13 July 2021
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”).
July 13, 2021
Participating:
Board Members: James Powell, Stefan van der Walt, Rosie Pongracz, Melissa Mendonça
Executive Director: Leah Silen
**Guests: **
Logan Kilpatrick
Not attending: Katrina Riehl, Sylvain Corlay, Andy Terrel
Email/Github Voting: N/A
Executive Director’s Report:
Discussion:
a. Approval of Champions Circle Committee Charter (Fundraising)
Ravin Kumar as VP: Approved 4/0/0
b. Officers
i. Secretary:
Officially re-evaluate in August, in the meantime, board
members will work collaboratively on the meeting minutes.
c. Meeting time/day and frequency
i. Conversation around switching meeting times regularly to
distribute the burden
ii. Record the meetings? The meetings are confidential, so likely no;
instead schedule a re-cap with James or Leah
iii. New poll, extended times, hopefully this will help us find a
new slot.
d. NumFOCUS Summit, initial discussions