Thanks for the input, bendsley. I'm not going to start out with a massive plan in the beginning for such a large endeavour, but I'll be aware of what you said...that small projects can often turn into huge undertakings. I don't really have the money right now to buy a few gigs from a really nice company...who knows...maybe I'll just start out by seeding the first few torrents from my own computer before I get donations...although that's probably not going to work, for my dad'll probably notice the Internet slow-down (HS senior living at home, here)!
He's gotten suspicious in the past...