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| 2 | +title = "Newsletter Changes" |
| 3 | +date = 2024-05-02 |
| 4 | +transparent = true |
| 5 | ++++ |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +*Please fill out [this survey][survey] before skipping this section! More info below!* |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Hey everyone, it's been a while! As you've certainly noticed, the newsletter has |
| 10 | +been on hiatus for some months. The reason was mostly maintainer burnout, which is |
| 11 | +also why the newsletter of August 2023 was not published [until a few days |
| 12 | +ago][august-news]. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +We're back now though! A couple of community members, Jan Hohenheim |
| 15 | +([@janhohenheim]) and Thierry Berger ([@Vrixyz]), have led the revival of the |
| 16 | +newsletter. This includes making changes requested by the community, and |
| 17 | +improving sustainability for the long term. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### Schedule Changes |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Thierry Berger ([@Vrixyz]), has come up with a new [monthly |
| 22 | +schedule][monthly_schedule] that we will try out: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- 3rd of the month: Newsletter starts. A call for submissions is made on social |
| 25 | +media and community Discord servers interested in receiving it. At the same |
| 26 | +time, last month's newsletter is published. |
| 27 | +- 3rd to 28th of the month: submissions are collected and the newsletter is |
| 28 | + written. |
| 29 | +- 28th of the month: Submissions are closed. New submissions go into the next |
| 30 | + month's newsletter. |
| 31 | +- 3rd of the next month: The newsletter is published. Any submissions not edited |
| 32 | +in time will be moved to the next month or removed entirely. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +This more strict schedule should help with the issue of late entries and reduce |
| 35 | +the pressure of editing by having a dedicated time for it with no incoming |
| 36 | +submissions. The goal is to be more consistent and reliable in our publishing |
| 37 | +schedule. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +### Community Survey |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +This restructuring is also a good time to improve the content of the newsletter. |
| 42 | +We've got some community feedback on the [Rust GameDev Discord][Discord] already |
| 43 | +and would like to hear more from you. It would be great if you could fill out |
| 44 | +[this survey][survey] to let us know how we can improve the newsletter going |
| 45 | +forward. The survey closes on the **28th of May 2024**. We will be evaluating |
| 46 | +the [survey] results in an upcoming blog post, so stay tuned for that. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +### Future Steps |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Based on feedback we've already gotten, the steps for next months are: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- Add an email subscription option to the newsletter |
| 53 | +- Setup a system for how to edit entries that are not ready before the |
| 54 | +newsletter ships. We are currently looking into either hiring a part-time |
| 55 | +editor, using generative AI to add a few sentences where needed, or simply |
| 56 | +removing these entries. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +That's all for now. Have fun reading! |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +[august-news]: https://gamedev.rs/news/049/ |
| 61 | +[@janhohenheim]: https://github.com/janhohenheim |
| 62 | +[@Vrixyz]: https://github.com/Vrixyz |
| 63 | +[monthly_schedule]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/issues/1417#issuecomment-1764534286 |
| 64 | +[survey]: https://forms.gle/oeSb46twWsxRKYJe7 |
| 65 | +[Discord]: https://discord.gg/game-development-in-rust-676678179678715904 |
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