Last Friday Unidata announced a pause on ‘most operations’ NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations : News@Unidata and we were contacted directly regarding a pause in any assistance with GeoZarr. A higher priority and open question are all the existing Unidata repos which I believe many of us in the pangeo ecosystem rely on:
Looking through some of the more popular repos many do seem to have a diverse set of contributors outside of Unidata so perhaps nothing more formal needs to be done to offer some additional volunteer support, and this is just to bring some awareness. Would be interested in hearing others thoughts especially if you’re already someone who contributes to one of these repos.
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After polling the other (living) authors of NetCDF over the weekend, I started the NetCDF Foundation to ensure continued support for NetCDF in these difficult times.
As a Colorado nonprofit, we can act in the best interests of the scientific community, whatever happens in Washington.
I expect our efforts to remain unfunded.
We welcome community involvement and support.
Should funding be restored to Unidata, we will work with our colleagues there to assist and backstop their efforts. If Unidata is unable to support NetCDF, then we will provide support.
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@Ed_Hartnett I love the idea of the netCDF foundation. Will you be able to accept personal and corporate donations soon?
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@Ed_Hartnett +1 to @dcherian’s question - please keep us appraised of opportunities for personal/corporate donations and sponsorship.
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