22 May 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”).
May 22, 2024
Attending: Sylvain Corlay, Larry Gray, Logan Kilpatrick, James Powell, Rosie Pongracz
Executive Director: Leah Silen
Observers: Katrina Riehl
Not attending:
Discussion: Status of the board blog post series
Discussion and Vote: Board structure and bylaws amendments
Establish a technical steering committee with 7 people who are elected by the community, a technical steering committee. Motion by Larry, Second by Logan.
Vote: 5-0-0. Board will move forward with 7 seats for the upcoming election. 4 seats will be open on the administrative board.
Vote: approved 4-1-0
Discussion: Status of the election committee
Discussion: EU status update
Discussion and Vote: Bylaws update, 6 year limit
Vote: No vote. Board decided to let the future seated board decide whether they should change this.