Merge pull request #378 from ceb8/ceb_fund_astroquery

Cycle 4 Funding: Astroquery Maintenance (Brasseur)

Author: aaryapatil

finance/proposal-calls/cycle4/brasseur_astroquery.md

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+### Title
+
+Astroquery maintenance work by Clara Brasseur
+
+### Project Team
+
+Clara Brasseur
+
+### Project Description
+
+Continue maintenance work in my role as maintainer of astroquery for the next 3 years.
+
+
+### Project / Work
+
+A combination of maintenance and enhancement work on the astroquery coordinated pakage.
+
+Maintenance work (ongoing):
+
+- Respond to issues
+- Review pull requests
+- Forward issues to the appropriate parties when upstream issues are noted
+- Adapt to changing APIs
+- Communicate with external development teams
+
+Enhancement work for first 1 year:
+- Overhaul website for usability
+
+Subsequent 2 years:
+- Improve developer documentation
+- Other enhancements TBD by maintainers
+
+### Approximate Budget
+
+**Total:** US $36,000
+
+- Salary: 100 hours/year at $120/hour for 3 years = $36,000
+
+**Minimum viable budget:** 
+- 60 hours/year at $120/hour = $7,200/year, minimum viable performance period = 1 years
+- See breakdown of work in first vs subsequent years in Project/Work section
+
+**Notes**
+- This contract be under the Aperio umbrella for at least the first year.
+
+### Period of Performance
+
+- 3 years from the start date of the contract.
+
+