1) The document summarizes updates from the GO-GN.net organization, which supports open education research and PhD students. 2) Key updates include a new website, membership application process, surveys of members, webinar series, and funding secured for three more years. 3) The goals are to establish GO-GN as a global community for OER research, have PhD students at the heart of it, and develop resources to increase publications, students, alumni, and ongoing researchers in open education.