In a few weeks the Drupal Association will be launching a new sponsorship program for Drupal Supporters on the homepage of Drupal.org. The DA wants to hear what the community(that's you) thinks about this and will be accepting feedback until July 6th.
Drupal Association Executive Director Holly Ross shares the sad consequences of lower than anticipated revenue for 2015. She also shares a plan going forward.
"DrupalCI is the next-generation version of our beloved testbot. The MVP ("minimum viable product") is coming soon (rolled out in parallel with the old testbot for awhile)."
"The security team is using monies from the D8 Accelerate fund to pay for valid security issues found in Drupal 8, from now until August 31, 2015 (open to extension). This program is open for participation by anyone"