--- title: Council meeting 2026-01-16 tags: ["council", "triage-meeting", "minutes"] date: 2026-01-16 discussion: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/392734-council/topic/Meeting.202026-01-16/ agenda-url: https://hackmd.io/8XGadGypR42P0WwjxRNnLA --- # Council meeting agenda - Meeting date: 2026-01-16 ## Attendance - Council members: - Observers: ## Meeting roles - Facilitator: - Minutes: ## Check-in (Not minuted.) ## Consent to agenda Do we have consensus to move forward with this agenda? ## Announcements or custom items (Meeting attendees, feel free to add items here!) ## Nominated issues ### "Update on program management program" leadership-council#161 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/161 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council, I-council-nominated, A-program-management ### "Discuss Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund" leadership-council#242 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/242 - **Labels:** A-foundation, I-council-nominated ### "Requesting staff updates from the Foundation" leadership-council#261 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/261 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council, I-council-nominated ### "Discuss how to spend funds for supporting maintainers" leadership-council#245 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/245 - **Labels:** I-council-nominated, A-budget ### "Discussion: Updating and Formalizing Council Expectations for Project Director Communication" leadership-council#230 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/230 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council, A-foundation, I-council-nominated ### "Document which forms of consensus are appropriate and when" leadership-council#256 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/256 - **Labels:** I-council-nominated ## P-high issues ### "Review and organize overall project team structure" leadership-council#33 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/33 - **Labels:** S-active, P-high, A-project-structure ### "Document and improve processes for interaction with the Rust Foundation" leadership-council#41 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/41 - **Labels:** S-active, A-foundation, P-high ## Issues that need a council decision ### "Figure out a strategy for licensing considerations" leadership-council#24 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/24 - **Labels:** S-needs-decision, A-legal ## Active issues ### "Document the council's internal decision making process" leadership-council#31 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/31 - **Labels:** S-active ### "Establish team charters" leadership-council#44 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/44 - **Labels:** S-active, A-project-structure ### "Find homes for launching pad teams" leadership-council#118 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/118 - **Labels:** S-active, A-teams, A-project-structure ## Pending PRs on the leadership-council repo ### "Allow messages from observers during meetings" leadership-council#110 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/110 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council ### "rust-foundation-project-director.md: use more clear language" leadership-council#215 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/215 ### "Add alumni policy" leadership-council#218 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/218 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council, finished-final-comment-period, disposition-merge, to-announce ### "project directors: responsibilities" leadership-council#250 - **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/250 - **Labels:** T-leadership-council, proposed-final-comment-period, disposition-merge ## Call for clarifications Should any points discussed in the meeting be clarified? ## Check-out (Not minuted.)