said by pervez8 :

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Hello foldinator people, I would like to join your team. I understand I need to make a donation, either cash or hardware and I can do both. Most of all I have lots of space in my 2 car garage and a broadband connection where I wish to start a blade farm. Currently I have 5 PCs runnig FAH.I can purchase 5 more motherboard/cpus for starters. I already have my whole house wired cat5.

If you people are interested please give me a buzz.
FAH ID=pervez

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said by Gargoyle :

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I would like to hear from FP members on this notion of owner/operator. fcapes set a new precedent and I tweaked the AOA (update in progress) to allow for him alone. If you join ... I think we may have to form a second "category" of owner/operators. Growth and change are things we will do based on our members input. So I appreciate your post, I hope you will join and we want to hear from the members on forming a new category. Thanks!

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said by Gizmo :

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If we create an "owner/operator" category, do we need a "lessee/operator" category for those who use FP owned systems"? I would think we would need to differentiate between the two in the AOA. And we would need to document, somewhere, who is in what category, but not in the AOA.

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said by Gizmo :

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Since operators for FP systems are decided by a vote of the membership, does this apply to both owner and lessee operators? And are they voted on yearly as asked by RPM Jack »[FP] Articles of Association - Your Ideas Please ?

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said by Gizmo :

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And, do we need all operators to be on the board of directors and remain so during the time they actively operate a Foldinator system? As rfhar asked why they are even on the board »[FP] Articles of Association - Your Ideas Please .

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said by Gargoyle:

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As I have said many times ... I believe the Operators are the most important people on the project. We trust them and expect them to run their system and drive towards our goals. I think there needs to be an Operator voice on the board.

I propose the following: After the annual elections of board officers and Operators. The Operators would select one of them to serve on the board. That way the pool of Operators has a chosen voice on the board.

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