[Noisebridge-discuss] $500 donation - what would noisebridge do with it?

[Corey McGuire]

Can some of the power consumption needs be adressed by under-clocking the
servers?  If the load on the servers is low enough for a panda board, than
it's low enough for whatever server you are running, but at 75%-66% speed.
If the BIOS allows it (usually by dropping the bus speed from 133mhz to
100mhz or 100mhz to 66mhz) and has voltage tuning options, we can also drop
the voltages to 66% and reduce the draw of the CPU's to 45%...in theory.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>wrote:

> Velvet pillows in the tea room? ;)
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> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> [...]
>>
>>
>> I'd like to spend the money on at least several different things, for
>> example $100 on the electrical materials, $200 on computer equipment,
>> and $200 on something else.
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
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>> On 1/4/2011 10:23 AM, jim wrote:
>> >
>> >     $500.00 is significant money for which patrick may
>> > want 501(c)3 tax credit, in which case he should give
>> > the money to the treasurer.
>> >     i am sympathetic to respecting donors' wishes to
>> > donate things and/or money for specific purposes. i'm
>> > also sympathetic to rejecting such dedicated
>> > donations if they're more hassle than valuable. but
>> > i'm not aware of any way-inappropriate or high-hassle
>> > factor donations so far.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 01:52 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:
>> >> Honestly, I think rent would be the best way that money can be used
>> >> even if it is not the most visible. We currently don't accept
>> >> donations for specific projects because it creates an overhead for the
>> >> treasurer&  co. If you know of some people working on things at NB,
>> >> it'd probably be easier to give them the money directly.
>> >>
>> >> -Al
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Patrick Keys<citizenkeys at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> >>> Long story short, I get paid next week.  I had planned and budgeted a
>> >>> month ago to donate $500 to Noisebridge, with the condition that the
>> >>> money be spent on some sort of improvements, projects, or combination
>> of
>> >>> things that we generally agree (members and non-members alike) would
>> >>> improve the space (not rent).
>> >>>
>> >>> So use this thread to discuss and reach a consensus.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Patrick
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