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-## Announcements
+## Announcements 
+
+*Please fill out [this survey][survey] before skiping this section! More info below!*
+
+Hey everyone, it's been a while! As you've certainly noticed, the newsletter was on
+a hiatus for a while. The reason was mostly maintainer burnout, which is also why
+the newsletter of August 2023 was not published [until a few days ago][august-news].
+
+We're back now though! The community member Jan Hohenheim ([@janhohenheim]) 
+has taken up the main responsibility for reviving the newsletter. This includes making changes requested 
+by the community, and making sure the format is sustainable for the long term. 
+
+### Schedule Changes
+
+Thierry Berger ([@Vrixyz]), who has also decided to help with the project,
+has come up with a new monthly schedule that we will try out:
+
+- 3rd of the month: Newsletter starts. A call for submissions is made on social media 
+and community Discord servers interested in receiving it. At the same time, last month's newsletter is published.
+- 3rd to 28th of the month: submissions are collected and the newsletter is written.
+- 28th of the month: Submissions are closed. New submissions go into the next month's newsletter.
+- 3rd of the next month: The newsletter is published. Any submissions not edited 
+in time will be moved to the next month or removed entirely.
+
+This more strict schedule should help with the issue of late entries and reduce the pressure of editing by
+having a dedicated time for it with no incoming submissions. The goal is to be more consistent and reliable
+in our publishing schedule.
+
+### Community Survey
+
+This restructuring is also a good time to improve the content of the newsletter.
+We've got some community feedback on our [Discord] already and would like to hear more from you.
+It would be great if you could fill out [this survey][survey] to let us know how 
+we can improve the newsletter going forward.
+
+### Future Steps
+
+Based on feedback we've already gotten, the steps for next months are:
+- Add an email subscription option to the newsletter
+- Setup a system for how to edit entries that are not ready before the newsletter ships.
+We are currently looking into either hiring a part-time editor, 
+using generative AI to add a few sentences where needed, or simply removing these entries.
+
+Additionally, we will be evaluating the [survey] results in the next newsletter, so stay tuned for that.
+
+That's all for now. Have fun reading!
+
+
+[august-news]: https://gamedev.rs/news/049/
+[@janhohenheim]: https://github.com/janhohenheim
+[@Vrixyz]: https://github.com/Vrixyz
+[survey]: TODO
+[Discord]: https://discord.gg/game-development-in-rust-676678179678715904
 
 ## Game Updates