🚨 RUBY MEETUP ORGANIZERS 🚨 . We have another round of grants for Ruby & Rails events worldwide, sponsored by @GitHub! 🙌. 💎 40 grants available.💎 Up to $300 each.💎 Open to new & existing event organizers. Applications open until all spots are filled!

🚨 We extended our silent auction deadline to 9pm PST tonight! 🚨. Bid now to support Ruby Central and get incredible experiences and Ruby-related items!

We announced something extra special at #RailsConf this morning. 👀. In case you missed it 👉

We are thrilled to announce our new Fiscal Sponsorship Program to help Ruby open source projects with the back-office aspects of fundraising! 🙌. Read more about our new initiative 👇 .

We love celebrating the companies doing the work to keep our ecosystem thriving. 🙌. helps teams upgrade legacy Rails apps and keep their tech modern. They also open source 90% of their tools & sponsor essential projects & events!.

Bidding ends on July 9th (Day 2 of #RailsConf!) . But you don't have to be attending RailsConf to participate!. AND you can choose to make a direct contribution in addition to (or in lieu of) your bid:

Ruby Central's FIRST Silent Auction is underway!. This is YOUR CHANCE to bid on incredible experiences (including a VIP RubyConf package), items, & services, all while supporting our programs and operations. 😍. Check out the Silent Auction items here:

CFPs are still open for Rocky Mountain Ruby! ⛰️. Submit your proposal by June 30th 👇 .

JUST RELEASED: The latest issue of Ruby Central's OSS Changelog! 🛠️ . The Changelog is where we share updates on our Open Source Program, which works to maintain, secure, and grow critical infrastructure such as #RubyGems and Bundler. Read it here 👇

Marty Haught, our Director of Open Source (leading Ruby Gems and Bundler) gave a keynote at @BalticRuby today! 💎. But before we share details from that, we have an arguably more important photo to share. Marty got to meet Rosa Gutierrez and her Ruby-famous dog, Mochi! 😍

Congratulations to our friends & sponsors at @Chime on their IPO today at a $14.5B valuation! 👏 . We love seeing companies built on Ruby thrive. ❤️ . Read more:

Heading to @BalticRuby in Riga 🇱🇻 this week?. Be sure to say hello to Marty Haught, Ruby Central's Director of Open Source! . He'll be giving a keynote on RubyGems and OSS sustainability. AND handing out stickers! 😍. (Thanks to artist Emily Griffin.)

RT @ruby_african: Techies, mark your calendars!.Join us this Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at @MageuziHub for an exciting evening of lear….

REMINDER: Our new Executive Director, Shan Cureton, will be hosting a community listening session today on Zoom at 12pm EST (in ~15 mins). We would love to have you join us. Sign up here:

@tenderlove @Persona_IDV @evilmartians @marcoroth_ @rubyevents @balticruby Read the full issue here: . And if you want more Ruby Central and community updates, click the Subscribe button in the upper left corner. 💎💙

@tenderlove @Persona_IDV @evilmartians @marcoroth_ @rubyevents @balticruby Aaaaaanndd *drumroll* we announced that Ruby Central is supporting Hanami, a beloved open source framework for Ruby web apps, by serving as the fiscal host for their fundraiser! 🌸. Tim Riley and the team are raising money to take Hanami to the next level:

@tenderlove @Persona_IDV @evilmartians @marcoroth_ @rubyevents We also shared that our Director of Open Source, Marty Haught, will be a keynote speaker at @balticruby THIS WEEK!. He'll be speaking on RubyGems (of course), sustainability in open source, and the future of Ruby! Say hi if you see him in Riga. 👋

@tenderlove @Persona_IDV @evilmartians @marcoroth_ @rubyevents PLUS, Rocky Mountain Ruby (Oct 6-7 in Boulder, CO) announced their CFPs! . Submit your proposal here:

@tenderlove @Persona_IDV Next, our Community Spotlight: . 💎 SF Ruby Conference hosted by @evilmartians (Nov 19-20): 💎 SF Ruby AI Hackathon (July 19): 💎 @marcoroth_'s work on @RubyEvents, an open source project indexing ALL Ruby events

@tenderlove We shared a Company Spotlight on @Persona_IDV, a massively successful identity verification business built on Rails. 💪 . Read the full article here: