pyOpenSci Executive Council Minutes 2024#

2024-05-13 Executive Council Meeting Minutes#

Present on 13 May 2024 Karen Cranston, Tracy Teal, Leah Wasser

Apologies None

Update on package peer review
- 17 packages in active review
- Things are generally going well, but we might need to do something to expand capacity.
Update on training and events
- First workshop went well, lots of good feedback; some technical issues that are now solved
- Working to identify topic(s) for next workshop with this format
- At scale training event in August that will run on Discord
- Open source / open science event in Sept / Oct using gather, branded “Fall Festival”; paid event, looking for sponsors
Created strategy for sharing meeting notes publicly.
- Tracy will create meeting minutes from meeting notes, share for review and approval from Karen.
- We’ll publish the approved meeting minutes in the governance section of the handbook.
pyOpenSci will begin to create an annual report each year.
- We’ll start with a report for 2023, beginning to draft in July.
- The report will be an interesting-to-read brief overview of the organization and its activities for the year.