Dec 05, 2025#

Attendees:

Seema, Nabil Freij, Benjamin Leff

Observers:

Claudia Alvarado, Addo Davies Jr., Nicole Foster, Kari Hall

Apologies:

Irfan Alibay, Mridul Seth, Arliss Collins, Andy Terrel

Agenda#

  • Previous Action Items

  • Nabil has access to ACCESS, so we can start using that. He needs to understand how to use it though.

  • Volunteer Policy - Please sign by Dec. 15th

    • 2 out of 5 received from the committee

  • Joining Zulip

    • Access here: https://numfocus.zulipchat.com

      Click “Forgot Password” and enter the email associated with your Slack account or use the Google login if you previously used your Google account for Slack.

    • Email help@numfocus.org if you have trouble

Discussion#

  • We have access to ACCESS.

    • We need to work out how to give out access to projects and to what projects are asked.

    • Nabil recalls a survey which was sent out and will try to find it.

  • ASV Benchmarking Costs

    • Addo has created a document which he will share with Astropy.

    • Nabil suggested at those prices to look at other cloud platforms which provide dedicated servers for less.

  • Nabil will be stepping down from the committee at the end of the year. He is not engaging with the open-source community anymore and feels it is best to have someone who is active within the broader community.

Action items#

  • Upload meeting notes to repo Nabil Freij

  • Create an issue template for ACCESS to help Alex and others manage on numfocus/infrastructure Nabil Freij

  • Find which projects wanted ACCESS access and contact them to give them accounts Nabil Freij

  • Figure out how to renew the project as I don’t think we will use all the credits in time. No cost extension? Might be worth emailing Alex about it. Nabil Freij

  • Give Addo access to ACCESS Nabil Freij