22 March 2024

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”).

March 22, 2024

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

Executive Director: Leah Silen

Guest Advisor: Andy Terrel

Not attending:

Consent Agenda

1. Katrina Riehl's Move to Advisory Council Member

   a. Vote approved 5-0-1

2. CoC Working Group Charter - DRAFT - CoC WG Charter

   a. Vote approved 6-0-0

3. Election Committee Charter - Amended Version Proposed by Committee

   a. Vote approved 6-0-0

Discussion Items

1. Formation of the C6 - Part I

   a. Naming

   i.  Open Source Scientific Alliance (there is already an Open
       Science Alliance) - OSSA
   
   ii. [Open Source Science Alliance]{.mark}
   
   iii. Open Source Scientific Computing Alliance - OSSCA
   
   iv. Open Source Science Consortium - OSSC
   
   v.  Open Source Scientific Association - OSSA
   
   vi. ~~NumFOCUSv6~~
   

   b. Domains:

   i.  OpenSourceScience.org
   
   ii. openscience.org
   
   iii. https://osssf.org
   

   c. Logan will make a large list of available domains and such

   i.  Leading candidate is Open Source Science Alliance /
       Foundation
   
   ii. Pending an available domain
   

2. Implementation of Technical and Administrative Boards

   a. Proposing 5 members on each board. The Bylaws will need to be amended

   b. Options

   i.  Technical Board as an Executive Committee under our Bylaws, or
   
   ii. Amend Bylaws to include a description and the responsibilities
       of each board
   
       1.  Should both boards share some responsibilities?