December 2026 DataFusion ASF Board Report

### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

Per https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/committee/datafusion the DataFusion ASF board report schedule is

March, June, September, December

### Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to draft a board report for the ASF board meeting, ideally with community help.

The meetings are typically in the second or third week of the month

### Describe alternatives you've considered

- [ ] make a google doc (in addition to this issue) that people can add relevant content to
- [ ] Solicit community feedback for the various sub projects
- [ ] The chair (me for the time being) submits it to the board via https://reporter.apache.org/wizard/
- [ ] Create a ticket for the next report

past examples:
- https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/22889
- https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/20874

### Additional context

_No response_

Start by reading the past reports in issues #22889 and #20874, then check the DataFusion ASF report schedule and the ASF reporter wizard linked in the issue. Gather relevant community and subproject updates, solicit feedback as needed, and consider the report done when it is ready for the chair to submit for the December 2026 board meeting.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.