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Minutes of SunPy Board Meeting 20150921

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Date of Meeting

21st September 2015

Agenda

  • Vote on new member (Kevin Reardon)
  • SunPy and numfocus
  • Update on student projects
  • the dev community
  • funding opportunities
  • Lead developer
  • SunPy transparency

Attendance

Present: Steven Christe (Chair), David Perez-Suarez (Vice-Chair), Andrew Inglis (Secretary), Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, Albert Shih, Stuart Mumford, Jack Ireland, Russell Hewett. Absent: Tom Robitaille

Meeting Notes

  • It is proposed to add a new member to the SunPy Board - Kevin Reardon. Kevin is part of the DKIST team.

    • DKIST project is already invested/interested in Python.

    • It is noted that under current rules the board size cannot exceed 10 people. Kevin would be the 10th board member.

    • as an aside, a number of board members terms are due to expire on 31st December 2015. Those members are Andy, Russell and Stuart

    • Vote proceeds on appointment of Kevin Reardon as a SunPy board member: 7-0 (1 abstention) in favour of Kevin joining the SunPy Board

  • Discussion on Numfocus

    • Numfocus could provide a fiscal mechanism for dealing with SunPy as a distinct entity (i.e. funding/donations).
    • SunPy must act to further the tax-exempt goals of Numfocus. SunPy would become part of numfocus and they would be our legal entity.
    • Some questions on how would this work in terms of grant applications. Need some clarification.
    • the Board needs more time to research numfocus. Steven suggests we plan a vote for the next meeting.
    • Russell suggests there should be public consultation with the wider SunPy community.

  • Student projects

    • David wants to discuss how we can improve our mentorship of summer students. Skip this for now and address at a Dev meeting instead.

  • Dev community

    • Community has been quiet since 0.6 release. Seems that there are new members of the community who need more active support.
    • issue is that most of the current developers are short of time. Need to make sure to encourage newer members.

  • Lead Developer

    • Albert volunteers to step down as Lead Developer due to lack of time.
    • Vote on re-installing Stuart as lead developer: 6-0 in favour (2 abstentions). Stuart is the new Lead Developer.

  • Russell departs

  • Meeting transparency

    • under current rules, board meetings are semi-private, but people should be able to come and observe.
    • Stuart suggests better advertising that Board meetings are happening, so people can know when to request attendance.
    • distribute info to the main sunpy lists, but not things like solar news
    • no need to have videos online.

  • Steven departs

  • Funding opportunities

    • Jack and Steven will be talking to Michael Hesse next week about funding for SunPy. Michael Hesse is the Heliophyics Division Director at Goddard.

  • Meeting adjourns

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