All,
I would like to apply with github for the STE||AR-Group (mainly project HPX) to become a sponsorship organization (i.e. being able to receive donations). This requires to answer a lot of questions, one of them whether all decision makers are on board with the idea of receiving sponsorships. I forgot to ask today during the PMC meeting, so I'm asking here: does everybody would agree to this? I already applied with the OpenSource Collective to act as a formal organization receiving the donations for us (for a cut of 10% they do all the paperwork, taxes, etc.) - see https://opencollective.com/hpx. Please register with them so I can add your names as contributors to that page. Here is the list of questions they ask and some suggested answers (please add/comment/remove if needed): What is the website for your organization? -- hpx.stellar-group.org What are your organization's objectives and core values? -- The STE||AR Group is an international team of researchers who understand that a new approach to parallel computation is needed. How will your organization allocate the funds you receive from this sponsorship? -- We plan to use the funds received through sponsorship to support the HPX project (mainly), covering costs for continuous integration (and similar) cloud services, reimburse expenses for equipment needed, support developer contributions (bug fixes, new feature development), buy t-shirts :-) (we give those out for first time contributors), etc. How are decisions like "what to do with funding?" made in your organization? For example, do you have a single final decision maker, do you operate on consensus, do you take a vote, etc. Please detail your process and give a past example of that process in action. -- The HPX project is the main project supported by the STE||AR Group. It is structured around a mediocratic governance model (https://hpx.stellar-group.org/documents/governance/). Final decisions will be made by the project management committee (PMC) based on proposals from the community. The meets regularly (see https://hpx.stellar-group.org/documents/hpx-pmc-meeting-notes/) to discuss current issues and lay out a roadmap for the foreseeable future. Are all of the key decision-makers onboard with the idea of this project or organization receiving funding through GitHub Sponsors? Please provide all of their names, emails, and GitHub handles. -- Yes, all decisions makers (PMC members) are on board: - Hartmut Kaiser <[email protected]>, hkaiser - Mikael Simberg <[email protected]>, msimberg - John Biddiscombe <[email protected]>, biddisco - Thomas Heller <[email protected]>, sithhell - Adrian Lemoine <[email protected]>, aserio What developers are in your core development team but not a key decision-maker for whether or not the group receives funding? Please provide all of their names, emails, and GitHub handles. -- TBD - Auriane, Agustin, Bryce Collectively, how many hours per week does your core team work on open source projects associated with this organization, and on what kind of work do you spend that time? This can be a rough estimate. -- TBD Nonprofit status (don't worry, this is not a requirement to be in the program; we just need to know for tax purposes). -- No, this organization does not have nonprofit status Thanks! Regards Hartmut --------------- http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx _______________________________________________ hpx-pmc mailing list [email protected] https://mail.cct.lsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpx-pmc
