Are you kidding me?

" For various reasons, there is no bank account specifically for SETI@Home, so no way to receive funds. "

No sensible person would donate money to any Organization that has no Bank Account.

That reeks of "scam".

A scam??? They are part of a university....THEY have the bank accounts. If you don't want to give, don't give but please don't make an issue where there isn't one.

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That reeks of "scam".

Snort!
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/charter.html

A N
A C T
To Create and Organize the University of California.

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. A State University is hereby created, pursuant to the requirements of Section four, Article nine, of the Constitution of the State of California, and in order to devote to the largest purposes of education the benefaction made to the State of California under and by the provisions of an Act of Congress passed July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled an Act donating land to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The said University shall be called the University of California, and shall be located upon the grounds heretofore donated to the State of California by the President and Board of Trustees of the College of California. The said University shall be under the charge and control of a Board of Directors to be known and styled "the Regents of the University of California." The University shall have for its design, to provide instruction and thorough and complete education in all departments of science, literature, art, industrial and profession pursuits, and general education, and also special courses of instruction in preparation for the professions of Agriculture, the Mechanic Arts, Mining, Military Science, Civil Engineering, Law, Medicine and Commerce, and shall consist of various Colleges, namely:

First--Colleges of Arts.
Second--A College of Letters.
Third--Such professional and other Colleges as may be added thereto or connected therewith.

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Are you kidding me?

" For various reasons, there is no bank account specifically for SETI@Home, so no way to receive funds. "

No sensible person would donate money to any Organization that has no Bank Account.

That reeks of "scam".

SETI@Home is NOT an organisation - it's a research project run by faculty members, staff and students of the University of California. As such, it does not have it's own bank account. Donations are paid to the University of California, which DOES have a bank acount. You have the option of specifying where that donation should be used - e.g. SETI@Home.

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Be lucky

Neil

i am sorry that i can not do anything,because i from China,you know.

Деньги, деньги, деньги... Величайшее достижение нашей цивилизации и вечный источник проблем, ибо соблазн велик...
Money, money, money... The Greatest achievement of our civilization and an eternal source of problems, for temptation a bycicle...

Приношу свои извинения, в языках не силен, по сему предлагаю тут-же перевод, оставляя оригинал.
I apologize, in languages it is not strong, on this I offer here transfer, leaving the original.

I would be willing to help out. I have a PayPal account I use to use years ago for Ebaying some old but new computer equipment. Currently not being used.

Also is there any equipment SETI is looking for that people could donate?

Email me @ jra610@gmail.com

IMO, you needn't be concerned about donations above the targeted amount, volunteers haven't provided even a quarter of the budget in any year yet.

                                                                Joe

Being snarky is not a good way to win people over, when asking for funds. I pointed out two valid concerns, one of which is something that I believe others might have a concern over, not so much myself, and you give attitude in a reply. Not good.

The root question was not addressed, what is the targeted amount of fund raising?

The budgeted amount for the current fiscal year is $548,000, so that would be a pretty good target, no?

Earlier in this thread it was mentioned that the goal for the fall fund raising drive is $50k.

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Are you kidding me?

" For various reasons, there is no bank account specifically for SETI@Home, so no way to receive funds. "

No sensible person would donate money to any Organization that has no Bank Account.

That reeks of "scam".

Wow.

How did you even get here? Do some reading up on SETI@home and report back when you have a clue.

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Please send me a PM with any donation issues.

Play nice please and make sure, your are willing to show your star.

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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

I am stunned by the reply made here as Seti@Home is run by Volunteers at UC Berkeley and someone who has been crunching data for Seti@Home to the tune of 64K credit should be looking at what they are actually crunching data for.

I would suggest that if you feel that way that you stop crunching data and/or posting.

I am going to be donating monthly, only a small amount for now as I can only afford it in that way, however, I have just created my team website which has advertising on it and hopefully I should be able to draw in some cash in that way too. The website also has a forum and is now open and if anyone wishes to come along and join in you would be welcome, even if you are not a team member.

http://www.setiweb.co.uk

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I am stunned by the reply made here as Seti@Home is run by Volunteers at UC Berkeley and someone who has been crunching data for Seti@Home to the tune of 64K credit should be looking at what they are actually crunching data for.

I would suggest that if you feel that way that you stop crunching data and/or posting.

It would appear that the gentleman has moved on....
His last computer contact was the day after that post.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I am stunned by the reply made here as Seti@Home is run by Volunteers at UC Berkeley and someone who has been crunching data for Seti@Home to the tune of 64K credit should be looking at what they are actually crunching data for.

I would suggest that if you feel that way that you stop crunching data and/or posting.

It would appear that the gentleman has moved on....
His last computer contact was the day after that post.

Sad to see people thinking like that and sad to lose a possible helper but there is just no need for that type of tone on a message board! I am a board owner and quite an experienced admin/mod and I would have removed that post due to flammable content which could also have led to proceedings against the poster but hey we are all adults here bar that one poster!

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and I would have removed that post due to flammable content

I think the Mods here are also pretty experienced at what they do. They fairly accurately guessed that people here would "educate" the poster in question, which of course they did, and he chose to bow out.

Uli also diplomatically popped her head in to let people know that the thread was being monitored. Had it deteriorated, the Mods would have stepped in and dealt with it. It was a minor storm in a teacup, which was defused by not over reacting.

And there I am sitting here thinking Uli was a man oops. Uli would you like to slap my wrists :)

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Eww, that sounds like fun, Uli can you slap mine too???

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PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC

Oi, behave gentlemen, this is supposed to be the News forum about Fall Funding ;-)

Chris, yes I am chick.
So what if some get it wrong. I don't mind.

Time to reheat some leftoves.

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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

Oi, behave gentlemen, this is supposed to be the News forum about Fall Funding ;-)

Chris, yes I am chick.
So what if some get it wrong. I don't mind.

Time to reheat some leftoves.

Thank you for being so understanding Uli :) such a lovely lady :)

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Sweet SETI was just on Al Jazeera for their fund raising drive.

Al Jazeera ran an article on the SETI Institute's closure and fund drive. SETI@Home will not see a single dime from the SETI Institute's promotional gains.

Though SETI@Home has come close, it has never actually shut down. Servers may have been down for periods of time, but the project has kept going on thanks to the efforts of the guys in the lab and the generous donations of it's users.

Add other ways of remittance convenient for volunteers, for example – Web-money (certainly if money is necessary to you). Any of the ways of remittance offered by you does not approach me. And such, as I – much. (I am sorry for my English – I use the autotranslator)

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I think SETI@Home will have no problems with funding from here on in as there are so many supporters that we would not let it fail! The SETI Institute are having some funding problems, but they run in a different manner. Whatever their fate I feel that members of SETI@Home should also subscribe to the Institute as they are also very factual in other things other than SETI itself and as such a good source of knowledge for younger people wishing to get into the sciences.

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