Hi all, At the recent 10th ConTeXt meeting, we also had the 6th members meeting of the ConTeXt Group. The ConTeXt Group uses the annual members meeting to keep track of the activities that are deployed by and for our members as well as ConTeXt users in general. A late addition to the meeting agenda was the addition of a discussion point about the newest font proposal from the e-Foundry (TeX Gyre) team. The proposal dates back to April 2015, and in summary, along with continuous improvements to the existing Latin Modern, TeX Gyre and DejaVu-math fonts, it introduces three new project deliverables: * A sans-serif Math Open Type Format font (for use in headings) * A heavy Math Open Type Format font (for use in headings) * A monospace font with math symbols (for use in editors) The project is expected to run for multiple years as there is a lot of work involved. TeX-related projects like this will always eventually get done, but with the addition of funding the timeline can be shortened considerably, from potentially decades back to a few years. The ConTeXt Group has a small positive balance each year, and now that we have a bit of a buffer in the bank, we can afford to look for ways to use our surplus to help TeX-related development. ConTeXt has been using the e-Foundry fonts since well before the first official release, so the members meeting decided to offer their financial support to this newest e-Foundry project. It was decided to earmark 500€ for each year of the upcoming three membership years for that purpose. Not a staggering amount of money, but we currently do not have enough members to safely invest more. And we do consider it an investment: all ConTeXt users will directly benefit from those new fonts once they become available. More funding would make the project run that much faster, so if you want to help out, you could make a donation directly via the TUG donations page at https://www.tug.org/donate/dev.html (TeX Gyre fonts contribution). Or you could help indirectly by becoming a member of the ConTeXt Group via http://group.contextgarden.net/ With more members, we could do more! Yours truly, Taco Hoekwater ConTeXt Group president -- The item(s) mentioned in this message are only part of the activities undertaken by the ConTeXt Group. The ConTeXt Group is a non-profit organisation set up for and by ConTeXt users, with its purpose being promoting and facilitating the use of the ConTeXt typesetting system developed by Pragma ADE. We can always use more volunteers and members, so please think about joining in! See http://group.contextgarden.net/ for more information.