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”). September 24, 2025 **Attending:**Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Andy Terrel **Executive Director: **Rachel Kerestes **Not attending: ** Sanket Verma Discussion Items: Updates Rachel discussed her 1 month memo with the board Election Committee Have enough people so things can start rolling To start the process ASAP. »

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”). September 10, 2025 **Attending:**Sanket Verma, Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Mir Mueller, Jim Weiss, **Executive Director: **Rachel Kerestes **Not attending: ** Andy Terrel Information: Topics for a future meeting: Sept 17 -> Rachel’s 1 month memo Fundraising Meeting minutes Philosophy & Legal requirements What was discussed, decision points reached, resolutions voted on Public vs “executive session” 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”). September 2, 2025 **Attending:**Sanket Verma, Julie Hollek, Rosie Pongracz, Mridul Seth, Mir Mueller **Executive Director: **Rachel Kerestes **Not attending: ** Jim Weiss, Andy Terrel Information: Topics for a future meeting: 2026 budget process Fundraising 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 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. »