JCP News Bulletin
September 2003

Here is your September edition of the PMO News Bulletin.  This Bulletin
is sent to JCP (sm) Members, Spec Leads and Experts and is scheduled to
be a monthly insert in your email inbox. This edition covers some recent
news, a JCP survey, the Executive Committee Elections, JCP Training, JUG
dates, JCP member discounts and some noteworthy JSRs.
 
** Recent News **
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Find out about more about the latest happenings in the Java Community
Process (sm) (JCP sm) program, by visiting  the "What's New" area of the
JCP web site: http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/jcp 

One recent posting is a JCP @ JavaOne webcast:
http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/news/2003/08/JCP-JavaOne.html

** JCP EC Elections: October 2003 - November 2003 **
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Preparations for the Executive Committee (EC) Elections are underway;
the ratification ballot will be posted on September 26, and voting will
begin October 1.  The JSPA contact(s) for each JCP member company or
individual are eligible to vote and will be sent their voting PIN on
October 1. To confirm that we have the correct JSPA contact within your
company please send e-mail to participant-access@jcp.org.  Please
remember to vote!

Following the ratifications, nominations for the open elections can be
submitted. If you or your company is interested in joining one of the
ECs this is a good time to prepare your nomination. The nomination
template will become available from the voting web site on October 17
http://jcpelection2003.org 

For more information on the Elections:
http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections

** JCP SURVEY **
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We would like you to participate in a brief online survey regarding the
JCP. Your opinions will help improve the JCP to better meet the needs of
developers and organizations that depend on Java technology. When you
have a few minutes, please go to the following URL to participate in the
survey: http://63.170.131.3/surveys/jcpsurvey2.htm

To thank you for your participation we will enter your name in a drawing
for a $500 cash prize.  Your opinions are very important to us, so
please respond today.  Thank you in advance for your participation. 


 ** UPCOMING JCP TRAINING **
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The JCP Training and Communication Session is coming to the Boston
Area.  Spec Leads, Program Managers, Product Managers, Experts and EC
Members and all interested JCP Members are invited to attend.
When:  2 & 3 October
Where:  Sun Burlington Campus - Bldg:  BUR 01, Herman Melville
Conference Room
RSVP:  Liz.Cadd@sun.com or 1.510.550.4353.  Please indicate attendance
in person or by phone.  Dial in information will be sent with the
confirmations.


** JUG MEETING **
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JCP PMO and EC members will be on hand at the NEJUG - the New England
Java Users Group.  Pizza and refreshments (beer, soda) will be served.
Where: Sun's Burlington Campus - One Network Drive, Burlington
When: 1 October, 6:00 pm
For more information see: nejug.org 


** JCP DISCOUNT FOR LOGON WEB DAYS **
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The JCP is an Association Sponsor of LogOn Web Days - a new
series of pan-European events focusing on Web Services, Java, and XML:
http://www.ltt.de/web-days.2003/index.shtml

The JCP has a 20% discount to attend any of the events. To take
advantage of this discount, please make sure you add the phrase "JCP
20%" at the end of your last name when registering:
http://www.ltt.de/web-days.2003/register/index.shtml


 ** Noteworthy JSRs **
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This section of the News Bulletin calls out JSRs that have news to share
with the Java Community. If your JSR has something newsworthy to report
then send an alert ("Hey PMO!") to pmo@jcp.org.

- The JSR ballot of a successor JSR for the Information Module Profile
(JSR 195) has been started.  The intention of this "Information Module
Profile - Next Generation (IMP-NG)" is to enable information modules
(displayless mobile devices for non-human use in modems,
selling machines etc.) to use (non-graphical) features of MIDP 2.0, as
IMP did for MIDP 1.0 features.
 
- JSR 32, JAIN SIP v1.1, has completed its maintenance release. The
specification is available here: http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=32. 
JAIN SIP supports the following RFC's 3261, 2976, 3262, 3265, 3311,
3326, 3428 and 3515. The RI and TCK can be downloaded at:
http://jain-sip.dev.java.net/. 

- The JSR 226 Expert Group has been formed, and the EG will hold
its kickoff meeting on September 16-17. For more information, please
contact the JSR-226 spec. leads.

Remember, all JSRs operating under JCP 2.5 (the current version of the
JCP) require that all expert group member entities have signed the JSPA2
located here: http://jcp.org/en/participation/membership.

 ** Contact Information **
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Here is how to contact the Program Office:

- http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/proposal
        - To submit proposals for new JSRs.

- spec-submit@jcp.org
        - To send in your draft and/or final specification documents and
related materials (as .pdf or Zip archive, please. Other formats will
not be posted).

- participant-access@jcp.org
        -In case you misplaced your Member password....

- pmo@jcp.org
         - To reach the PMO.