Merge pull request #3 from milancurcic/FortranCon2020-community-abstract

Add the FortranCon2020 community abstract

Author: milancurcic

FortranCon2020-community/README.md

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 **Presenter**: [Milan Curcic](https://github.com/milancurcic)
 
+**Co-authors**:
+[Ondrej Certik](https://github.com/certik),
+[Laurence Kedward](https://github.com/lkedward),
+[Vincent Magnin](https://github.com/vmagnin),
+[Ivan Pribec](https://github.com/ivan-pi),
+[Brad Richardson](https://github.com/everythingfunctional),
+[Jeremie Vandenplas](https://github.com/jvdp1).
+
 **Title**: Toward a thriving open source Fortran community
 
-**Abstract**: TODO
+**Abstract**:
+A thriving community around a programming language is essential for onboarding
+new users and retaining existing ones.
+Besides a few discussion boards and mailing lists, Fortran has not had a
+healthy online community in the modern internet era, like many other
+programming languages have.
+Despite the development of the language, its user base has been
+declining as a result.
+Many new software projects are being started in languages like C++, Python,
+or Julia, despite Fortran being better suited for the task at hand.
+In this talk, we will discuss the need for and the ongoing development of the new
+fortran-lang (https://fortran-lang.org) community and its suite of projects
+that currently include a standard library, package manager, and a website.
+Fortran-lang aims to provide a central place for Fortran users, beginning and
+expert alike, to find recommended tools, libraries, tutorials, and
+discussion venues that are inclusive and welcoming of newcomers.
+We believe that an organized community and a home of Fortran on the internet,
+in addition to the Standards Committee and compiler developers,
+are essential for the long-term thriving—and not just mere survival—of Fortran.
+Finally, we will discuss the next steps, the one-year vision, and the 10-year
+vision for going forward.