Sorry John, I took your reaction on IRC as assent. I'll try to be more patient next time.
Thanks! Regards Hartmut --------------- http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx > -----Original Message----- > From: Biddiscombe, John A. <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:40 AM > To: Simberg Mikael <[email protected]>; 'Thomas Heller' > <[email protected]>; 'Adrian Lemoine' <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {Spam?} Re: [hpx-pmc] Sponsorship > > +1 - late, but since we weren't even given 24 hours to respond before the > trigger was pulled .... > > (email is so 1980's ....) > > JB > ________________________________________ > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:hpx-pmc- > [email protected]> on behalf of Hartmut Kaiser > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 15 May 2020 15:43:50 > To: Simberg Mikael; 'Thomas Heller'; 'Adrian Lemoine' > Cc: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: {Spam?} Re: [hpx-pmc] Sponsorship > > > > So is this going to be "mainly HPX", or "only HPX" (the opencollective > > page is for HPX)? > > Good point, will fix. There is no way on github to apply for sosorship for > a > single project only, one can only apply for an organization (no idea why). > I > wasn't sure how to explicitly refer to the HPX project while applying for > the STE||AR-GROUP organization. > > > And I suppose the millions will be linked to Harmut's > > STE||AR account? I'm more than happy with that, just prefer to have it > > explicitly said if that's the case :) > > I wish ;-) However, the money will be handled by the Open Collective > Organization. They will reimburse or pay invoices based on explicit > requests. > > > Is "mediocratic" rather than "meritocratic" > > intentional? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mediocracy > > ;) > > It's a typo, thanks for noticing! > > Thanks! > Regards Hartmut > --------------- > http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu > https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx > > > > > > > Thanks for Hartmut for doing this! > > ________________________________________ > > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:hpx-pmc- > > mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of Thomas Heller > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 3:23:48 PM > > To: Adrian Lemoine > > Cc: mailto:[email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hpx-pmc] Sponsorship > > > > +1 > > > > Thanks for the initiative! > > > > Adrian Lemoine <mailto:[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 15. > Mai > > 2020, 02:53: > > +1 > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 5:45 PM Hartmut Kaiser > > <mailto:[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? > > -- > > http://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 <mailto:[email protected]>, hkaiser > > - Mikael Simberg <mailto:[email protected]>, msimberg > > - John Biddiscombe <mailto:[email protected]>, biddisco > > - Thomas Heller <mailto:[email protected]>, sithhell > > - Adrian Lemoine <mailto:[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 > > mailto:[email protected] > > https://mail.cct.lsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpx-pmc > > _______________________________________________ > > hpx-pmc mailing list > > mailto:[email protected] > > https://mail.cct.lsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpx-pmc
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