+1 Thanks for the initiative!
Adrian Lemoine <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 15. Mai 2020, 02:53: > +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 >> > _______________________________________________ > hpx-pmc mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.cct.lsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpx-pmc >
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