Merge pull request #1538 from integer32llc/project-director-update-2025-03

Project director update on Feb's board meeting

Author: ehuss

content/inside-rust/[email protected]

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+date = 2025-04-03
+title = "March 2025 Project Director Update"
+author = "Carol Nichols"
+team = "Rust Foundation Project Directors <https://foundation.rust-lang.org/about/>"
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+This is the fourth 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 February 2025
+minutes](https://rustfoundation.org/resource/february-2025-board-meeting/) on the Rust Foundation’s
+site!
+
+Highlights from the February meeting include:
+
+* It was Eli Gild’s first meeting; he’s the new Member Director for Google replacing Lars Bergstrom.
+* Paul Lenz, the Foundation’s Director of Finance & Funding, announced he’s planning to retire at
+  the end of September. The Foundation is considering creating a slightly different role on the
+  senior management team and will be getting feedback from project leadership before starting the
+  recruitment process.
+* The Foundation presented the 2025 budget, which was a “business as usual” budget without any
+  large changes from previous years. The board approved the budget.
+* Gracie announced the Foundation is planning on increasing its social media presence on Mastodon
+  and Bluesky in the near future.
+* RustConf 2025’s location and dates were announced, and the RustConf team is looking at non-US
+  venues for RustConf 2026.
+* Project Director Ryan Levick was elected Vice Chair of the Board. Congrats, Ryan!
+
+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
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