---
title: Council meeting 2025-12-05
tags: ["council", "triage-meeting", "minutes"]
date: 2025-12-05
discussion: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/392734-council/topic/Meeting.202025-12-05/
agenda-url: https://hackmd.io/PkZ5tCXARVak3-gzcIJhQA
---
# Council meeting agenda
- Meeting date: 2025-12-05
## 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
### "Renew the compiler-ops program for 2026" leadership-council#244
- **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/244
- **Labels:** I-council-nominated, A-budget
### "Add Rust Foundation Maintainer Fund Design committee" leadership-council#248
- **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/248
- **Labels:** T-leadership-council, proposed-final-comment-period, disposition-merge, I-council-nominated
### "Discuss Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund" leadership-council#242
- **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/issues/242
- **Labels:** 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, 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, proposed-final-comment-period, disposition-merge
### "Add Rust Foundation Maintainer Fund Design committee" leadership-council#248
- **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/248
- **Labels:** T-leadership-council, proposed-final-comment-period, disposition-merge, I-council-nominated
### "project directors: responsibilities" leadership-council#250
- **Link:** https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/pull/250
## Call for clarifications
Should any points discussed in the meeting be clarified?
## Check-out
(Not minuted.)