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- Path: sparky!uunet!underg!max
- From: max@underg.ucf.org (Max Cray)
- Newsgroups: austin.public-net
- Subject: Re: Let's do it NOW
- Keywords: public net austin free
- Message-ID: <a90cuB1w165w@underg.ucf.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 22:56:09 CST
- References: <1992Nov16.140128.3773@wixer.cactus.org>
- Organization: Underground Computing Foundation
- Lines: 36
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- george@wixer.cactus.org (George Wenzel) writes:
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- > I can provide the hardware and a UNIX license for start-up purposes.
- > However we need a funding base before we can do much more than that.
-
- Excellent. Thanks.
-
- > We need a plan for paying for the things that we can't get for free.
-
- Another possibility would be to just do it with whatever we can get for
- free. Dealing with money will take more administration. Unless we get
- administrative volunteers. Any CPA's out there want to handle the money?
-
- > I have run a multiuser bbs here in Austin for a good number of years. I
- > charge a fee for access, in an effort to reduce my losses. I am currently
- > bringing in about 50% of what it takes to cover the phone bills. I would
- > be willing to move much of what I have going now and make it free for all
- > users. However I need to stress that there needs to be a source of funding
- > to pay for the phone bills.
- >
- > If we get an internet connection, and some office space, GREAT! However we
- > need to get that phone bill covered too.
-
- We need to find out how this would be handled with whoever it is located at.
- I am still trying to get a hold of Steve Blair at Dell. It is RUMOURED that
- Dell would also provide phone lines, but I did not speak to Steve about it.
- I will ask him about it when I talk to him again.
-
- > Is there anyone working on getting some grants or donations?
-
- There has been talk, but to my knowledge no one is doing it yet.
-
- -= Max =-
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