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April 2004 Archives

java.net Governance 2.0 is posted

Thanks to everyone who contributed to these updates to the java.net governance. The suggested changes went through several rounds of review by our Advisory Board, Fairness Board, and Community leaders and, with their approval, have finally posted to the site.

This update provides additional details around existing roles as well as defining some processes.

Some noteworthy changes and additions include:

• Additional details around the charter and function of:
  • The Advisory and Fairness Boards
  • The Community Manager
  • The Community Leaders

• The creation of a voting Management Board

• The creation of a non-voting Executive Board

• The voting process and election schedule

• The Governance Change Process (GCP)

These updates set the groundwork for increasing community involvement in direction setting for java.net. You are encouraged to review the updated govenance and to get more involved.

Questions, comments, and suggestions should be posted to our public governance forum.

java.net Monthly Report - March 2004

Starting today you can find monthly reports for java.net in the java-net project's file sharing section in the Monthly Reports folder. Here are some highlights:

• Membership has been increasing in an ongoing and steady pace. In March java.net membership grew by 4,794 new members for a total of 41,661. That is one of our best monthly increases so far!

• Will Iverson and Michael Champion have agreed to join the Java Web Services and XML community as community leaders. Look for some cool changes and additional activitiy there.

• O'Reilly and Associates was a finalist in the recent JOLT! awards for the outstanding job they are doing for java.net.

• Thanks to everyone who has helped revise our initial governace. The revisions are currently being reviewed. The 2.0 release will be posted soon.

The March monthly report also includes other statistics, news, events, and a look at the month ahead. Please check it out.

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