What about reactivating old members? Although the official numbers say we have over 60K members. I would guess that only 2/3's of that number are active. I must stress that is a guess as I have no quick way of varifying that. It would be a simple excersise to compose a mail shot to members who haven't turned in a result for 21 days and have the flag on to allow emails from WCG?

I know some people have left to take their cycles elsewhere but others may need a friendly reminder.

CtW

Got bounced back when trying to send directly to the Head Honcho so I went down the ladder a little bit and got a response.


>
> From: Karen Klein <Karen.Kahn@Sun.COM>
> Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 01:55:25 EDT
> To: Dan Replogle <dreplogl@us.ibm.com>, Brett Smith <Brett.Smith@Sun.COM>,
> Stephanie Hess <Stephanie.Hess@Sun.COM>
> Subject: Re: How Sun can help the "World Community Grid"
>
> dan,
>
> we'll take a look at this initiative.
>
> thanks for the email.
>
> karen
>
> Dan Replogle wrote:
>
> > Dear Karen Kahn,
> >
> >
> > Would it be possible to send this philanthropic message out with your next
> > communique as an addendum to your primary message OR lend your company
> > name to this project by becoming a Partner of the World Community Grid
> > Project?
> >
> > For Partner Information, please see
> > http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/our_partners.html
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Daniel M. Replogle
> > Participant of WCG
> > IBM Global Services
> > Intel, Honeywell Account
> > Intel Refresh & ISR Team
> > dreplogl@us.ibm.com
> > 480 592-1997
> >
> > *How you can help the "World Community Grid"
> > *
> > Have you ever wondered what your computer does when you're not there to
> > provide it with stimulation?
> > On Windows, it runs a process called the 'System Idle Process'.
> > Doesn't sound very intellectually challenging does it?
> > As far as an intellectual challenge, let's not flatter ourselves either:
> > To our computers we move at the speed of molasses in winter.
> >
> > Well what if your computer could be running software that benefited
> > humanity
> > in its ample spare time?
> > That is precisely the task the World Community Grid offers your computer
> > when you aren't using it.
> >
> > Currently, the World Community Grid is looking to dramatically shorten the
> > Human Proteome Folding Project.
> > This is a project that could take years even on the most powerful
> > supercomputer.
> > The answer is to take advantage of parallelization (using many
> > computers at
> > once) to dramatically shorten this computational time.
> >
> > Many of us have heard of the Human Genome Project that recently
> > completed a
> > map of all human genes.
> > In order for that information to be useful, scientists seek to understand
> > how the proteins that those genes code for are formed in a process called
> > protein folding.
> > It is the shape of proteins that determine their bio-chemical properties.
> > Knowledge of protein folding could, one day, be used in dramatic
> > treatments
> > of all diseases.
> >
> > To contribute to this admirable task is quick and painless.
> > Click here to visit: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ and download the
> > client program and within seconds your computer will be solving the
> > problems
> > of humanity.
> >
> > Download? Download?! This word is sacrilege to many network
> > administrators.
> > Well you needn't worry because IBM, 'Big Blue', has lent its name and
> > resources to ensuring that this is a safe and reliable process.
> >
> > Gandhi once said: "life is full of seemingly inconsequential acts, but
> > it is
> > absolutely essential that we do them."
> > This seemingly small act may yield research that can improve the
> > quality of
> > life for all.
> > Click here to visit: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ and help
> > contribute
> > to scientific history today.

nice work! i love it when people think big...

can someone suggest me if this communty does have any polices about sharing data with organization conducting animal research? i originally cames across this site trying to establish if there is something like this project set up to help those who abandon vivisection. I'd like to ask if you have any concerns about organazations research policies in the matter that i've mentioned. i'd lke to support this project and i have many great possibilities of recruiting new members. however, as a director of a software development company i may volunteer to create similar network software and process data for those not involved in animal research as well as share it with the institutions from your clients who are not involved in testing on animals. could you post any comments on that or email to alex@e-based.com

Best Regards,
Alex

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More than slightly off-topic. It would be best to establish a new thread. But a quick answer is to click on 'About Us' where you will read:
World Community Grid is making technology available only to public and not-for-profit organizations to use in humanitarian research that might otherwise not be completed due to the high cost of the computer infrastructure required in the absence of a public grid. As part of our commitment to advancing human welfare, all results will be in the public domain and made public to the global research community.

All our results are PUBLIC DOMAIN and may be used by anybody without restrictions

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Thank you for the advice, i do realize, I've chosen the wrong thread for this. Before posting previous message i've actually read relevant sections, including About Us. Please do not get me in the wrong way i'm totally supporting what you are doing, i'm just thinking that the combined computer power out there is enormous, and if made available only to those who do not conduct animal experiments, that may cause the supporters of animal testing to reconsider that's why i'm going to collect further information with intent to set up similar network if it will prove to be such a good idea as i now think it is. may i also bring to your attention that for me it's neither money nor publicity seeking enterprise. I'm happy to do it withing the frame of any suitable body, and i'm prepared to cover soft development cost (provided it's not more than few thousand programming hours)