HOPE Network To Be Biggest Ever — How You Can Help
June 15th, 2006 emmanuel
We’re happy to announce that the connectivity at this year’s HOPE conference will be the fastest we’ve ever had - and likely the fastest of any hacker conference ever in the States. Our network team has been hard at work making all of this possible. Your help at this stage can help to seal the deal.
We’ve already gotten one hell of a bandwidth donation but we still need to cover some other equipment and installation expenses to make it actually happen. If we can raise $5000 in the next two weeks, we will be assured of connectivity equivalent to an OC3 connection for the entire weekend. That’s more than 30 times what we had for The Fifth HOPE! This will make all sorts of projects possible as well as make it much simpler for HOPE attendees to stay connected.
Those interested in contributing to the cause will find a donation button on our main page which works through PayPal. Anyone who helps make this possible will be listed in the HOPE Conference Program. Donations of $1000 or more will get you listed as a benefactor, $200 or more as a contributor, $50 or more as a supporter.
This is something above and beyond what we were anticipating for this year’s conference which is why it wasn’t factored in to our original budget. This is a way for those of you who can afford it to pitch in and ensure that we have something truly spectacular and memorable this year.
Anyone who wishes to make a donation via a method other than PayPal, please contact us.
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5 Comments
1. Rod | June 15th, 2006 at 5:48 am
Could you please keep us updated on how much you’ve raised for this project?
Thanks,
Rod
2. emmanuel | June 15th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
As of a few moments ago, we’re at $360.
3. w1nt3rmut3 | June 17th, 2006 at 7:18 am
It would be wise to put up at least a prelim schedule of speakers and events…
4. emmanuel | June 17th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
We hope to have that done in the next week - we’re waiting on a bunch of speakers to get us bios and updated info. Other updates will be posted here and on the website.
5. bakedbean | July 4th, 2006 at 12:53 am
Any more information on how much was raised for the network?
Thank you