Minutes of SunPy Board Meeting 20170214
14th February 2017
Present: Steven Christe (Chair), David Perez-Suarez (Vice-Chair), Andrew Inglis (Secretary), Albert Shih, Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, Stuart Mumford, Russell Hewett, Kevin Reardon, Jack Ireland
Absent: Tom Robitaille
- NumFOCUS
- Board membership
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Discussion continues about joining NumFocus:
- NumFocus has provided an updated Financial Sponsorship Agreement (FSA). This agreement sets all current SunPy board members as the steering committee for the NumFocus project.
- This means that any new Board members must also join the steering committee, entering into a legal agreement.
- people sign the FSA as individuals (i.e. not on behalf of institutions)
- SunPy would become a legal entity under NumFocus.
- transfers ownership of SunPy to NumFocus.
- Trademark would transfer to NumFocus
- If individuals win grants to work on SunPy e.g. through NSF or NASA, that money does not have to go through NumFocus, it can go through e.g. a university. So it would not affect our ability to win grants to work on SunPy related code/projects.
- Steven suggests that joining NumFocus should be a unanimous decision by all board members
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Board votes on whether decision on the NumFocus agreement has to be unanimous, and that vote shall take place by email. Result is 9-0 in favour.
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Board membership:
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Some current Board members have expired terms.
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Board votes in favour to hold an email vote for renewal of current Board members with expired terms.
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Kevin departs.
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Russ says he is willing to step down from the Board, although it is pointed out that he has the most computational background of the current membership.
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Potential new board members are Sabrina Savage (NASA/MSFC) and Monica Bobra (Stanford).
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Albert suggests that at a future meeting the performance of the Board is discussed, e.g. whether the Board is doing an adequate job of moving SunPy forward.
Meeting adjourns.
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