15 November 2023

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”).

November 15, 2023

Attending: Sylvain Corlay, Logan Kilpatrick, James Powell, Rosie Pongracz, Larry Gray, Katrina Riehl

Executive Director: Leah Silen

Not attending:

Weekly Updates:

• Board Weekly Updates

• Any website updates?

Discussion Items:

• Project townhall: DRAFT - Project Town Hall Presentation

  • Notes from NumFOCUS-LF-Jupyter Calls

  • Feedback needed on how to shape this narrative

  • We need to lay out a path for NF to support growth of the ecosystem into the future

  • Do we want to detail 2 or 3 options that we're exploring?

• Can we rebrand NumFOCUS to the Open Source Science Foundation

• Revised 2024 budget to account for hiring needs around project fundraising