Hello budgies of the year 2025,
The new year just started, and according to this meeting report, some of the budgies of Ubuntu have been laborious during the winter holidays!
As you probably guessed from the title, there is a new entry in the edge version of the Ubuntu Budgie Welcome snap: Email ballot! 
There are a few reasons why the Ubuntu Budgie team decided to work on Email ballot: First, it simplifies email client installation; at the same time, it provides options for those that want to check some of the popular Linux email clients. Finally, it keeps the download ISO file to a decent size, making it easier to download and fit in our user’s preferred installation media.
Call for testing
Email Ballot is currently on the edge channel of the ubuntu-budgie-welcome snap, and we would like to encourage everyone to help us test it. If you are interested, and you want to help out, please check the instructions below to update your Budgie Welcome app:
Update ubuntu-budgie-welcome snap to edge channel
sudo snap refresh ubuntu-budgie-welcome --channel=edge
Leave your comments, suggestions, and feedback
Please reply to this thread and let us know how the Email Ballot is working for you. If you encounter any issues, a screenshot and basic system info make for a good start.
Revert ubuntu-budgie-welcome snap to stable channel
If you are experiencing issues, or you don’t want to live on the edge, you can always revert to the stable channel of ubuntu-budgie-welcome snap.
sudo snap refresh ubuntu-budgie-welcome --channel=stable
Call for translations
Another important area where we always need help, is translations. If you want to help us translate Email Ballot or any other part of the ubuntu-budgie-welcome, follow this link to Transifex. If you need assistance getting started with translations, you can reply to this post.
Get involved!
We’d love you to get involved with Ubuntu Budgie. If you want to help, reply to a post or create a new one in this category of the Ubuntu Budgie Discourse. And remember, all contributions are great contributions: testing, bug reporting, bug triaging, bug fixing, coding, translations, advocacy, or donations to our open collective.
Thanks for your help, and happy new year of the Budgie! 
