We've got a lot of money currently in the dMw Bank Account, but not quite enough to buy the new server and keep enough aside for the rest of the expenses we are due to incur, so we need your help please to close the gap.  Ideally we'd like to raise about £1,000 to keep enough in the account as a buffer.



On behalf of the dMw Council, thank you for your ongoing support for the dMw community!

Note: if you make a direct transfer to the bank *and* you want Supporting Member status then you will need to send a PM to Penfold providing details of the transfer as it will need to be added manually. (Supporting Member subscriptions via the Paypal route are automated).
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

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August 01, 2018, 07:18:07 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2018, 07:48:46 AM by TeaLeaf
Donation of £100 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £100.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#2
August 01, 2018, 07:56:42 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2018, 07:49:08 AM by TeaLeaf
Donation of £50 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £150.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#3
August 01, 2018, 08:07:13 PM
Someone expressed interest in the specs, so FYI this is what we are considering:

Chassis with up to 8, 3.5" Hot Plug Hard Drives
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6 3.9GHz
64GB 2400MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Windows 2016 Server
RAID 1, H330/H730 for SAS/SATA (min 2 max 2)
PERC H330 RAID Controller
2x480GB Solid State Drive SATA Hot-plug Drives
Dual, Hot-plug, Redundant Power Supplies
Lights-Out
On-Board LOM 1GBE Dual Port
Internal Optical Drive
Trusted Platform Module 1.2v2
5Yr Next Business Day Warranty
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#4
August 01, 2018, 11:00:45 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2018, 07:49:18 AM by TeaLeaf
Donation of £100 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £250.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#5
August 01, 2018, 11:01:50 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2018, 07:49:33 AM by TeaLeaf
Donation of £35 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:



Total donated so far:   £285.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#6
August 01, 2018, 11:02:07 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2018, 07:49:44 AM by TeaLeaf
Donation of £20 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £305.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TheDvEight

#7
August 02, 2018, 12:05:06 AM
I would be awesome to know who have made the donations too, There is some very kind a big donations being made. Well done
"Mira Mira on the wall who\'s the fairest of them all?" - Dickdastardly "it\'ll sting a lot" - Lesion

TeaLeaf

#8
August 02, 2018, 07:40:59 AM
I have defaulted to anonymous.  If anyone wants their donation to be public just let me know and I'll include their name.

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TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#9
August 02, 2018, 07:50:27 AM
Donation of £20 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £325.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#10
August 02, 2018, 03:24:20 PM
13:32 Donation of £30 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:

11:24 Donation of £50 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:

10:48 Donation of £25 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:

10:43 Donation of £20 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £450.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#11
August 02, 2018, 03:27:24 PM
09:57 Donation of £20 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £470.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#12
August 02, 2018, 09:19:16 PM
19:30 Donation of £30 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £500.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#13
August 02, 2018, 09:31:04 PM
16:45 Donation of £50 received via our bank, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £550.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#14
August 04, 2018, 09:27:07 AM
14:14 Donation of £10 received via Paypal, thank you. :thumbsup:


Total donated so far:   £560.00
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)
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