[J3] Fwd: gfortran funding

[Thomas König]

Hi Damian,

> It's probably worth sharing a feature 
> list from Andre's proposal with those interested in funding gfotran.

See https://mailman.j3-fortran.org/pipermail/j3/2024-January/014521.html

> Also, presumably we should move this to a new communication channel.  If 
> others disagree and want to keep the correspondence to stay here, feel 
> free to say so. GFortran recently set up a Mattermost workspace that I 
> recommend we join.  Mattermost is effectively a free, open-source Slack 
> clone. I will suggest to the GFortran Mattermost administrator Jerry 
> Delisle that he could invite those who have commented in this thread to 
> join Mattermost.  We can set up a channel there to discuss this 
> further.

Note to the list: The channel has been created.  If anybody's
interested, I can also add people to the Mattermost.

> And for anyone who wants to fund gfortran work, I'll be glad 
> to facilitate it via one of several possible mechanisms:
> 
> - Berkeley Lab, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory
> - Berkeley Lab Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) accepting gifts & 
> contracts funding Berkeley Lab work
> - Sourcery Institute, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3)
> - Archaeologic Inc., which has done work on contract for the federal 
> government and for private companies
> 
> With all of the above possibilities, I would hope that we can at least 
> solve one aspect of the problem: the organizational vehicles exist to 
> make things happen for anyone interested.

Amen to that.