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Minutes of SunPy Board Meeting 20150921
21st September 2015
- Vote on new member (Kevin Reardon)
- SunPy and numfocus
- Update on student projects
- the dev community
- funding opportunities
- Lead developer
- SunPy transparency
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
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It is proposed to add a new member to the SunPy Board - Kevin Reardon. Kevin is part of the DKIST team.
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DKIST project is already invested/interested in Python.
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It is noted that under current rules the board size cannot exceed 10 people. Kevin would be the 10th board member.
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as an aside, a number of board members terms are due to expire on 31st December 2015. Those members are Andy, Russell and Stuart
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Vote proceeds on appointment of Kevin Reardon as a SunPy board member: 7-0 (1 abstention) in favour of Kevin joining the SunPy Board
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Russell departs
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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.
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Steven departs
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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.
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Meeting adjourns