06 December 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”).
December 6, 2023
Attending: Sylvain Corlay (late), Logan Kilpatrick, Larry Gray, Katrina Riehl
Executive Director: Leah Silen
Not attending: Rosie Pongracz, James Powell
Consent Agenda
Vote/Approval Needed
(Approval) Overview of awarded Round 3 Small Development Grants - 2023 Round 3 SDG
a. Vote to approve 3-1-0
Updates
Board Weekly Updates
Quantstack has donated $75,000 and will become a Principal Corporate Sponsor. The funds will cover most of NF's 40% portion of the JupyterCon deficit.
A reminder of the Advisory Council Meeting Wednesday at 1:00pm CT. Navigating NumFOCUS's Strategic Growth and Direction is our main item. We'll use a few slides from the Project Town Hall slide deck.
a. Discuss LF with advisory council
CZI EOSS 6 Project Applications
a. This is for conditional acceptance, dependent on the project's CZI proposal being accepted/awarded.
b. Projects need to be reviewed by the board
Discussion Items
Continued strategic planning
a. Operational Tasks Split
b. Communications - staff, Advisory Council
c. Budget
Elections - timeline
a. Board Elections 2023 - DRAFT
b. Elect 3 new members “now” so they can work with the members who are rolling off in 2024 and take advantage of their experience and perspectives.
AI Alliance
Huawei Donation