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

[Martin Rubey]

* I would like to stay

* I would like to post again that bounties for Axiom are available in the
  appropriate newsgroups. I'll do so in december, since I do not know yet
  whether two students who said that they were going to do something are
  actually going to do something. Of course, I'll send you a manuscript before
  posting. 

  I really think that the most important activity for the Axiom foundation in
  the coming term will be to spend the 500$ in a mathematical package. If we
  are able to do so, we will have attracted at least one new developer, who
  really should be a mathematician. We need them badly!

Martin

<address@hidden> writes:

> 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)