April Project Directors update

Author: carols10cents

content/inside-rust/[email protected]

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+path = "inside-rust/2025/04/22/project-director-update"
+title = "April 2025 Project Director Update"
+authors = ["Carol Nichols"]
+aliases = ["inside-rust/2025/04/22/project-director-update.html"]
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+[extra]
+team = "Rust Foundation Project Directors"
+team_url = "https://foundation.rust-lang.org/about/"
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+This is the fifth blog post in [the series started December
+2024](https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/12/17/project-director-update.html) where us Rust
+Foundation Project Directors will be sharing the highlights from last month’s Rust Foundation Board
+meeting. You’ll find the [full March 2025
+minutes](https://rustfoundation.org/resource/march-2025-board-meeting/) on the Rust Foundation’s
+site!
+
+Highlights from the March meeting include:
+
+* The 2025 Foundation budget is in good shape, but Bec and other Foundation staff are working on
+  ensuring the Foundation can continue funding efforts similarly in 2026 amidst the economic
+  uncertainty much of the world is also facing right now. The Foundation is always looking for more
+  members; if you’re reading this and the company you work for uses Rust and isn’t yet a member,
+  [please reach out](https://rustfoundation.org/get-involved/)!
+* Jon Bauman attended the ISO C++ meeting as part of [his work on the C++ interoperability
+  initiative][cplusplus], and as a result, some C++ committee members will be attending [Rust
+  Week](https://rustweek.org/) in May to continue the collaboration!
+* Speaking of Rust Week, the Foundation has awarded around 30 travel grants for Rust Project
+  members to attend. Thank you for this support!
+
+[cplusplus]: https://rustfoundation.org/media/welcoming-rust-c-interoperability-engineer-jon-bauman-to-the-rust-foundation-team/
+
+As always, 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].
+
+[foundation-zulip]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/335408-foundation