Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2019-07-04 Thread E. Madison Bray
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:48 PM Samuel Lelievre wrote: > > Tue 2019-06-25 19:02:56 UTC, vdelecroix: > > > > What about https://numfocus.org/? > > It would make a lot of sense for SageMath to seek fiscal sponsorship of > NumFOCUS > and of NumFOCUS-Europe when it comes into existence (which is

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2019-06-25 Thread Samuel Lelievre
Tue 2019-06-25 19:02:56 UTC, vdelecroix: > > What about https://numfocus.org/? It would make a lot of sense for SageMath to seek fiscal sponsorship of NumFOCUS and of NumFOCUS-Europe when it comes into existence (which is work in progress). The information page about NumFOCUS fiscal

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2019-06-25 Thread Vincent Delecroix
What about https://numfocus.org/? Le 25/06/2019 à 18:59, John H Palmieri a écrit : I am writing to follow up on this. The University of Washington has now stopped accepting donations to the Sage Foundation fund. People looking for ways to donate in support of Sage will need to find other

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2019-06-25 Thread John H Palmieri
I am writing to follow up on this. The University of Washington has now stopped accepting donations to the Sage Foundation fund. People looking for ways to donate in support of Sage will need to find other avenues for that, and I encourage people to create those avenues if they know how. Of

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-10-01 Thread Sylvain Corlay
Setting up the NumFOCUS EU is work in progress. We will be posting more information on it very soon. Best, Sylvain On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 5:22:53 AM UTC+2, Jason Grout wrote: > > The Europe/NumFOCUS situation would be a good thing to reach out to Andy > or Leah about. > > Jason > >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-29 Thread Jason Grout
The Europe/NumFOCUS situation would be a good thing to reach out to Andy or Leah about. Jason On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 5:10 AM Erik Bray wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:03 PM Harald Schilly > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 3:12:12 PM UTC+2, kcrisman wrote: > >> >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-29 Thread Erik Bray
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:03 PM Harald Schilly wrote: > > > > On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 3:12:12 PM UTC+2, kcrisman wrote: >> >> Certainly R and probably other similar mathematical FLOSS does have >> foundations... > > > I just came across this thread. Many years ago I had the idea to

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-28 Thread Harald Schilly
On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 3:12:12 PM UTC+2, kcrisman wrote: > > Certainly R and probably other similar mathematical FLOSS does have > foundations... > I just came across this thread. Many years ago I had the idea to setup an european "sage foundation" similar to the one of R. My main

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-27 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 1:07 AM, Frédéric Chapoton wrote: > Apparently, people can "donate to the SAGE foundation" using this link : > https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift/?page=make=MATSAG > Who is in charge ? How much money is collected (I would guess almost > nothing) ? Our math

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, 18:04 Erik Bray, wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:48 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Dima Pasechnik > wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM Jeroen Demeyer > wrote: > > >> > > >> On 2018-09-24 18:00, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > >> >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread Erik Bray
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:48 PM William Stein wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > >> > >> On 2018-09-24 18:00, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > >> > Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM Jeroen Demeyer wrote: >> >> On 2018-09-24 18:00, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> > Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out >> > infamous CoC discussion fiasco we could agree it makes sense

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > On 2018-09-24 18:00, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out > > infamous CoC discussion fiasco we could agree it makes sense to get > > something in place; we can have a look at > >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2018-09-24 18:00, Dima Pasechnik wrote: Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out infamous CoC discussion fiasco we could agree it makes sense to get something in place; we can have a look at https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct and see if we can just agree to this)

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-26 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:15 PM William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Erik Bray wrote: > > 5) also might be harder than you think--or at least, even if we can > > come up with an uncontroversial list of names, it's a discussion that > > invites questions about project

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-25 Thread kcrisman
> As a practical matter, maybe the banners could both be hung up in the >> higher position? I do recall the title in the program at least one year >> being Sage and CoCalc, which would seem to respect the dual nature of the >> booth. Sorry I haven't been able to help more recently. >> > >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-25 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 4:53 AM kcrisman wrote: > > The booth tends to be about three things: >> >> - Sage >> - CoCalc >> - the Univ of Washington math grad program >> >> See attached picture from the last booth, which has the CoCalc and Sage >> banners. >> People come by and often talk with

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-25 Thread kcrisman
> The booth tends to be about three things: > > - Sage > - CoCalc > - the Univ of Washington math grad program > > See attached picture from the last booth, which has the CoCalc and Sage > banners. > People come by and often talk with us about Sage, get Sage stickers, etc. >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread William Stein
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Erik Bray wrote: > 5) also might be harder than you think--or at least, even if we can > come up with an uncontroversial list of names, it's a discussion that > invites questions about project governance. To make it easier, I would suggest that the three names

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 5:53 PM Erik Bray wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:39 PM Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 5:11 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > > > 1, 3, 4 is there or very easy to set up. 5

