MILESTONE: UBT is now the #1 UK Team on SETI

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:20 pm

Hi all,

Just wanted to announce the fantastic news: that as of 7:50pm tonight, UBT officially became the #1 ranked UK Team on SETI project.

Since we started this particular "quest", back on 4th May 2006, it's been a great challenge to our Team to overcome the approx 2 million credit difference between us and the team that was in 1st place.

And it hasn't been easy. The WU's have become more difficult to crunch, and the need for faster CPU's has meant that some PC's are now no longer up to the task....!

But thanks to our intrepid Team of members, (of whom I am immensley proud) we've now achieved this fantastic result.

I am sure that, collectively, we can each feel proud of the accomplishment and I'd like to sincerely thank every Team member for their valued contribution - whether you are crunching for SETI or any another project.

Now let's see about attaining the #1 UK ranking position on EVERY other project - we've already done it on 15 projects so far....over to you.

with best regards

Tim

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:22 pm

Roll on more good times :ogre:

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:58 pm

I notice that we seem to be gathering new members rather rapidly, nothing like a bit of success to spur people on to join, eh?

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:23 pm

Jeffers wrote:I notice that we seem to be gathering new members rather rapidly, nothing like a bit of success to spur people on to join, eh?

Yup - we've had some momentum until now, and the membership has increased significantly over the past, say, 6-8 months.

But until quite recently, the increase has really been in "fits and starts" with no apparent cause.

But with UBT now being the UK #1 ranked Team in 14 of the projects, and #2 in at least another 12, there's a really good opportunity for the Team to substantially increase it's membership.

Personally, I've set myself a target and I would hope that we'd have at least 2,000+ members, maybe by the middle to end of next year.....as I'm sure there's an awful lot of UK crunchers "out there" who haven't joined a team yet.....!

And then we can really make a difference and REALLY help the projects....so far, we're just muddying the water with our contribution - we're doing a MILLION credits every 10 days or so at present.

But imagine if we had 5-10 times the membership: we *could* be generating a MILLION Credits a DAY...

regards

Tim

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:24 pm

Well best get some promo staff then

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:27 pm

just out of curiosity Tim, who was the 1st person to join UBT (after yourself or course)

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:27 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Well best get some promo staff then

Think you mean "stuff" - otherwise, if you mean some promo girls, in ra-ra skirts, just point me in the right direction....

Otherwise, it's all in hand - wanted to wait for this evening's events to actually "happen" before making the announcement.

I know it's been hinted at before, but I'm "that close" to getting everything sorted...

regards,

Tim

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:29 pm

I mean staff although stuff is good too.

Need one or two people who want to promote the team throughout BOINC and also away from BOINC

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:55 pm

Temujin wrote:just out of curiosity Tim, who was the 1st person to join UBT (after yourself or course)

Err.......can I remember that far back?......I'm not sure to be honest.

And unfortunately, the projects don't email the "team founder" when someone joins up - and the list of members is not in "team joining date order" either....

I found a list of SETI members as of 15th Sep 2005, when we had 73 members, including your good self. (The team was started on SETI first, and then rolled out to other projects as they went "live").

But before then, it's pretty much "lost in the vagaries of time"....!

regards,

Tim

For info purposes, the original 73 members crunching on SETI (in Sept 2005) were:

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Adam
Adrian Walsh
Alan Kelly
Anders Rydell
Andy Davies / mr.kurtz
Andy Gray / Andy / Fatbloke
AndyA_UK
Banit
Bhxstar / BhxStar / bhxegbb
Bill Hounslow
Bob Browett
Bob the Skutter / Stephen Wray
Carl
carlmc29670
Cheops / cheops
clive butcher
Concept1001
Coritani
Dale Wain
danthespam
dargo99
DarkStar
Dave Irish
Deanosaur / deanosaur1962
deeks
Deity
doj
Duane Harrison
DukeDave
Evildragon256
Falco
Fatbob
frances / Frances
Francis McDermott
GRTW
James Hernon
jaysback
Jeffie
Juan_Pablo
Mafriki
Marc
Matt
MichaelM
Mikeejones1
Myddrak
nelson
pc4084
Penny Q
pincher
PUGHtonyum
Ray Woods
Richard Ford
Rob147147 / Rob
Robert Boon
Rusty
Seppi Evans
serial / Serial
Steve Clarke
Timewave
tnelson
UBT - AJS
UBT - Andrea / UBT- -Andrea
UBT - Gavin Cooper / Gavin Cooper
UBT - Graham Pike
UBT - Granville / Granville
UBT - Ian Murray
UBT - Inspiration
UBT - JAHill
UBT - Lee
UBT - Steve Taylor
UBT - Timbo
UBT Peter Moore

UPDATE:

And I found my list of SETI members, who by 29th April 2005, had already LEFT the Team.....see if you recognise anybody?

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Alex B2 >> seti.uk (still there!)
Pinarius >> no team
Roger Clark >> lookers (still there!)
Tarazed >> Ocuk - Overclockers UK (still there!)
Dazza >> lookers  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :roll: 
Doc Dave >> lookers (still there!)
RUDI TAPPER >> University of Glasgow (no team now)
Steve Marshall >> no team

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:58 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:I mean staff although stuff is good too.

Need one or two people who want to promote the team throughout BOINC and also away from BOINC

Hmmm....staff = overheads = money...!
And the Team doesn't generate any income, as it's not a business.

So, am not sure "staff" is the right description.
Maybe "volunteers" might be a better word.....?

In which case: My door is open - anyone want to "volunteer" themselves as "Marketing Person".

regards

Tim

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:12 am

How did I manage that?

Don't remember joining the team that early! I know I joined the forum 15th March 2006 at 19:07. I thought I joined the team around the same time.

Ah, just realised it's not that far back - just over a year. Must've been around the same time that the original SETI client finished? No, that was December 2005! :dontknow:

Memory like a sieve! Be needing one of these :director: soon as well then!

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:18 am

Volunteer sounds rubbish staff is much better, no one said staff need to be paid money or anything at all, its just yourself who assumed that.

You never hear of promotions volunteer its always promotions staff

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:48 am

UBT - Timbo wrote:For info purposes, the original 73 members crunching on SETI (in Sept 2005) were:

I think I joined Feb 2005 and there's a good number of those names I recognise as being here before me

And I found my list of SETI members, who by 29th April 2005, had already LEFT the Team.....see if you recognise anybody?
Dazza >> lookers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tsch

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:03 am

What can I say?
Everyone deserves a second chance. Just because I made a mistake when I was younger it shouldn't be held against me forever.

It'll never happen again, honest

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:49 am

BOINCStats incremental update

Say no more!

the original 73 members crunching on SETI (in Sept 2005)

Just realised that's nearly a 10-fold increase in just over a year! Now, if that could be done again....

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:39 am

UBT - Mikeejones wrote:Just realised that's nearly a 10-fold increase in just over a year!

Well, not quite 10! - more like 6½ really (from 79 to 520 SETI members)

Actual Total Team membership has gone from EDIT: 232 (back in Nov 2005) crunching on 13 projects to over 700 crunching on 33 projects.

So, that's an approximate quadrupling of our membership in a year.

regards

Tim