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Blurf · Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 7:05 am Post subject: Milkyway News-*CRITICAL*

Friends,

As an Admin/Forum Moderator of the Milkyway project I have been given advanced notice that their NSF grant has not been renewed and the project is in jeopardy of ending.

Fairly soon a major fundraiser will begin in hopes of raising $40,000.

I would like to see the Knights take this on as a personal goal to help out--start saving any pennies you have.

I will pass any info along as it comes.

Pete
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Yankton · Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:26 am Post subject:

Kickstarter!
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branjo · Prince Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 746 Location: Slovakia

Kickstarter sucks. AFAIK, they take 30% of risen funds, what is unacceptable for me in case of funding project as MW (or any other DC project). I would send some donation to the selected projects (MW included), but only directly to them. Not via some KS-type money-takers.

Well, a few sub-projects in WCG have already finished because of ended funding, MW (and probably SETI) might be the next.

Sad, but c'est la vie. Rolling Eyes

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Blurf · Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 2:04 pm Post subject:

Kickstarter won't work. Kickstarted you need to show a specific goal to end--something tangible. This is operating funds
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Plomos · Prince Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Posts: 859

http://www.gofundme.com/ ?
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Gemjunkie · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 2:22 pm Post subject:

Come on, the university can't afford to run a server and pay for bandwidth?

Operated largely by grad students, about as close to slave labor as possible nowadays.
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branjo · Prince Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 746 Location: Slovakia

But imagine the salaries for scientists behind the project(s). Who is going to pay them? #ni-2

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PhastPhred · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:12 pm Post subject:

Blurf · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:51 pm Post subject:

Assimilator1 · Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 2:11 pm Post subject:

I hope MW (or SETI) doesn't end!! Sad

Blurf
No thread about it at the MW forums or did I simply miss it?
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Blurf · Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 6:16 pm Post subject:

Assimilator1 · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:14 am Post subject:

Ah ok, btw what's a 'NSF' grant?
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PhastPhred · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:37 am Post subject:

Non-Sufficient Finds...

OK... http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
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Blurf · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:17 am Post subject:

Assimilator1 · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:57 am Post subject:

Ok thx, so would $40k keep them going for another year?
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Blurf · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject:

Gemjunkie · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:42 pm Post subject: Bake sale?

Bake sale?

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Yankton · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:32 pm Post subject:

Kissing Booth!

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Blurf · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:45 am Post subject:

Fundraising and budget details are coming out soon.

A few details I was made privy too:

1) The $40,000 to be raised is the bare minimum needed to run the project
2) Dr Newberg is giving up her personal salary from the project for the summer
3) Grad students will still get paid as normal
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Blurf · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:56 pm Post subject:

All the info is up for the fundraiser including the budget-please check it out.

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/fundraiser.php
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