2018 Committee Election Candidates
by Rachel Magruder
Thanks to everyone who applied to join the Clojurists Together Committee. Here we present the nine candidates, their motivations for joining, and a brief biography so you can learn a little bit about each one. The candidates are (in a randomised order): Nola Stowe, Laurens Van Houtven, Vijay Kiran, Nicolas Modryzk, Ghadi Shayban, Ikuru Kyogoku John Stevenson, Travis McNeill, and Fumiko Hanreich.
Join the Clojurists Together Committee
by Rachel Magruder
As we near the close of our first year at Clojurists Together, we are opening up elections for new committee positions. As part of our commitment to transparency and community governance, Clojurists Together holds annual elections. The Committee is responsible for governing the projects, selecting which projects are sponsored, administering the projects, and interacting with sponsors. This year, we had seven committee members:
Toby Crawley Bridget Hillyer Maria Geller Devin Walters Daniel Solano Gómez Larry Staton Jr Daniel Compton (project leader) Committee members are elected for a two-year term.
October 2018 Monthly Update
by Rachel Magruder
Clojurists Together News We are happy to close the month of October with a successful third quarter at Clojurists Together. Earlier this month, we announced our new project selections for Q4, Datascript and Kaocha.
Welcome to all of our new members that joined this month. Special thanks to new Filter company members Pitch, AdGoji, and Funding Circle. It’s because of your support that we can continue to grow at Clojurists Together.
September 2018 Monthly Update
by Rachel Magruder
Clojurists Together news September was a successful month. We have new project updates and results from our quarterly survey. Don’t forget, CT is currently accepting applications for our 4th Quarter Call for Proposals.
Check out this great video presentation from Martin Klepsch on Documenting the Clojure/Script Ecosystem.
Thanks to all of our members who support Clojurists Together. It’s thanks to your generous support that we can do this.
cljdoc updates Hey dear ClojuristsTogether crew!
Q4 2018 Survey Results and Call For Proposals
by Rachel Magruder
We’ve recently finished our fourth round of surveys on our members to better understand the community’s needs. We’re posting this feedback so that they can see the aggregate results, and to give open source projects more information when applying for the Q4 2018 Clojurists Together funding round (closing on the 9th of October).
Survey Responses There were 56 respondents to the survey, up from 49 in the last survey. The highlights are presented below.
August 2018 Monthly Update
by Daniel Compton
Clojurists Together news August was the first month of funding for the quarter, so today we present the initial round of updates on new projects, cljdoc and Shadow CLJS.
This month we have hired Rachel Magruder part-time to help out with the day-to-day running of Clojurists Together. If you send us an email you may get a response from her. She is also helping out with the backend processing of contracts, grant reports, payments, e.
July 2018 Monthly Update
by Daniel Compton
Clojurists Together news This was the final month for CIDER and ClojureScript. Our next two projects that we are funding are cljdoc and Shadow CLJS. Thanks to all of our members who support Clojurists Together. It’s thanks to your generous support that we can do this.
CIDER updates This months updates were all around getting nREPL 0.4 into the hands of everyone.
I’ve also opened PRs for lein and boot for the new nREPL.
Q3 2018 Funding Announcement
by Daniel Compton
Clojurists Together is happy to announce that for Q3 of 2018 (August-October) we are funding two projects: cljdoc and Shadow CLJS.
Recap For those who are new to Clojurists Together, our goal is simple: Fund critical Clojure open-source projects to keep them healthy and sustainable. Clojure companies and individual developers sign up for a monthly contribution, and we pick projects to fund each quarter. This funding cycle is our third. Previously we have supported clj-http, Figwheel, ClojureScript, and CIDER.
Q4 2018 Funding Announcement
by Rachel Magruder
Clojurists Together is happy to announce that for Q4 of 2018/19 (November-January) we are funding two projects: Datascript and Kaocha.
Recap For those who are new to Clojurists Together, our goal is simple: Fund critical Clojure open-source projects to keep them healthy and sustainable. Clojure companies and individual developers sign up for a monthly contribution, and we pick projects to fund each quarter. This funding cycle is our fourth. Previously we have supported cljdoc, Shadow CLJS, clj-http, Figwheel, ClojureScript, and CIDER.
June 2018 Monthly Update
by Daniel Compton
Clojurists Together news This has been another productive month for CIDER and ClojureScript. There is one more month left in this funding cycle and then we’re starting our next round.
We recently surveyed our members to see what they wanted us to fund. Error messages, documentation, developer experience, and IDE support featured highly. If you maintain a Clojure project that is important to some or all of the Clojure community, especially in one of these areas please apply for funding.