fundraising for mirrors

[Dimitar Vasilev]

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Hi all,
I'd like to ask about how funds for hardware purchases are raised for
ftp-master/mirror sites?
Is it possible to approach a vendor directly and ask for a donation of a
disk controller or
a part needed for an upgrade.
Reason for this question is that our team is running a fundraiser for
upgrade of disk capacity
and I'd appreciate if someone from the ftp-master admins / The FreeBSD
foundation shares his/her experience.
More details on the campaign are avaible on http://fyut.bg.freebsd.org
2 years ago we did locally this way:
1)announce in all channels what we need
2)Raise funds
3)Count them
4)Get out of your pocket the difference
5)Purchase

Unfortunately this year 4) is not very full, so I'm seeking various ways not
to get stuck with full disks
after 6.3 and 7.0 are released.

Thanks for your feedback,

Best regards,

Dimitar Vassilev

Bulgarian FreeBSD mirror coordinator
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Димитър Василев
Dimitar Vassilev

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