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Paul Schlaffer
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Post Count: 240 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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We all know that WCG needs financial support to continue, and I doubt any one of us want to see this fade away as a result. Currently, WCG has just over 19,000 active volunteers. If all active volunteers were making just a very small monthly contribution, I'd wager WCG would be doing more than good.
----------------------------------------What I would like to see from the Lab, and how they can help is as follows: The Lab knows what their minimal funding requirement is to keep the WCG cancer research project, and the existing projects going. List that amount on the Donate page, and incorporate a bar graph so we can see where the project requirements are, compared to what has been received for the year. BOINC Stats is a good example of this here https://www.boincstats.com/page/donate A single bar graph covering the year is fine. That should be easy, and can be quickly implemented. Add a 2nd bar graph and funding number for what is realistically needed to expand on that minimum, to provide for the on-boarding of new projects, as is the original project purpose, and have the system running as you'd like it to. When the minimum funding for the year is fulfilled, additional donations will spill over into this 2nd bar graph. This one may take more time, as the Lab determines what that operational requirement is. A little clarity on what is needed, compared to what is being donated, will go a long way to help us help you. Once done, this can also be used to assist in fundraising.  “Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792) |
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Jurisica
World Community Grid Admin, Mapping Cancer Markers and Help Conquer Cancer Scientist Joined: Feb 28, 2007 Post Count: 87 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Thank you Paul - good suggestions, especially as our resources are diminishing. I will prepare the update and the updated web page - but briefly; as of Oct 31, 2023 we have received CDN 9,559,40 in donations.Thank you to all volunteers who donate more than CPU/GPU resources.
Bare minimum operation is 2 technical and 1 communication staff. We are working on a few new strategies for ensuring WCG survives - and we should know in about a month time the preliminary results. This would modify how big deficit we would need to fill. Thank you igor |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7545 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Thank you for your reply. I hope your funding and corporate support increase in 2024.
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Sgt. Joe
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andgra
Senior Cruncher Sweden Joined: Mar 15, 2014 Post Count: 182 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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+1 on Sgt.Joes comment!
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3294 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thank you Paul - good suggestions, especially as our resources are diminishing. I will prepare the update and the updated web page - but briefly; as of Oct 31, 2023 we have received CDN 9,559,40 in donations.Thank you to all volunteers who donate more than CPU/GPU resources. Bare minimum operation is 2 technical and 1 communication staff. We are working on a few new strategies for ensuring WCG survives - and we should know in about a month time the preliminary results. This would modify how big deficit we would need to fill. Thank you igor Looking forward to the new updated page and to the updates. AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Robokapp
Senior Cruncher Joined: Feb 6, 2012 Post Count: 248 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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so in a month we'll learn when you're running out of runway? is that what I'm reading?
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bluestang
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Oct 1, 2010 Post Count: 272 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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First thing you need to do after securing more funding is to dump IBM's customized and outdate/insecure system (especially the forum software) and just use BOINC's standard system.
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3294 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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First thing you need to do after securing more funding is to dump IBM's customized and outdate/insecure system (especially the forum software) and just use BOINC's standard system. I believe this would save you a ton of headaches and issues moving forward. Can't say I disagree. It would probably require a great amount of effort to do so, but seems like it could fix so many problems. AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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as1981
Cruncher Joined: Dec 3, 2006 Post Count: 48 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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We all know that WCG needs financial support to continue, and I doubt any one of us want to see this fade away as a result. Currently, WCG has just over 19,000 active volunteers. If all active volunteers were making just a very small monthly contribution, I'd wager WCG would be doing more than good. What I would like to see from the Lab, and how they can help is as follows: The Lab knows what their minimal funding requirement is to keep the WCG cancer research project, and the existing projects going. List that amount on the Donate page, and incorporate a bar graph so we can see where the project requirements are, compared to what has been received for the year. BOINC Stats is a good example of this here https://www.boincstats.com/page/donate A single bar graph covering the year is fine. That should be easy, and can be quickly implemented. Add a 2nd bar graph and funding number for what is realistically needed to expand on that minimum, to provide for the on-boarding of new projects, as is the original project purpose, and have the system running as you'd like it to. When the minimum funding for the year is fulfilled, additional donations will spill over into this 2nd bar graph. This one may take more time, as the Lab determines what that operational requirement is. A little clarity on what is needed, compared to what is being donated, will go a long way to help us help you. Once done, this can also be used to assist in fundraising. I'm a bit late to this thread but I also like this idea. As others have said I hope that the funding can be found so that WCG can continue. [Edit 1 times, last edit by as1981 at Jan 10, 2024 6:35:45 PM] |
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gj82854
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Sep 26, 2022 Post Count: 57 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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As has been stated many times in many different threads. Communication is the key. Lack of engagement doesn't bode well for contributions. Mutual engagement would go a long way towards getting monetary and non-monetary contributions. Sometimes I think the project really doesn't care whether there are contributors or not.
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