From 956572df8605a271aaa43a45612c701bcb1f5ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Carol (Nichols || Goulding)" Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:35:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Dec 2024 Project Directors post --- .../2024-12-17-project-director-update.md | 67 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/inside-rust/2024-12-17-project-director-update.md diff --git a/posts/inside-rust/2024-12-17-project-director-update.md b/posts/inside-rust/2024-12-17-project-director-update.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eeee820ca --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/inside-rust/2024-12-17-project-director-update.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "December 2024 Project Director Update" +author: Carol Nichols +team: Rust Foundation Project Directors +--- + +Hello and welcome to the inaugural Rust Foundation Project Director update! I’m Carol Nichols, I’m +one of the authors on The Rust Programming Language book and a member of the crates.io team, and [I +was recently selected by the Leadership Council to represent the Rust Project on the board of the +Rust Foundation][carol-nichols-board-announcement]. + +[carol-nichols-board-announcement]: https://foundation.rust-lang.org/news/announcing-the-rust-foundation-s-newest-project-director-carol-nichols/ + +One of my personal goals for my term as a Project Director is to communicate more and in different +ways with the Rust Project and the wider Rust community about what it’s like being a Project +Director and what the Rust Foundation is working on. This update post is one experiment along those +lines. + +In this post, you’ll find the highlights, from my perspective, of last month’s board meeting now +that the minutes have been posted publicly. I might cover other topics in the future, and I hope to +encourage other Project Directors to write as well, but recapping Foundation Board meetings is +where I’ve decided to start. + +The full board meeting minutes are [posted on the Foundation’s website][foundation-resources] after +the following month’s board meeting where the minutes are approved. The [meeting on November 12, +2024][foundation-board-minutes-2024-11], was the first board meeting I attended, and here’s what I +thought were the most interesting parts. + +[foundation-resources]: https://foundation.rust-lang.org/resources/ +[foundation-board-minutes-2024-11]: https://foundation.rust-lang.org/static/minutes/2024-11-12-minutes.pdf + +The Foundation staff gave the board updates on their recent work: + +- Bec Rumbul, in the Executive Director update, covered that the reworked Trademark Policy draft + was in public comment. The Foundation is pursuing funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund and + [Alpha-Omega]. The Foundation is monitoring the situation with a few Linux maintainers’ + permissions being removed due to US sanctions: there’s no similar situation involving Rust at + this time but Bec is preparing for the possibility. +- Joel Marcey gave the Infrastructure/Technology update: Foundation employees are working on + reducing Rust’s CI costs, and there was progress on a number of other technical initiatives. +- Paul Lenz’s Finance and Grants update included a draft 2025 budget, and a proposal for spending + $10,000 on a trial of an internship program which the board voted to approve. +- Gracie Gregory gave a Communications update that included the securing of a venue for RustConf + 2025 that will be publicly announced soon, and that the Foundation’s new website was almost ready + to launch. + +[Alpha-Omega]: https://alpha-omega.dev/ + +Ryan Levick gave the Project Director update, which included discussion of the Project Goals +Initiative working to define the Project’s priorities for the near future. + +The main item of business in the meeting was discussion of [DARPA’s Translating All C To Rust (aka +TRACTOR) program][darpa-tractor] and the Rust Foundation’s possible involvement in the evaluation +portion of the contest. Us Project Directors have some questions and thoughts surrounding this +contest, and we’re continuing these discussions with the rest of the board and the DARPA +representative. No final decisions have been made; more details will be presented for the board’s +approval in early 2025. + +[darpa-tractor]: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/translating-all-c-to-rust + +That’s it for this month’s update! If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please +email all of the project directors via project-directors at rust-lang.org or join us in [the +#foundation channel on the Rust Zulip][foundation-zulip]. Have a great holiday season; I’ll post +again in 2025! + +[foundation-zulip]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/335408-foundation