Merge pull request #278 from dhomeier/cycle3-dhomeier-maintenance

Phase 3 funding: Homeier | General Maintainer

Author: eteq

finance/proposal-calls/cycle3/Homeier-Maintainer.md

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+# Core Package Maintainer support for Derek Homeier
+
+### Project Team
+Derek Homeier
+
+### Project Description
+Continue role as astropy core and io.ascii maintainer and responder
+to user support and contributor's issues
+
+### Project / Work
+
+#### Continue and expand roles of astropy core general maintainer and affiliated package editor.
+Building on the [Cycle II Project](https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/blob/main/finance/proposal-calls/2021-proposal/Homeier-Core%2C_Spectroscopy.md).
+
+- Participate in telecons and developer meeting organisation as appropriate.
+
+- Participate in HPC and Spectroscopy/NDdata working groups.
+
+- Begin work on a `meson` build environment for astropy core and test its suitability for
+  core package builds.
+  
+#### Continue role as astropy.io.ascii maintainer.
+
+- Investigate integration of the `loadtxt` C parser available with Numpy 1.23.
+
+#### Support for Software Operations in responding to support requests:
+
+- Monitor Openastronomy Discourse, Facebook Python in Astronomy groups, Slack channels, mailing
+  list and Github issues for questions in need of response, identifying potential assignees.
+
+- Review PRs especially from new/first time contributors.
+
+### Budget
+currency: US $
+
+- Contractor fees: 8 hours weekly for a total of 352 hours (accounting for holidays) @ $120 / hour
+
+- TOTAL: $42,240
+
+Expanded from the 2021 request to support increased activity in my new roles; with the
+previously approved amount some work like `specutils` contributions had to be scaled down.
+
+- Minimum viable amount: estimated at $21,120 for 4 hr / week
+
+As some of the spectroscopy-related tasks here may overlap with other proposals,
+and moderation of the Discourse, Slack and Facebook user support groups would be
+largely taken over by the community engagement coordinator position, when filled,
+that level should allow continuation of maintainer and editorial work in all 3
+formal team positions as well as some contribution to NDData development.
+
+### Approved Budget
+$42,240