Cycle 4 Funding: Support packaging and maintenance of the Astropy ecosystem for Debian and Ubuntu (Streicher)

[eteq]

Issue to track progress of Cycle 4 funding request which was approved in #376.

• Project Description
• Awarded Amount: $11,520 (US)
• Period of Performance: 2024-05-01 through 2024-04-30
• Finance Committee Contact: @eteq
• COTR: TBD

[AnaGabela]

Hi,

Let's get you started on getting a new contract with NumFocus because I think that's gonna take them a little while. Here are the instructions:

Go to https://numfocus.org/rocket
Click on Independent Contractor Registration
Form fields
Project: Astropy
Grant: NASA
Full Name
Email address
Street Address
Street Address
City
State
Postal Code
Country
Start Date: May 1, 2024-April 30, 2025
Description: Support packaging and maintenance of the Astropy ecosystem for Debian and Ubuntu
Project Contact name: Astropy Finance Committee
Project Contact email: [email protected]
Payment method: ACH, Wire Transfer, PayPal
Bank Information
Comments about payment
Upload W9 or W8
Please let me know that you have submitted the form so we can keep track of it.

[AnaGabela]

Hi,
I am just checking to see if you had submitted the form so we can keep track of it. If you have sent it of let me know so I check on the contract. If you still need to do it please let me know when you are done!
Let me know if you have any questions.

[eteq]

@olebole - any updates on this? Particularly submitting the form?

[olebole]

Oh, sorry; I didn't get a notice for this issue, so I didn't know. I'll submit today (CEST).

[olebole]

@AnaGabela I submitted the form now; sorry for the delay. Only unclear point was "International Routing Code" in the banking part which I don't know (and couldn't find it on my bank's web pages); I hope that just BIC and IBAN is enough here.

[AnaGabela]

@olebole I think you will be fine.. The terms SWIFT and BIC are used interchangeably and represent information required for making international transactions. and SWIFT codes are different to routing numbers, but they do a similar job. Routing numbers help to identify banks by state in the US, making it easier to process domestic payments. SWIFT codes identify bank branches for international payments. I will let you know if they contact me with any issues on that.

[dhomeier]

Actually IBAN should suffice for international transfers, BIC is just a redundant extra bit of info – pretty sure that worked for me. But the form indeed has a somewhat confusing entry where it is asking for an international routing code, explaining that this is only needed for transfers to UK or India or someplace else, yet it would not let you proceed without filling that field. I just entered 0; looks like everything worked out OK with that.

[AnaGabela]

@olebole I have been trying to reach you regarding the Astropy contract.
NumFocus just emailed me letting me know they haven't had a PI or contractor response to the contract to move this forward.

Could you please look in your inbox and search for a contract from NumFocus, I believe you need to review it, accept it and then it will be ready to be signed.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[olebole]

@AnaGabela Sorry for the delay; I was traveling. I reviewed the contract now and added the requested information (end date, hourly rate, total compensation, and statement of work). I hope that that was all; from my side it is now ready to be signed. Thank you for your patience.

[AnaGabela]

Thanks!!! There will be an email when it is sent out for signing... and then the contract will come to you from docu sign.. which sometimes get thrown in with spam.