Overview

NOTE: I’m in the process of moving most of this documentation to the NumFOCUS Wiki.

Why? Good question. Couple of reasons:

• The main reason I put all of this documentation on GitHub in the first place is because NumFOCUS didn’t have a public wiki. It does now.
• I want to encourage people to contribute to the documentation I write. I think contributing via the wiki has fewer barriers to entry. Since we’ve enabled VisualEditor you don’t need to know markdown or git.
• Mediawiki, the software that powers the NumFOCUS wiki offers powerful tools for structuring content. This will matter more and more as we improve our public-facing documentation.

If you were relying on GitHub notifications to know when I posted something here, I apologize for breaking your workflow. Some suggestions for ways you can keep up with the Sustainability work now that most updates will go on the wiki:

• You can see the most recent changes I’ve made on the wiki on Special:Contributions/Christie.
• You can see the most recent changes anyone has made on Special:RecentChanges.
• You can see a list of all my weekly reports here on User:Christie/Weekly Reports.
• I’ll be cross-posting my weekly reports to our Discourse forum in the Sustainability category. This effectively replicates the email and browser notifications GitHub provies if you sign-up for our Discourse and adjust your settings accordingly.

If none of those work for you, drop me a line with suggestions.

I’m also considering a proposal to enable RSS/Atom feeds for wiki content. If that’s something you’d like, voice your opinion on the issue.

What is this?

This is the home for documentation and in-progress work for NumFOCUS’s sustainability efforts led by Projects Director Christie Koehler (announcement).

Roadmap & Planning

• Roadmap (in progress)
• All-projects meeting survey results (March 2017)

Project Briefs & Proposals

• Sustainability Index
• Infrastructure Proposal
• Sustainability Workshop Oct 2017

Sustainability Advisory Board updates

• March 2017

NumFOCUS Project Overviews

In projects you’ll find a list of all projects sponsored by or affiliated with NumFOCUS. Each project’s page includes a high-level overview of the project: what it’s for, how to get involved, etc.

Misc

• Response to NSF CI 2030 DCL

How can I contribute?

Since I’m in the process of moving this documentation to the NumFOCUS Wiki, please contribute there. You’ll need to request an account if you don’t already have one.