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Goals that people set should be finite; that is, they should have an end in view, or for most folks the task becomes too nebulous and subsequently unreachable. Knowing the hardware requirement costs allows the place to have a thermometer they can see when the open the Mudcat. Make it a front-page thing. As the contributions come in, let the mercury rise. That would allow people to see what is need to have the thermometer 'go over the top'. That would allow the place to inform its member/contributors without the need to name names. Marx or Engels said something about each to his abilities. The thermometer would let that happen. Those who can give will. Those who can't won't. But the drive would make it a community thing and allow people to feel a 'vested' interest in the place.