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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes for August 2025
DateAugust 12, 2025
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AgendaAttendance
MinutesThe EC Standing Rules state the following penalties for non-attendance at EC meetings (note that those who participate in face-to-face meetings by phone are officially counted as absent):
Personnel changesHadi Hariri replaces Mala Gupta, as JetBrains primary representative, need new alternate.
EC Stats, EC Elections, JVMLS 2025, JavaOne 2026Heather presented the usual EC stats and reviewed the seats coming up for election in the Fall. (see the presentation for details). Heather also shared regarding the recent JVMLS conference in Santa Clara, CA and encouraged EC Members to watch the videos on the Java YouTube channel as they become available. The dates for JavaOne 2026 have also been announced; will discuss in more detail at a future EC Meeting.
JSR 400, Java SE 25Iris Clark presented an update on JSR 400, Java SE 25, currently in Public Review and scheduled for EC ballot beginning 19 August (see presentation for details). Zoran asked about changes in a JEP for the Vector API; Iris advised to see JEP 508 and see the ‘History’ section.
Java in EducationHeather shared updates from the Java in Education discussions and a summary of the Faculty Day held in the Dominican Republic. We will have our next discussion August 19.
Java Ecosystem Working GroupHeather shared that we have a birds of a feather scheduled during Devoxx 2025 in Belgium following our next face to face meeting in Cambridge. The working group will meet again on September 23 to prepare for the session.
How to Contribute to OpenJDK, Part 2Alex Buckley presented a comprehensive overview of how to contribute to OpenJDK, as a follow up to the June JCP EC Meeting presentation (see presentation for details). Alex reiterated that reporting your experience is the most valuable contribution you can make to the OpenJDK projects. To complement this topic, BNY shared their experiences contributing to OpenJDK projects. Sirisha and Victor summarized their goals and outcomes. BNY wanted to actively participate in a JEP. To begin they investigated the Quality Outreach program and discussed internally in which areas to participate. Victor shared some challenges with uniformity in the location of links to the mailing list discussion and draft documents and builds, depending on the type of JEP and the state of the JEP, with some JEPs going on for years. Victor suggested a Getting Started Guide may be helpful. In summarizing their experience, it is suggested to research JEPs (see list of JEPs) for areas of interest, communicate with the JEP author on the mailing discussion list, decide on areas to focus and take action by collecting feedback and then document that feedback on the mailing list or issue tracker. See also the OpenJDK Developer Guide.
Java & AI Working GroupZoran reviewed a draft of the presentation being developed in the working group; we discussed adding more projects into the ecosystem slide. We will continue to refine the presentation before our next meeting September 30 (see the presentation for details).
Other Business - Logistics and 2026 CalendarHeather reviewed a few upcoming events and dates in the calendar, including details and events around the meeting at Arm in Cambridge on 3 October and a preview of the 2026 EC Meeting calendar. We will finalize the calendar in October 2025.
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