July project director update for 2 Foundation board meetings

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+path = "inside-rust/2025/07/21/project-director-update"
+title = "July 2025 Project Director Update"
+authors = ["Carol Nichols"]
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+team = "Rust Foundation Project Directors"
+team_url = "https://foundation.rust-lang.org/about/"
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+This is the sixth 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 share the highlights from previous months’ Rust Foundation Board
+meeting(s). You may have noticed that the last time I posted was April and it is now July! I forgot
+to post in May for April’s meeting, then May’s board meeting was cancelled due to RustNL/Rust Week.
+So this post will cover [April’s
+meeting](https://rustfoundation.org/resource/april-2025-board-meeting/) and [June’s
+meeting](https://rustfoundation.org/resource/june-2025-board-meeting/); apologies for my tardiness.
+
+April meeting highlights include:
+
+- The Foundation proposed raising Platinum Member fees, for a future board vote.
+- [Ferrous Systems donated the Ferrocene Language Specification to the Rust
+  Project](https://rustfoundation.org/media/ferrous-systems-donates-ferrocene-language-specification-to-rust-project/).
+- The RustConf 2025 CFP was opened, and discussions on a venue for RustConf 2026 were in progress.
+
+June meeting highlights include:
+
+- The Foundation has published a [position statement on Rust and
+  AI](https://rustfoundation.org/resource/rust-and-ai-position-statement/).
+- The Foundation will be gathering input from the Rust Project to inform the Foundation’s
+  strategy for 2026-28.
+- The Foundation secured continued funding from [Alpha-Omega](https://alpha-omega.dev/) and the
+  [Sovereign Tech Agency](https://www.sovereign.tech/), but general economic uncertainty has caused
+  some Silver members to choose not to renew. The Foundation is always looking for
+  [more member companies](https://rustfoundation.org/get-involved/)!
+- The Board voted to approve an increase in the Platinum Member fees from $300,000/year to $325,000/year.
+
+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