+1 On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 5:45 PM Hartmut Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 >
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