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Some of these costs are covered by the donation of server administration from [http://www.able2know.org Able2Know.org]. However, in order to archive our growing collection of documents and multimedia, xFamily.org requires significant resources of server space and bandwidth. Our goal is to comprehensively document "everything that is fit to print" about The Family International.
 
Some of these costs are covered by the donation of server administration from [http://www.able2know.org Able2Know.org]. However, in order to archive our growing collection of documents and multimedia, xFamily.org requires significant resources of server space and bandwidth. Our goal is to comprehensively document "everything that is fit to print" about The Family International.
  
If you would like to help us cover the costs of maintaining this website, please use the link below to donate through PayPal.
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If you would like to help us cover the costs of maintaining this website, please use the link below to donate through PayPal.  
  
 
==Donate Through PayPal==
 
==Donate Through PayPal==
'''[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=billing%40able2know%2ecom&item_name=xFamily%2eorg%20Server%20Fund&item_number=xfamily%2eorg&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 Donate to the xFamily.org Server Fund]'''
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<htmlet>paypal2</htmlet>
  
 
===Where we Stand===
 
===Where we Stand===
 
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xFamily.org currently uses a dedicated server that costs $111/month as well as other services (including [http://www.mediatemple.net/webhosting/gs/ MediaTemple Grid-Service] and [http://aws.amazon.com/ Amazon Web Services]) which have variable costs based on the resources (such as data storage and transfer, CPU cycles and number of requests) used.  As of June 2008, the average monthly cost of hosting xFamily.org is projected to be about $275 USD.
We would like to maintain a buffer of 90 days worth of hosting costs. This allows us to contract the services we need with a small buffer of funds to ensure that the services can be paid for and that we can maintain this website online.
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However, this amount could increase significantly depending on the number of visitors to our site and the amount of bandwidth and other resources consumed.
 
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We would like to maintain a buffer of 6 months worth of hosting costs. This allows us to contract the services we need with a small buffer of funds to ensure that the services can be paid for and that we can maintain this website online.  
xFamily.org currently uses a dedicated server that costs $159/month.
 
  
 
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'''Current Server Fund: $2843.10 (as of 2008-4-30)'''
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'''Current Server Fund: $2291.92'''
  
Last updated by: [[User:Peter Frouman|Peter Frouman]] 08:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
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Last updated by: [[User:Peter Frouman|Peter Frouman]] 09:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Revision as of 09:49, 31 May 2008

xFamily.org collects and preserves information on the The Family International cult. In order to make this information freely accessible, server and bandwidth costs are incurred.

Some of these costs are covered by the donation of server administration from Able2Know.org. However, in order to archive our growing collection of documents and multimedia, xFamily.org requires significant resources of server space and bandwidth. Our goal is to comprehensively document "everything that is fit to print" about The Family International.

If you would like to help us cover the costs of maintaining this website, please use the link below to donate through PayPal.

<htmlet>paypal</htmlet> <htmlet>paypal2</htmlet>

Where we Stand

xFamily.org currently uses a dedicated server that costs $111/month as well as other services (including MediaTemple Grid-Service and Amazon Web Services) which have variable costs based on the resources (such as data storage and transfer, CPU cycles and number of requests) used. As of June 2008, the average monthly cost of hosting xFamily.org is projected to be about $275 USD. However, this amount could increase significantly depending on the number of visitors to our site and the amount of bandwidth and other resources consumed. We would like to maintain a buffer of 6 months worth of hosting costs. This allows us to contract the services we need with a small buffer of funds to ensure that the services can be paid for and that we can maintain this website online.

Month Donations Server Bills Server Fund
2005
October +$654.05 -$159 $495.05
November +$0 -$159 $336.05
December +$125 -$159 $277.05
2006
January +$50 -$159 $168.05
February +$0 -$159 $9.05
March +$174.95 -$159 $25
April +$50 -$159 -$84
May +$25 -$159 -$218
June +$561 -$159 $184
July +$0 -$159 $25
August +$610 -$159 $476
September +$35 -$159 $352
October +$0 -$159 $193
November +$125 -$159 $159
December +$686.00 -$159 $686
2007
January +$0 -$159 $527
February +$0 -$159 $368
March +$686 -$159 $895
April +$159 -$159 $895
May +$159 -$159 $895
June +$345 -$159 $1081
July +$318 -$159 $1240
August +$348 -$159 $1271
September +$418 -$159 $1530
October +$0 -$159 $1371
November +$500 -$159 $1712
December +0 -$159 $1553
2008
January +$1908 -$159 $3302
February +$0 -$159 $3143
March +$0 -$159 $2984
April +$18.10 -$159 $2843.10
May +$0 -$551.28 $2291.92

Current Server Fund: $2291.92

Last updated by: Peter Frouman 09:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)