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 ====== VuFind® Newsletter: January, 2024 ======
-:!: This document is currently a draft and is subject to change.
 ===== Development Highlights and Project News =====
 ==== Development Progress ====
+The new year got off to a productive start, with many pull requests merged during January in support of releases 9.1.1 and 10.0.
+For 9.1.1, nine minor bugs were fixed, and support was added for FOLIO's forthcoming new authentication method, to ensure forward-compatibility.
+For 10.0, several new features were added (most notably persistent login support, the optional ability to display Solr relevance ranking explanations in the user interface, and an INN-Reach integration for Sierra users), internationalization was expanded (including translation of language names and support for the Māori language), some dependencies were updated (due largely to raising the project's minimum PHP version to 8.1, now that 8.0 is out of support), and several architectural adjustments, minor accessibility improvements, bug fixes and test enhancements were applied.
+A release date for 9.1.1 will likely be announced at the February Community Call. There is still significant work required before 10.0 can be scheduled for release.
 ==== Project Management Committee Report ====
+The PMC met to set annual goals for 2024. They are:
+  * Release versions 10.0 and 10.1.
+  * Hold a VuFind® Summit in Fall, 2024 linked with WOLFcon in some way.
+  * Develop a documentation maintenance plan.
+  * Investigate possible uses of AI for documentation, support, code reviews, etc.
+  * Perform literature review in Code4lib Journal/other sources regarding PMC/sustainability; draft and contribute an article if there is a sufficient need/gap.
+  * Marketing improvements (review vufind.org accessibility, improve content as needed).
 ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues =====
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   * Make sandal font size more uniform: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3326|#3326]]
   * Minor style tweaks for easier Bootstrap 5 migration: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3320|#3320]]
-  * Minor test improvements: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3331|#3331]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3336|#3336]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3341|#3341]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3349|#3349]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3350|#3350]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3351|#3351]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3353|#3353]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3354|#3354]]
+  * Minor test improvements: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3331|#3331]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3336|#3336]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3341|#3341]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3349|#3349]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3350|#3350]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3351|#3351]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3353|#3353]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3354|#3354]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3362|#3362]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3363|#3363]]
   * Move JS dependencies to a theme-specific package.json and update-script: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3290|#3290]]
   * New items improvements: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3269|#3269]]