22 January 2025

Minutes of a Special 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”).

January 22, 2025

Attending: Sanket Verma (TSC Rep), Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel (late) Executive Director: Leah Silen Observer: Not attending: Logan Kilpatrick, Larry Gray

Discussion Items:

1. Budget

   • Presentation by Leah

2. Start slack threads in the admin_board_2025 for topics to discuss async.

3. [Tabled] DISCover Cookbook

4. [Tabled] Joint Board Retreat/Strategic Planning Session(s)

5. [Tabled] Social Media Posts - Feedback received from community members on material posted/reposted on personal accounts

6. [Tabled] Follow ups

   • Election committee
   • Admin Board election ratification
   • Hiring committee check-in
     • Draft of charter
     • Compiling hiring plan
       • Short list
       • Hiring firms
     • Need advisory board member, staff
   • Additional board members needed; need to move quickly if pulling from recent election

7. [Tabled] Project Tracker board in the meeting notes.

**Resolutions: **