31 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 31, 2024

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

Executive Director: Leah Silen

Observers: Katrina Riehl

Not attending:

Consent Agenda

Vote/Approval Needed CZI requested grant support for two projects they would like to fund in EOSS Cycle 6. The first is Micro-Manager (400k award), one of our Affiliated Projects, and the second is Bactopia (150k), which is not applying to become an Affiliated or Sponsored project. Both projects will be under a pre-approved/grantor-grantee fiscal sponsorship agreement for the duration of their grant only.

Vote to approve: 4-0-0

Discussion and Vote

  1. Q2 Project Applications

  2. Election Committee Update

  3. Gathering Project Input

  4. Board Blog Series

  5. NF EU: Vote to remove the resolution to require a member of the US entity being on the EU entity (which is dormant), motioned by Sylvain Corlay, seconded by Logan Kilpatrick, vote approved 4-0-0