Create NumFocus-affiliated-projects.md

[yang-ruoxi]

Apply for affiliated-projects within NumFocus

Context and Problem Statement

Being part of NumFocus has a few advantages: 1) financial support 2) increased exposure in the community 3) being part of a wider ecosystem.

We can use the small development grant to run workshops.

Considered Options

Apply collectively as MP or individually for each library

We agree it's better to apply collectively for the reasons below:

1. users generally use MP codes as a whole
2. it requires less sustained application efforts
3. there are precedence where a collection of codes is an affiliated project and apply for seperate funding for individual development effort

Interests in participation from individual libraries

We tentatively assume all MP codes are included unless maintainers of specific libraries want to opt out.

Decision Outcome

Implementation Plan

• @yang-ruoxi will inquire NumFocus about their guidelines
• Once hear back, a subcomittee of interested parties can draft an application before Jan 15 2025

More Information

https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects