Sad news at MaximumPC

I like how folding breaks the barrier between some teams and we become one in a cause.( not implieing anything )
We even received help from a person from slickdeals. A small team but all nice people.
Folding for Rose for me makes me feel that I'm helping more for some reason.

According to Gordon & Rose, you are.

We are probably less than a day away from getting Rose to 10 million.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who folded for Rose or left a kind word.

Your generosity is wonderful!

Great stuff!

I was able to contribute 33 to 35k ppd for the first 10 days or so. I am going to continue to donate about 7k ppd for the foreseeable future.

God bless the Smitheman family.

And then there was this.Very sad indeed.

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1438442

Edit: F_T see my pm.

Thanks for helping spread the news of Gordon's passing.

I am inspired by what Gordon once did. At MaximumPC I occasionally make posts taking notice of fellow teammate's accomplishments, something Gordon initiated years ago, only he did so on a much grander scale. A number of our folders have said he was the reason they began folding to begin with after stumbling into our forum, or he was the reason they continued after trying it and getting a warm welcome when Gordon noticed a new member in the EOC stats.

His contributions to folding far exceed the points he generated with his computers. He is missed greatly.

A final word, so please pardon my interruption (TL/DR version at the bottom of the post):

We at MaximumPC are still mourning the losses of our teammate, Gordon Smitheman, and his wife, Rose.
For those who did not know him, Gordon spent countless hours drumming up enthusiasm about folding.
He did so not only in our forum, but also visiting other teams to congratulate them on their achievements.
The folding he encouraged out of others far exceeded that which he was capable of himself.

Our representative on the Donor Advisory Board, Michael McCord MD, has proposed a memorial
to Gordon and Rose as Global Ambassadors of the F@H project.
Dr. Vijay Pande has given his full approval.

This memorial is a fund established to purchase a server for Stanford University's Folding@home project.
Donations from US taxpayers will be tax deductible, since Stanford is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
The server, which will have an address similar to gordonandrosesmitheman.stanford.edu, will assign WUs to donors.
We believe Gordon would be pleased we are paying tribute to him with something that benefits all folders.

This is a means for our team to pay respect to someone who gave so much of his self to our team and folding.
We are not asking anyone from other teams to donate, but merely extending the opportunity to those that wish to.
This is ENTIRELY voluntary.

According to Dr. Pande:

Dr. Pande provided details on how to donate to this fund:
If anyone has further questions, they may contact Dr. McCord at MaximumPC
http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/memb...rofile&u=26849
or Dr. Pande at Stanford University. Please be aware Dr. Pande is dealing with
a family illness at this time and the preference would be to contact Dr. McCord.


TL/DR Version
What: Memorial fund in Gordon & Rose Smitheman's name to purchase a server for Stanford University
Participation: ENTIRELY voluntary
Benefit for you: Tax deductible donation to non-profit organization
Benefit for folding: Another server to assign WUs to F@H donors
Donate by check: Send to Stanford University with "Folding@Home Computing Project Gift Fund" on the memo line
Donate by credit card: https://pgnet.stanford.edu/give/home...lose&olc=10266
Stanford Donation FAQ: http://giving.stanford.edu/get/layou...ls#HowCanIGive

DONATION STATUS UPDATE
Maximum PC's Donor Advisory Board member posted this in our forum late this afternoon:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael McCord MD Received word from Dr. Pande today that as of the last 5 weeks we have globally raised a Grand Total of $33,302.89!!!!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE THANKS TO EVERYONE G WOULD BE PLEASED AND HUMBLED

We don't know how much was MaxPC's donations and how much was from other teams, nor does it matter. It was all from one big folding team.
AWESOME! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!

That's fantastic news about the fund. Thanks for the update.

The polls are open!
Thanks to the very generous donations to the F@H server fund in Gordon Smitheman's memory, Dr. Pande is purchasing 2 servers for the project.
As mentioned before, they will be dedicated to issuing and receiving work units for folders everywhere.
Dr. Pande is allowing us to name the server addresses.
We at MaximumPC held nominations for server name options, but would like to extend an invitation to the final voting for the server addresses.
One will be named in honor of Gordon, the second will be named in honor of his beloved wife, Rose, who preceded him in death by only a couple of months.
There are two poll threads and both will be open until noon on April 20th. Links (or URLs) are below.

The Gordon Poll: http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/view...?f=32&t=137918
The Rose Poll: http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/view...?f=32&t=137919