Welcome @Douwe, nice to see reinforcment of the community-staff 
And really great that our calls for wanting to be informed in a more actual way are heard!
I also support a pinned and read-only forum thread, as this should be the easiest way for you!
Maybe one can think of a second thread, where the community can raise short questions which they are intereseted in to read about short news?
Cheers, Robert