<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>BigBang has been accepted as an Affiliated Project by NumFOCUS!</div><div>Please let me know if you would like to be included in communications from NumFOCUS.</div><div>This is good mainly for marketing and promotion of the project.</div><div>It may also help with further fundraising.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div>Seb<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Arliss Collins</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:arliss@numfocus.org">arliss@numfocus.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 12:15 PM<br>Subject: NumFOCUS Affiliated Project Application - Decision<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:sbenthall@gmail.com">sbenthall@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span id="m_-1148297503207006701m_-5434185688662703341m_3671935362165531681m_-8947119060782448660m_-8420221821567869687m_-6858192669492600024m_-2845381238312481135m_6360561749144113225gmail-docs-internal-guid-57b277d9-7fff-1fa2-ff1f-96529a220d6d"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hello Sebastian,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">To start, we at NumFOCUS must apologize for the notification delay from our side. The Committee received many applications this round, and we needed to wait for Board signoff before notifications could be sent.<br></p><p style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I am happy to report that BigBang has been accepted as an Affiliated Project of NumFOCUS!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Here is some general feedback from the Selection Committee:</span></p><p style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">"</span><i style="font-family:Helvetica">Congratulations on getting accepted as an affiliate. We were happy to see that the project </i><i style="font-family:Helvetica">has good fundamentals, and wish you continued success. We would only suggest that </i><i style="font-family:Helvetica">BigBang try and promote itself further (for example, publishing in the Journal of Open Source </i><i style="font-family:Helvetica">Software) to help increase its community and level of activity."</i></p></span></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>When your time allows, please send us the following information so that we can complete your onboarding:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent">high-quality .svg file of your logo </span>(<i>if updated since your application</i>)</li><li><span id="m_-1148297503207006701m_-5434185688662703341m_3671935362165531681m_-8947119060782448660m_-8420221821567869687m_-6858192669492600024m_-2845381238312481135m_6360561749144113225gmail-docs-internal-guid-57b277d9-7fff-1fa2-ff1f-96529a220d6d"><span style="background-color:transparent">names and emails of any other project members we should add to our communications</span></span></li><li><span id="m_-1148297503207006701m_-5434185688662703341m_3671935362165531681m_-8947119060782448660m_-8420221821567869687m_-6858192669492600024m_-2845381238312481135m_6360561749144113225gmail-docs-internal-guid-57b277d9-7fff-1fa2-ff1f-96529a220d6d"><span style="background-color:transparent">Twitter handle (if you have one) or any other social media handles</span></span></li><li><span id="m_-1148297503207006701m_-5434185688662703341m_3671935362165531681m_-8947119060782448660m_-8420221821567869687m_-6858192669492600024m_-2845381238312481135m_6360561749144113225gmail-docs-internal-guid-57b277d9-7fff-1fa2-ff1f-96529a220d6d"><span style="background-color:transparent">your time zone(s)</span></span></li></ul><p></p></span></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Congratulations! We're excited to have BigBang </span>on board!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Looking forward to working with you in the new year! <br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kind regards,</span></p>Arliss</font><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Arliss Collins</b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>Developer Advocate</b></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#999999"><a href="https://numfocus.org/" target="_blank">numfocus.org</a></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="white-space:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I work flexibly and may send emails outside standard hours. </i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i style="white-space:normal">I'm not expecting</i></span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> a response from you outside of your own working hours.</i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7DbtkDEA9AueZIaIK51oxnecM7WRO9AmI6LlKhsJyi8Oky5PllU-P_hy58lt00_LYV3FO6t0C14640vies30SedFA2yP2JUIEvtRs7dZrZ44UJ-dKg3wCprKe5-SV4La0ex55XKy" width="150" height="50" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></p></span><span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br><br></p></span></div></div></div>
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