20 Jun 2018

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of NumFOCUS. All votes are reported in the form “(Y/N/A)” (in favor-Y‚ opposed-N‚ abstentions-A; e.g. “4-1-2” means “4 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2 abstentions”).

Participating: Lorena Barba, Andy Terrel, Jennifer Klay, Leah Silen

Not Attending: Ralf Gommers, Didrik Pinte

Approval of Minutes from last meeting: Not done

Items Voted on by Email: -

Treasurer’s Report: -

Executive Director’s Report: -

Discussion Items

1. JuMP’s application for fiscal sponsorship

Approved (3/0/0). Note: 1 additional approval via email.

2. NumFOCUS EU update

Tabled

3. Lorena’s idea for a NumFOCUS branded Open edX site

• Lorena’s platform at GW: https://openedx.seas.gwu.edu
• Lorena’s blog post explaining what Open edX is: https://www.class-central.com/report/whats-open-edx/
• Blog post on recent integrations: Jupyter-based courses in Open edX: Authoring and grading with notebooks

4. Corporate Sponsorship Prospectus

The Corporate Sponsorship Prospectus is ready to be reviewed.