Hi all, We're now into the home stretch for MPI 5.0 and the next meeting is the release candidate meeting! This has some specific meanings that I've gone over a few times <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Mo0_p4--q... > in the last couple of meetings, so if you're not familiar with what's going to happen over the next few months, please take a look at the linked slides. With that in mind, most of the time at our upcoming meeting will be prioritized toward getting MPI 5.0 ready, but there could still be some additional time for other discussions. If you have any plenaries, votes, or working group time that you'd like to propose, please send those out to the mailing list now. The deadline for announcements is February 17th (which is a US holiday). Registration for the meeting isn't quite open yet as we finalize the logistics, but should be available soon. Another announcement will be coming soon on that. We have finalized the meeting times though (apart from the exact times of the voting blocks, which may change as we get closer and figure out meal/break times. You can find all that on the agenda page <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.mpi-forum.org/meetings/2025/03/agenda... >. Thanks, Wes