The 2009 JCP Executive Committee (EC) Elections have arrived.  The ballot is currently open until midnight (pacific time) on Monday 2 November.   The primary contact for JCP program members are eligible to vote (one vote per member, individual Members are their own primary contact).  Please take this opportunity to influence the members on the EC by participating in the election. 

The ballot (for both ratified and elected seats) includes:

Standard/Enterprise (SE/EE) EC

• Ratification Ballot candidates include: Doug Lea, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Oracle
• Open Seat Election candidates include: Liferay, Matthew McCullough, Tim Peierls, Terracotta

Micro Edition (ME) EC

• Ratification Ballot candidates include: AT&T, Siemens, SK Telecom, T-Mobile, Vodafone
• Open Seat Election candidates include: Jacob Feldman

Primary Contacts for JCP members received the election ballot instructions via email last week and again (if they haven't voted) this week--please vote!!

For more information on the JCP EC Elections process see: http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections

Next Wednesday, 28 October 2009, the PMO will host the next call for Spec Leads and other interested JCP Members on the use of the discussion boards on jcp.org, including a discussion of what the boards are, how to access the boards, and how they differ from the aliases that we used to have on jcp.org.

Topic: SL call: Discussion Boards
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Time: 8:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
Meeting Number: 827 540 388
Meeting Password: 1Board

Information for the teleconference numbers will display once you log in to your WebEx session.

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To join the online meeting (Now from iPhones too!)
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1. Go to https://java.webex.com/java/j.php?ED=128960662&UID=0&PW=NYmMxZjE0MTIx&RT=MiM0
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: 1Board
4. Click "Join Now". 

Although the Expert Group in the JCP program is always the Spec Lead's primary source of input, JSRs that are developed in a transparent fashion also draw on the knowledge and experience of Observers, the Community, and the Public. Recently three new case studies of Spec Leads who are effectively gathering input from their Expert Groups and beyond.  Check out these latest Transparency Case Studies on the topic of Development and let us know if you have suggestions for other JSRs being led in a transparent and open development style.  Our next series of case studies will focus on the topic of Agility--please share any suggestions in that arena as well.

• JSR 249: Kay Glahn (Vodafone) and Erkki Rysa (Nokia) Address the Java Ecosystem
• JSR 286: Stefan Hepper (IBM) Harnesses Diverse Views to Suit a Diverse Community
• JSR 289: Mihir Kulkarni (Oracle) and Yannis Cosmadopoulos (Oracle) Taps the Community of Developers at Large

As we mentioned earlier this month, the 2009 JCP EC Elections are here. The nominations for the open seats on the Standard/Enterprise Edition (SE/EE) and Micro Edition (ME) EC close today at midnight Pacific. Nominate yourself today!

JCP program members are eligible to nominate themselves and vote on the ballot.  The ballot (for both ratified and elected seats) will open for voting on 20 October, as follows:

SE/EE EC

• Ratification Ballot will include: Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Doug Lea, Oracle
• Nominations open now for 1 elected seat--closes 14 October

ME EC

• Ratification Ballot will include: AT&T, Siemens, SK Telecom, T-Mobile, Vodafone
• Nominations open now for 1 elected seat--closes 14 October

For more information on the JCP EC Elections process see: http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections

The summer edition of the JCP Program newsletter. is available now on jcp.org.  It was a busy summer--this edition covered recent news/events, the 2009 Executive Committee (EC) Elections, the new jcp.org web site,  JCP version 2.7, Java Specification Requests (JSR) updates and a membership update.

The 2009 JCP Executive Committee (EC) Elections are here!   This year's elections run October 1 - November 3. 

Due to the changes introduced with the JCP version 2.7 Maintenance Release in June 2009, the time line for the annual JCP EC Elections looks a bit different this year.  The nomination phase is first--happening now at our Election web site.  Nominations for the 2 open EC seats--one on the Standard/Enterprise Edition (SE/EE) EC and one on the Micro Edition (ME) EC.  Any JCP program member may nominate themselves here.

On 20 October, the ballot for the ratified and open EC seats will be posted.  The  election will start on 20 October and end on 2 November.   The following seats are up for election this year: Fujitsu Limited, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Doug Lea, Oracle on the SE/EE EC, and on the ME EC Ericsson AB, Motorola, Qisda, Siemens, Vodafone. There are also 2 more seats open due to the resignation of Nortel (SE/EE EC) and Philips (ME EC).  

There are 2 open JCP EC seats--nominate yourself today! Nominations will be open until 14 October.  More information on the EC Elections available here.