<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div>Location for discussion and voting <a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/1768__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fk3eqIyBIzqqE1RZ1Utr_BISrbl4xS6N2d86e7TS0E9C3bnekYSovLjCZUyLEYjVx2aT7XtpRKhgqbV5eSOoKQ$">https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/1768</a></div><div><br></div><div>Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 28, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith@petsc.dev> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div> I had the NumFocus meeting today and have two questions for discussion and eventual answer</div><div><br></div><div>1) Regarding the previous Code of Conduct question. I now understand the code of conduct questions we should answer</div><div><br></div><div> 1) Will PETSc keep its own C of C or replace it with the NumFocus C of C? <a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fk3eqIyBIzqqE1RZ1Utr_BISrbl4xS6N2d86e7TS0E9C3bnekYSovLjCZUyLEYjVx2aT7XtpRKhgqbVZuPTXpw$">https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct</a> NumFocus</div><div> has an outside group to investigate violations.</div><div><br></div><div> 2) If PETSc adopts the NumFocus C of C do we decide</div><div> a) the outside group makes "recommendations" to the PETSc governance board if problems come up</div><div> b) the outside group also imposes changes if a violation has occurred (XXX is banned from GitLab issues due to violations)?</div><div><br></div><div> It is hard to see much practical difference between a and b, since no one can forcibly impose changes IMHO. </div><div><br></div><div> We should ideally have a PETSc governance board decision by September.</div><div> </div><div> 2) We need another "official" (one or more) PETSc contact for NumFocus. In case I die or am cancer ridden etc. Ideally, they would go to</div><div> the annual meeting and meet with NumFocus a couple of times of year etc, like I do. It is a low-maintenance role unless you want it to be more.</div><div><br></div><div> I nominate Jed (as one of them) since he was the instigator of PETSc joining NumFocus and understands it better than the rest of us.</div><div><br></div><div> Volunteers?</div><div><br></div><div>Barry</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>