diff --git a/website/content/blog/2026-01-14-meeting.md b/website/content/blog/2026-01-14-meeting.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9520271d --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/blog/2026-01-14-meeting.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: Board Meeting Minutes - January 2026 +date: "2026-01-14" +excerpt: New Year's greetings +tags: meeting +author: MonoGame Foundation +image: /images/blog/cover/monogame_foundation.png +ogImage: /images/blog/cover/monogame_foundation.png +--- + +## Attendees + +- Dean Ellis - President +- Dominique Louis - Treasurer +- Simon Jackson - Corporate Secretary +- Tom Spilman - Banking Matters +- Thomas Altenburger - Board Member + +## Agenda + +- Financial status. +- Review Current Staff Priorities, are we focused on the right areas? +- Restoring the Discourse community site. +- Finishing 3.8.5 +- Hub release schedule +- Our goals for 3.8.6. +- Updating our roadmap page. +- Patreon Fees are an issue (15% in fees, GitHub is max 6%). + +## Outcomes + +- MonoGame finances are improving with ConcernedApe, we now have sufficient funding for another 24 months of development and maintenance. +- Seeking new funding to extend the scope of MonoGame's capabilities in 2026. +- Improve Automation testing for all platforms and status validation. +- Work is underway to restore the Community site and re-enable the mail server connection. +- Final 3.8.5 PR's getting updated and merged, race to release.  New preview this week. +- Looking to expand test hardware to add additional certified platforms.  (Add suggestions!) +- New bounty to launch to test ARM building compatibility for tools / builds. +- Work is underway to update the Sponsors highlighted on the MonoGame website. +- Sponsor onboarding process improvements required. +- Foundation discussed recent concerns raised over AI use, the contribution guides will be updated to reflect our position. + +## Outstanding Bounties + +All current bounties are either complete or in progress. + +{% include 'partials/_blog_footer.njk' %}