Egad has it been a year already? I would like to stay.
I agree with Martin that we need to redouble our efforts to obtain contributions in exchange for bounties, as there have been none so far. Posts in relevant newsgroups is a good idea. I can post to the feyncalc mailing list. Would that be too much of a faux pas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Axiom Developers; > > The Axiom Foundation was established approximately 1 year ago to > promote the development and maintenance of the open source version > of Axiom through the dispersement of donations to support Axiom- > related projects and through the Award Of Bounties. > > > Foundation Membership > > The original plan > > ( see http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomFoundation ) > > selected three registered Axiom Developers (Bob McElrath, > Camm Maguire and Martin Rubey) as the initial members of the > committee. The idea is that these 3 people will make decisions > for the Foundation for a 1 year renewable term, therfore now > is probably a good time to ask the current members if they wish > to continue their membership and if necessary ask for new > volunteers for this position. My hope is that at most 1 member > might not wish to renew, in which case someone new can step > forward for their turn and in this way we will establish > some continuity of membership. (Please don't everyone say they > want to resign at once! :) Or perhaps the current memebers > are satisfied to continue for one more year? > > > Foundation Projects > > So far, I think it is fair to say that membership in the Axiom > Foundation has not involved any difficult decisions or an undue > amount of time. There was only a very low level of free donations > to Axiom (see report below) and so no decisions about actual > Award of Bounties have been made yet this year. Of course we can > all hope that the level of interest in Axiom continues to rise > and that sooner or later a large donor or a corporate sponsor > will appear to make the work of the Foundation much more > interesting. > > This year at least I think we can be proud that Axiom did > receive some serious support from Google through the Summer of > Code project. I think it would be great if we can repeat this > next year in an even bigger way. > > > Donations Received > > Since November 15, 2004 the Axiom Foundation has received > donations from the following sources: > > Donations via PayPal: 3 donors total: $260.07 USD > Donations via E-gold: 1 donor total: $9.88 USD * > Donation via personal check: 1 donor total: $100.00 USD > Revenue via Axiom Gear sales at CafePress > 3 orders Gross: $59.95 Net: $30.00 USD ** > > Total $499.87 USD > > Notes: * Includes e-gold transaction. > ** Revenue is 30% to 50% of sales depending on item. > > I can provide a detailed list of transactions to Axiom Foundation > members on request. > > > Conclusions > > Well, I think this has been an exciting year for Axiom developers > and Axiom users based on the monthly statistics on the number of > accesses to the Axiom web site, downloads of Axiom and of the > Axiom Book as well as the continued steady exchange of email > messages via the email lists. But unfortunately this excitement > has not yet resulted in a significant level of donations. In > spite of this, I think it might be a good idea for the Foundation > to consider some dispersement of the current balance towards 1 or > more bounties as originally planned. > > > Summary of Recommendations > > 1) Open invitations to (re)new Axiom Foundation memberships. > > 2) Receive proposals for Award of Bounties. > > > ---------- > > If anyone has any questions about this report or would like to > comment or make recommendations please ask either via this email > list or in private if you wish. > > Sincerely, > Bill Page > (as acting Secretary to the Axiom Foundation) -- Cheers, Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics] "In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms." -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)
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