diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index c4a46d3..8be5cb5 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ show_categories = true
 [announcement]
 enable = true
 expire_days = 7
-content = "2025 Update: Check out our new [advisory board](/about)."
+content = "August Update: Winding down the [conferences](/news/winding-down)."
 
 # seo meta data for OpenGraph / Twitter Card
 # seo module: https://github.com/gethugothemes/hugo-modules/tree/master/seo-tools/basic-seo
diff --git a/content/english/about/index.md b/content/english/about/index.md
index 864d7f4..f1ad1d3 100644
--- a/content/english/about/index.md
+++ b/content/english/about/index.md
@@ -55,47 +55,6 @@ features:
     content_class: "mt-4"
     content: "[Abner](https://abner.page) is founder of Handmade Cities and the sole organizer for our conferences.<br><br>At a young age he was mentored by Kennedy Space Center on how they make software. After winning NASA’s Intern of the Year, Abner penned an essay on their programming philosophy: featured in the [news](https://observer.com/2017/07/a-look-into-nasa-coding-philosophy-kennedy-space-center-programming/). He was subsequently promoted to launch control engineer.<br><br>Abner started the [Handmade Network](https://handmade.network/), an online community learning to make quality software. He went on to work under Jonathan Blow for several years and finally Cyan Worlds to ship the [Myst remake](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255560/Myst/).<br><br>Now in his early thirties, Abner's mounting concern of declining software standards—both ethical and technical—pushed him to run conferences and grow meetups full-time. (He still loves [programming](https://terminal.click) though.)"
 
-  - title: "Our Advisory Board"
-    title_class: "mb-20 text-center text-white"
-    image: ""
-    side: "center"
-    content_class: "mt-16 mb-12"
-    bg_img: 
-      parallax: true
-      img: "/images/starry_night.png"
-    grid:
-      - title: "Zac Nowicki"
-        content: "Tech lead at [Kagi](https://kagi.com) Search."
-        color: "#9B8EE8"
-        content_class: "text-white"
-      - title: "Mary Bush"
-        content: "Seattle indie developer, formerly in logistics/healthcare tech."
-        color: "#9B8EE8"        
-        content_class: "text-white"
-      - title: "Jon Stevens"
-        content: "Senior game developer at Bitshift Entertainment: new studio by Notch, creator of Minecraft."
-        color: "#9B8EE8"        
-        content_class: "text-white"
-      - title: "Matthew Knight"
-        content: "Organizer at [Software You Can Love](https://softwareyoucanlove.ca): plus meetups, workshops, and more."
-        color: "#9B8EE8"                
-        content_class: "text-white"
-      - title: "Unlisted Member"
-        content: "Systems programmer, community member, and a friend of Handmade Cities. Values Privacy™"
-        color: "#9B8EE8"                
-        content_class: "text-white"
-      - title: "NASA Observer"
-        content: "Hardware engineer at NASA. Observer role, no voting power. Anonymous involvement given the current climate."
-        color: "#9B8EE8"                
-        content_class: "text-white"
-    button:
-      enable: true
-      label: "Governance"
-      link: "/board"
-      icon: "fa fa-ticket pl-2"
-      class: "btn text-white meetups-bg"
-    notice: "**Note:** The advisory board is comprised of volunteers. Member's opinions are their own, not their employer's."
-
   - title: "Morgan Rammell"
     title_class: "text-white"
     subtitle: "Event Coordinator"