2025s

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). August 27, 2025 **Attending:**Sanket Verma, Andy Terrel, Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Jim Weiss, Mridul Seth **Executive Director: **Rachel Kerestes **Not attending: ** Information: Election Committee Member Commits Mridul Seth Katrina Riehl Andrea Gomez Vargas Rachel Kerestes Jim Weiss (staff support) 4 additional invites out Discussion Items: »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). August 21, 2025 **Attending:**Sanket Verma, Andy Terrel, Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Jim Weiss **Executive Director: **Rachel Kerestes **Not attending: ** Mridul Seth Discussion Items: Updates Welcome, Rachel! Election Committee Suppose to have a board rep on the election committee Bylaws said that there needed to be a board rep. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). August 13, 2025 Attending: Mridul Seth, Sanket Verma, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: **Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz Discussion Items: Two Sigma contact - no, no one has one Rachel onboarding Initial priorities Election Committee Suppose to have a board rep on the election committee Setting the Election Schedule Board election process - documentation and tracking election-committee. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). August 6, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Sanket Verma, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: ** Discussion Items: Updates There are too many owners on the NF Github account. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). July 30, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Sanket Verma **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: **Andy Terrel Discussion Items: Mid Year Budget Review Finance Committee re-forecasted where we think we’re going to be by EOY. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). July 22, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: **Sanket Verma Discussion Items: Updates PyData Charter - Sanket is our representative and things are moving. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). July 16, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Sanket Verma, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: ** Discussion Items: Q2/midyear report released to Board Timeline: Sent report to Finance Committee and staff yesterday for review. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). July 2, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Sanket Verma, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: ** Discussion Items: Executive Director Recommendation Discussion and Vote Resolution: Accept Hiring committee recommendation and give Julie authority to negotiate on our behalf for the hire. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). June 25, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Sanket Verma, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: ** Discussion Items: Hiring update SDG Board Resolution Discussion We will need to pass a resolution by the Board to restrict the listed funds in the attached document per the purposes and projects designated in the list (required) Note that this resolution will be for past funds We will need to have one motion to cover them all. »

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Admin 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”). June 18, 2025 **Attending: **Julie Hollek, Sanket Verma, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Jim Weiss **Not attending: ** Discussion Items: Statutory reporting Internal controls GAAP - standardized reporting across industry. »