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Nov 2005
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Recent News
Find out more about the latest happenings and announcements in the JCP program, by visiting the front page of jcp.org. Some recent JCP-related news items are listed below.
 
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Upcoming Events--EC Elections, JCP Training, ApacheCon, JavaPolis
The 2005 Executive Committee (EC) Elections are coming to a close – there are only a few days left to vote. The JSPA 2 contact(s) for each JCP member are obligated to vote again in this phase of the elections and have been sent their voting PIN via email on 8 November. There are 4 open seats remaining – 2 on the SE/EE EC and 2 on the ME EC. If you have not already done so, please go to the voting web site and cast your vote before midnight PST on this Monday, 14 November! Results will be available on the same site on Tuesday, 15 November.
 
The December EC Face-to-Face Meeting & JCP Training will take place 12-16 December, in conjunction with ApacheCon, US, in San Diego, CA. For information on the training being held 15-16 December, please contact Liz@jcp.org.  
As a conference sponsor, the JCP Program is also offering 10 full scholarships to ApacheCon for Java technology students. To apply for this scholarship contact delia@apachecon.com . For general conference information see: http://apachecon.com/2005/US/
 
The JCP program will sponsor and present at JavaPolis in Antwerp Belgium, 14-16 December:
 
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JavaOne 2006 Call for Papers Open
The JavaOne Call for Papers is now open through 30 November. This is the place to propose Technical Sessions, Tutorials, Industry Panels, Technical Case Studies and Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs) for JavaOne 2006, being held May 16-19 in San Francisco. Subject areas for presentations are Core Platform (Java SE), Core Enterprise (Java EE), Desktop, Web Tier, Tools, Mobile and Embedded Devices, and Cool Stuff. Potential JavaOne attendees can also offer ideas for conference content by posting suggestions on the Planning JavaOne 2006 forum.

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JCP EC Meeting Summaries
Summaries of JCP program Executive Committee meetings are available for JCP program members. Most recently the April and May summaries have been added (use your participant access password) for viewing.  
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PMO Schedule- Elections Changeover & Holidays
The EC is changing 15 - 22 November 2005. This means no 2 week ballots can start on 15 November. The PMO will be on holiday 24 - 25 November and on winter vacation from 26-30 December 2005. This means no 2 week ballots can start on 13, 20 or 27 December. Also, no Community Review or Early Draft Review ballot can start on 20 or 27 December and no Maintenance Review can end between 23 December 2005 and 1 January 2006.
 
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Noteworthy JSRs
Did you know that the PMO offers Public Relations support to spec leads? The JCP conducts outreach to the press with JSR news on an ongoing bi-weekly basis. If would like to highlight your JSR, please contact Corina Ulescu at corina@jcp.org.
  • JSR 285, Performance Management API, is now available for review. This
    JSR will provide for the monitoring and management of the performance of
    an information or telecommunications network.
  • JSR 281, IMS Services API, holds its Kick-off meeting this week in
    Munich. This JSR is intended to enable application programmers to easily
    write applications that can integrate with the IP Multimedia Subsystem
    (IMS). Important technologies like high-level IMS functionality , Push
    to Talk over Cellular (PoC) services and Group List Management (GLM)
    services will be supported by this.
  • JSR 231 , Java Bindings for OpenGL, is now available for Early Draft
    Review. This review closes on 18 November.
  • JSR 257, Contactless Communication API, is now available for Public
    Review. This review closes on 21 November.
  • JSR 202 , Contactless Communication API, is now available for Public
    Review. This review closes on 21 November.
  • JSR 233, J2EE Mobile Device Management and Monitoring Specification,
    is now available for Public Review. This review closes on 5 December.
  • The Proposed Final Draft of JSR 224, Java API for XML-Based Web
    Services 2.0, is now available.
  • The Proposed Final Draft of JSR 250, Common Annotations for the Java
    Platform is now available.
  • The Expert Groups for JSR 164, SIMPLE Presence, and JSR 165, SIMPLE Instant Messaging, have completed their work and published the Final Release of the specifications.
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PMO Contact Information

Here is how to contact the Program Office:
 
Expert Group (EG) Coordination: If you have an EG kick-off meeting and would like to get an overview of the JSR 2.6 program please contact the JSR Program Manager:
Liz@jcp.org or at 1 510 550 4353.
 
Liz is also available to facilitate face to face meetings for your EG or help two or more EGs of related or dependent JSRs to meet.
 
http://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).
 
admin@ jcp.org: Expert Group lists, in case you misplaced your Member access information.
 
pmo@ jcp.org: to reach the PMO.
 
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Best regards,
Heather VanCura for the JCP PMO
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