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:39 PM Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 5:11 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > 1, 3, 4 is there or very easy to set up. 5 should not be too hard either. > > > Perhaps the most tricky is 2

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 5:11 PM William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > 1, 3, 4 is there or very easy to set up. 5 should not be too hard either. > > Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out > > infamous CoC discussion fiasco

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:00 PM Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:40 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > I think joining NumFocus is a good idea. > > > > +1 and it doesn't preclude people/companies still donating to > >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:00 PM Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:40 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > I think joining NumFocus is a good idea. > > > > +1 and it doesn't preclude people/companies still donating to > >

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread William Stein
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > 1, 3, 4 is there or very easy to set up. 5 should not be too hard either. > Perhaps the most tricky is 2 (or perhaps not anymore, after out > infamous CoC discussion fiasco we could agree it makes sense to get > something in place; we can

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:40 PM William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > I think joining NumFocus is a good idea. > > +1 and it doesn't preclude people/companies still donating to > something at UW if they want to... there are formal things needed

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread William Stein
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > I think joining NumFocus is a good idea. +1 and it doesn't preclude people/companies still donating to something at UW if they want to... William > On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, 15:07 Erik Bray, wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:35 PM

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Dima Pasechnik
I think joining NumFocus is a good idea. On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, 15:07 Erik Bray, wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:35 PM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:12 AM, kcrisman wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 1:18:50 AM UTC-4, rjf wrote: > > >> > > >> I

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:35 PM William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:12 AM, kcrisman wrote: > > > > > > On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 1:18:50 AM UTC-4, rjf wrote: > >> > >> I assume that other research universities work about the same as at UC > >> Berkeley. Anyone can donate

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-24 Thread kcrisman
On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 1:18:50 AM UTC-4, rjf wrote: > > I assume that other research universities work about the same as at UC > Berkeley. Anyone can donate money to a professor's research activities > with a designation something like "to support Prof X's research in the > area of

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread rjf
I assume that other research universities work about the same as at UC Berkeley. Anyone can donate money to a professor's research activities with a designation something like "to support Prof X's research in the area of ABC". It is monitored by the university, but such "various donors" funds

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread John H Palmieri
That's what this discussion and the wiki page are for, right? Are you suggesting or asking for something else? John On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 11:21:28 AM UTC-7, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > IMHO it's better for a potential donor to see more info on how the > money is spent, with the

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > IMHO it's better for a potential donor to see more info on how the > money is spent, with the list of events/tasks on what the donations > are spent. An Sage project outsider won't have a clue, and might have > a feeling it goes into a

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread Dima Pasechnik
IMHO it's better for a potential donor to see more info on how the money is spent, with the list of events/tasks on what the donations are spent. An Sage project outsider won't have a clue, and might have a feeling it goes into a sinkhole rather than into well-specified meaningful activities. On

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread John H Palmieri
On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:36:52 AM UTC-7, William wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Dima Pasechnik > wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:21 AM Volker Braun > wrote: > >> > >> Afair the Sage foundation is a US non-profit with the necessary > accounting busywork

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:21 AM Volker Braun wrote: >> >> Afair the Sage foundation is a US non-profit with the necessary accounting >> busywork graciously provided by UW; So I'm sure there is similar reporting >> thats either published

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:21 AM Volker Braun wrote: > > Afair the Sage foundation is a US non-profit with the necessary accounting > busywork graciously provided by UW; So I'm sure there is similar reporting > thats either published or available to the public. > Though I've never read the

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-22 Thread Volker Braun
Afair the Sage foundation is a US non-profit with the necessary accounting busywork graciously provided by UW; So I'm sure there is similar reporting thats either published or available to the public. Though I've never read the Oberwolfach financial report ;-) On Friday, September 21, 2018 at

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-21 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 11:42 AM William Stein wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 1:07 AM Frédéric Chapoton wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Apparently, people can "donate to the SAGE foundation" using this link : >> https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift/?page=make=MATSAG >> >> which is

Re: [sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-21 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 1:07 AM Frédéric Chapoton wrote: > Hello, > > Apparently, people can "donate to the SAGE foundation" using this link : > https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift/?page=make=MATSAG > > which is advertised here : http://www.sagemath.org/development-ack.html > > Who is in

[sage-devel] sage foundation ???

2018-09-21 Thread Frédéric Chapoton
Hello, Apparently, people can "donate to the SAGE foundation" using this link : https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift/?page=make=MATSAG which is advertised here : http://www.sagemath.org/development-ack.html Who is in charge ? How much money is collected (I would guess almost nothing)

[sage-devel] sage foundation in austria

2012-08-07 Thread Harald Schilly
Hello Sage Developers Friends! Last week I started to work on creating a Sage Foundation. There were some issues in the recent past and this is also something which is sitting in the back of my head for some time now. I'm certain Sage will benefit from that and will get on the next level, if