# Haskell Foundation August Update

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006>\
**Category:** Haskell Foundation\
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006 "2021-09-01T00:01:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![myShoggoth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/myshoggoth/32/1877_2.png) [@myShoggoth](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/myShoggoth)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006/1 "2021-09-01T00:01:24Z")

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# Haskell Foundation August Update

# New Sponsor!

We want to thank our newest sponsor.

[HERP](https://herp.co.jp/) is a Tokyo-based HR tech company, using Haskell to build recruiting software. They have sponsored at the Functor level!

Please join me in showing them appreciation and love for supporting the Haskell community! They join our distinguished list of sponsors:

## Monad

- [IOHK](https://iohk.io/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/)
- [Digital Asset](https://www.digitalasset.com/)

## Applicative

- [EMQ](https://www.emqx.io/)
- [Tweag](https://www.tweag.io/)
- [Well-Typed](https://well-typed.com/)
- [Obsidian Systems](https://obsidian.systems/)
- [ExFreight](https://www.exfreight.com/)

## Functor

- [Flipstone](https://flipstone.com/)
- [Mercury](https://mercury.com/)
- [TripShot](https://www.tripshot.com/)
- [HERP](https://herp.co.jp/)

# Community

## Podcast

[Haskell Interlude Episode 1](https://haskell.foundation/podcast) is an interview with our CTO, Emily Pillmore, and is live!

## Haskell Foundation Office Hours

We’ve done one so far, and it was a lot of fun. They’re scheduled for the first Monday of each month, however September’s first Monday is a holiday in the US, so instead it will be on Monday, September 13th, 16:00 UTC (9a US west coast) at my [Twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/myshoggoth).

## Merch Shop?

On our [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/haskell-foundation/shared_invite/zt-mjh76fw0-CEjg2NbyVE8rVQDvR~0F4A) instance we’re having a lively conversation in the #merch-shop channel about what fun stuff an HF shop might carry. Have ideas, designs, or a fistful of cash burning a hole in your pocket? Join in!

# Technical Track

## Utf-8 Text

Bodigrim has a big [PR](https://github.com/haskell/text/pull/365) up! Anyone with expertise in this area please devote time to review this big boy, it is large, includes some C, and involves changing more than one fundamental assumption of the code.

## Proposal Process

Emily Pillmore has a [WIP PR](https://github.com/haskellfoundation/tech-proposals/pull/10) for a new proposal process for HF technical work. If you think there is something that the HF is uniquely positioned to accomplish, this is how you would propose that we should take it on, what role we should play, and also get community feedback.

# Financials

I wrote a [reply](http://discourse.haskell.org/t/live-update-list-of-haskell-foundation-funding/2964/6) to a thread about the HF’s financials and 2022 budget on the [Haskell Discourse](http://discourse.haskell.org/).

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**Author:** ![human154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/human154/32/1797_2.png) [@human154](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/human154)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006/2 "2021-10-16T16:26:51Z")

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@myShoggoth

Was there a September update?

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**Author:** ![taylorfausak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/taylorfausak/32/54_2.png) [@taylorfausak](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/taylorfausak)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006/3 "2021-10-16T20:05:02Z")

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Yup! See the discussion here:

> [@Haskell Foundation September Seven Month Update Extravaganza!](http://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-september-seven-month-update-extravaganza/3382):
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> I posted our (massive) [September Update on Medium](https://haskell-foundation.medium.com/haskell-foundation-september-seven-month-update-extravaganza-f1533862f1e7) for easier readability, starting our blog off right, and hopefully reaching an even wider audience. Do feel free to discuss it here, though!

And here’s a direct link:

> **[Haskell Foundation September Seven Month Update Extravaganza](https://haskell-foundation.medium.com/haskell-foundation-september-seven-month-update-extravaganza-f1533862f1e7)**
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> by Andrew Boardman

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**Author:** ![human154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/human154/32/1797_2.png) [@human154](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/human154)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-update/3006/4 "2021-10-16T20:11:53Z")

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Thanks Talor!

I searched here on Haskell Discourse for “haskell foundation update”

I guess I was too lazy to scroll “all the way down” to the 7th result ☹