[Axiom-developer] Re: Axiom Foundation 1st Annual Report 2004/5

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Bob McElrath <address@hidden> writes:

> Egad has it been a year already?
> 
> I would like to stay.
> 
> I agree with Martin that we need to redouble our efforts to obtain
> contributions in exchange for bounties, as there have been none so far.
> 
> Posts in relevant newsgroups is a good idea.
> 

Me too on all 3 account!

Take care,

> I can post to the feyncalc mailing list.  Would that be too much of a
> faux pas?
> 
> address@hidden address@hidden wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Axiom Developers;
> > 
> > The Axiom Foundation was established approximately 1 year ago to
> > promote the development and maintenance of the open source version
> > of Axiom through the dispersement of donations to support Axiom-
> > related projects and through the Award Of Bounties.
> > 
> > 
> > Foundation Membership
> > 
> > The original plan
> > 
> > ( see http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomFoundation )
> > 
> > selected three registered Axiom Developers (Bob McElrath,
> > Camm Maguire and Martin Rubey) as the initial members of the
> > committee. The idea is that these 3 people will make decisions
> > for the Foundation for a 1 year renewable term, therfore now
> > is probably a good time to ask the current members if they wish
> > to continue their membership and if necessary ask for new
> > volunteers for this position. My hope is that at most 1 member
> > might not wish to renew, in which case someone new can step
> > forward for their turn and in this way we will establish
> > some continuity of membership. (Please don't everyone say they
> > want to resign at once! :) Or perhaps the current memebers
> > are satisfied to continue for one more year?
> > 
> > 
> > Foundation Projects
> > 
> > So far, I think it is fair to say that membership in the Axiom
> > Foundation has not involved any difficult decisions or an undue
> > amount of time. There was only a very low level of free donations
> > to Axiom (see report below) and so no decisions about actual
> > Award of Bounties have been made yet this year. Of course we can
> > all hope that the level of interest in Axiom continues to rise
> > and that sooner or later a large donor or a corporate sponsor
> > will appear to make the work of the Foundation much more
> > interesting.
> > 
> > This year at least I think we can be proud that Axiom did
> > receive some serious support from Google through the Summer of
> > Code project. I think it would be great if we can repeat this
> > next year in an even bigger way.
> > 
> > 
> > Donations Received
> > 
> > Since November 15, 2004 the Axiom Foundation has received
> > donations from the following sources:
> > 
> >   Donations via PayPal: 3 donors           total: $260.07 USD
> >   Donations via E-gold: 1 donor            total:   $9.88 USD *
> >   Donation via personal check: 1 donor     total: $100.00 USD
> >   Revenue via Axiom Gear sales at CafePress
> >               3 orders    Gross: $59.95    Net:    $30.00 USD **
> > 
> >                                           Total    $499.87 USD
> > 
> > Notes: * Includes e-gold transaction.
> >       ** Revenue is 30% to 50% of sales depending on item.
> > 
> > I can provide a detailed list of transactions to Axiom Foundation
> > members on request.
> > 
> > 
> > Conclusions
> > 
> > Well, I think this has been an exciting year for Axiom developers
> > and Axiom users based on the monthly statistics on the number of
> > accesses to the Axiom web site, downloads of Axiom and of the
> > Axiom Book as well as the continued steady exchange of email
> > messages via the email lists. But unfortunately this excitement
> > has not yet resulted in a significant level of donations. In
> > spite of this, I think it might be a good idea for the Foundation
> > to consider some dispersement of the current balance towards 1 or
> > more bounties as originally planned.
> > 
> > 
> > Summary of Recommendations
> > 
> > 1) Open invitations to (re)new Axiom Foundation memberships.
> > 
> > 2) Receive proposals for Award of Bounties.
> > 
> > 
> > ----------
> > 
> > If anyone has any questions about this report or would like to
> > comment or make recommendations please ask either via this email
> > list or in private if you wish.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Bill Page
> > (as acting Secretary to the Axiom Foundation)
> --
> Cheers,
> Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics]
> 
>     "In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it
>     would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that
>     apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit
>     equal time in physics classrooms." -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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