That is a great question and one I don't have an answer for. This is why it is great to get so much feedback to my general idea.What management tool will you use? How will it integrate with a normal dynamic IP address in a home, without enabling access to any other computers or devices on the home net?
Another great point. I really didn't give much consideration to usernames and who would ultimately get the points. My initial thought was to keep everything under my team so I could see the progress and keep things much neater. I can see where an existing user would want to fold under his/her current team, but a new folder might not have a specific team in mind.Who owns the computer, or more precicely, when does the legal title transfer?
Your poll may be biased because it doesn't give all the information. If you asked who would donate their electricity you didn't specify whether I would be forced to use your team number or if I could use my own. Changing that assumption might move about half of the votes from one category to the other. Some people are completely altruistic about FAH and others are very much into the points competition.
Would you expect to get it back from somebody who takes it on one pretense and then doesn't follow your "rules"
My initial thoughts are that the foundation would own the computer for the 3-4 year period and then transfer ownership to the individual. Again, this feedback is going to help me mold this project and I already see that I have not thought of everything.
I would have some sort of contract in place, but I also realize situations change and someone might not be able to pay for the extra electricity in the future. I'm not sure how I would handle that. It would also be difficult to monitor and then respond if the rules are broken.
My focus for the foundation was to involve as many people as possible and hopefully they would get excited and the word-of-mouth advertising would create more awareness. I didn't factor in that the points were such a big incentive in my plan. Would it be satisfactory that the individual would their own unique username, or do you think I would need to open it up to teams as well?Good points, I voted yes, but now I'm considering saying no only because it's not my thing to boost someone else's stats ( or team ). I think your foundation would have enough pr material without the need to have points accumulating.
It's a donor who pays for electricity.. You do realise running costs outweigh investment costs over those 4 years for allot of people. Yes, anyone likes to be given something, but this gift costs allot and you're taking the most important secondary incentive to fold away from people, their points!
As I go through this process, it may make more sense for me to expand on my current cluster then to go this route. Only time will tell.
Regards,
Jeff
