Cycle 4 Funding: Making Australian astronomical datasets accessible (AAO)

[jdswinbank]

Issue to track progress of Cycle 4 funding request which was approved in #392.

• Project Description
• Awarded Amount: $32,550 (US)
• Period of Performance: 2024-05-01 through 2025-04-30 (provisional)
• Finance Committee Contact: @jdswinbank
• COTR: TBD

[aragilar]

Just a short update: @NuriaLorente is speaking to the internal finance folks to get all the processes on our side set up.

[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: Making Australian astronomical datasets accessible (AAO)
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.

[kelle]

@NuriaLorente, Is there any update on this? The finance committee is happy to chat about options. Either here or email to [email protected].

[aragilar]

Last I heard it's working it's way through University grant processes.

[NuriaLorente]

Hi everyone, the process is moving forward on our side - Daisy Liu will be emailing [email protected] shortly with details and questions. Thanks!

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

Hi, this is Daisy from AAO-MQ. I am assisting Nuria with the Astropy contract and liaising between the MQ grant and contract teams and Astropy. I have sent an email to [email protected] with some questions. Thanks!

[jdswinbank]

Hi @DaisyLiu-AAO — we've been having some technical problems with [email protected] in the last few days. Could you please CC me (address on my profile page) and [email protected] and I'll make sure your mail gets properly acted upon.

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

Sure@jdswinbank I just forwarded my previous email to your email and [email protected]

[jdswinbank]

Thank you @DaisyLiu-AAO !

[AnaGabela]

@jdswinbank when you get to the stage of involving NumFocus let me know so I can follow up on the contracts
Thanks

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

@jdswinbank Hi John, I sent you an email checking about W8 form. Looking forward to your advice：）

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

@jdswinbank Hi John, another question, Given the online form has changed, we need to fill in the Project PI Contact and Project PI email. Should they be---- Project Contact name: Astropy Finance Committee
; Project Contact email: [email protected]?

[AnaGabela]

@DaisyLiu-AAO HI! regarding the W8 form (I don't know what your question is) but it should be the W8Ben form if you are not in the US and it should be easy to fill in. For the PI email and contact that is fine when the form goes through they will contact me ask for the specific person from the committee and forward it to John to read through and approve. (at least that one is no big deal). Hope that helps let me know if you need anything else.

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

@AnaGabela Thanks Anna, we will have a look at the form.

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

Hi all, we have submitted the NumFOCUS form online.

[AnaGabela]

@DaisyLiu-AAO
Hi! As you can tell from the NumFocus emails we are having a bit a of trouble setting this one up. Would it be possible to set up a meeting with you and/or @NuriaLorente to figure out what your timeline is for this project to see what our next steps would be.

Please suggest some times that work for you (we are on New York time)

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

@AnaGabela

Hi Ana, Sure, we are free at Sydney Time 9.30am (New York time 7.30pm previous day) on the following days:

Thu. 12th Sep
Fri.13th Sep
Mon. 16th Sep.

Just send me and Nuria the calendar invite with a Zoom link, if any of the above options suits you. If not, don't hesitate to contact me.

cheers
Daisy

[AnaGabela]

Hi @DaisyLiu-AAO and @NuriaLorente
I just sent a calendar invite for Monday Sep 16. 9:30 am(for you) and Sunday Sep15 7:30 pm. with a zoom link.
I probably won't be online that time but feel free to reach out to Kelle or Erik on the same email of the invite if you are having any trouble communicating.
Ana

[DaisyLiu-AAO]

Sure! Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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[ceb8]

Hi!

Checking in as your COTR. Can you:

1. Give me a short summary of what you've been up to
2. Let me know if there is anything you need that you aren't getting/otherwise need help with.

Thanks!

[kelle]

At our meeting on Sep 15/16, we decided to hold off on this activity until our next NASA award so we can setup a subaward.