# The Bullhorn #213

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-213/45014>\
**Category:** Newsletter\
**Tags:** aap, aws, ee\
**Created:** [December 19, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-213/45014 "2025-12-19T16:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-213/45014/1 "2025-12-19T16:59:14Z")

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**This week in Ansible Community**  
_Issue #213, 2025-12-19 ([Past Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))_

Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to chat with us in the [Ansible Social room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), and mention [`newsbot`](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im) to have your news item tagged for review for the next weekly issue!

## General news updates 🔈

### 2025 Year-End Community Message

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) shared

> Here’s to a [grand 2025 in the Ansible Community](https://forum.ansible.com/t/goodbye-2025-and-cheers-to-2026/45012)!

### Ansible Community Execution Environment 2.20.1-1 Release

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) said

> We’re happy to announce the release of the
> 
> Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.20.1-1 (latest)!  
> Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.20.1-1 (latest)!
> 
> Get the details of both the images in [the announcement](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-execution-environment-base-minimal-2-20-1-1-latest/45003) made in the Ansible Forum.
> 
> [Join the Ansible Forum](https://forum.ansible.com/) to know about the future release announcements.
> 
> On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!

## Collection updates 🪄

### Certified Collections Updates

[samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said

> Certified collections updated this week:
> 
> - [hpe.oneview:11.0.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/hpe/oneview?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [ibm.power\_aix:2.2.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/ibm/power_aix?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [splunk.es:5.0.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/splunk/es?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [microsoft.mecm:1.0.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/microsoft/mecm?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [netapp.storagegrid:21.16.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/netapp/storagegrid?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [netapp.ontap:23.3.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/netapp/ontap?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [purestorage.flashblade:1.23.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/purestorage/flashblade?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)
> - [netscaler.adc:2.13.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/netscaler/adc?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626)

## Community events and meetups 📅

[samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) contributed

> - 2025-12-25, [AWS Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848)
> 
> - 2026-01-01, [AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-config-as-code-office-hours-first-thursday-of-every-month/398)
> 
> - 2026-01-13, [Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-our-official-code-freeze-schedule-process/44176)
> 
> - 2026-01-17, [Ansible-india: Ansible Bangalore Meetup - January 2026 [2026-01-17]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-india-ansible-bangalore-meetup-january-2026-2026-01-17/44992)
> 
> - 2026-02-02, [CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44250)
> 
> - Every Thursday @13:00 UTC, [Network Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539)

## Other events and releases

Use the Ansible Forum to see [other events](https://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) and [releases](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18).

## Join the Ansible community

Looking for ways to get involved? See [how can I help](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/how_can_I_help.html#how-can-i-help) for some ideas!

You can find easy issues in [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible-collections+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) and [other projects](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible+user:ansible-community+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) for code or documentation contributions.

## That’s all for now!

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please ask in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!