Executive Committee Meeting Minutes for October 2024

version 1, December 23, 2024

Date


October 16, 2024

Location


In-person only, Amazon offices in Seattle, Washington U.S.A.

Attendance

Wednesday 16 October
PMO
  • Heather VanCura
Executive Committee
  • Amazon.com Services - Volker Simonis, Yishai Galatzer, Paul Hohensee - present
  • Alibaba - Dengyao Mo - present
  • ARM - Shiyou Huang - present
  • Azul Systems - not present
  • Bellsoft - Alexander Belokrylov - present
  • BNY - not present
  • Eclipse - Ivar Grimstad - present
  • Ken Fogel - present
  • Fujitsu - not present
  • IBM - Jie Kang - present
  • Intel - not present
  • Japan JUG - Shin Tanimoto - present
  • JetBrains - not present
  • Microsoft - not present
  • MicroDoc - Klaus Paschke - present
  • Oracle - Georges Saab - present
  • SAP - Christoph Langer - present
  • SouJava - Rafael Del Nero - present
Total attendance: 12 of 18 voting members
Since 75% of the EC's voting members were not present, the EC was not quorate for this session

Minutes


The 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): There are no changes in voting privileges as a result of this meeting.

Personnel changes/EC Elections


Additional Amazon alternate added, Paul Hohensee. The annual JCP EC Elections are currently in progress. Heather reviewed the logistics and details of the elections this year. Ken Fogel shared a few words as he decided not to run for another term this year. Heather thanked him for his service from 2020-2024 and reiterated that Ken will remain involved in the Java in Education Initiative. The new EC will take effect prior to our next JCP EC Meeting in December (see presentation for details).

EC Stats


Heather presented the usual EC stats (see the PMO presentation for details).

Java Platform Updates


Georges presented an overview of some important projects being worked on in OpenJDK, including work being done to ensure Java is the platform to choice for running AI workloads in the cloud. He also shared some details on the informational JEP that was published on Tip & Tail Development for Library Maintainers (JEP 14). There were some great presentations and discussions at Devoxx Belgium. We are trying to ensure new features are adopted as they are released or shortly after new versions of Java are released. The Java ecosystem of tools and libraries is a strength of the Java Platform, and we want to ensure developers can use them by minimize blocking dependencies. With Tip & Tail Development you can provide stability with less change for some projects and additional newer features for other projects and maintain compatibility (see the presentation for details).

Java Ecosystem Working Group


Heather reviewed the Java Ecosystem Working Group wiki page and the next meeting date. Don Raab presented on his experiences as a library maintainer of the project he started, Eclipse Collections (see presentation for details). Don suggested that we should highlight the advantages and incentives for library maintainers as there is overhead to take advantage of new features more quickly. Mala Gupta presented a case study discussing how JetBrains supports new versions of Java (see presentation for details). She will follow up with some suggestions for library maintainers based on their experiences.

JCP 25 Year Anniversary


Heather shared updates on some of the activities around 25th anniversary of the JCP (see the presentation for details) including some articles and videos highlighting many of the Java User Group Celebrations around the world. Following the break, we joined a SouJava celebration event in progress. Each of the JCP EC members was able to share some thoughts with the user group members are they were celebrating the 25 Year Anniversary of the JCP program in Brazil. See article for details, pictures and the video link).

JCP Award Nominations


Heather reminded EC Members that nominations for the 2024 JCP Awards are currently open. The EC will vote on the JCP Awards in February and the awards will be presented at the annual JCP event. The annual JCP event will be held in March 2025 during the JavaOne Conference in Redwood Shores, California. (see the presentation for details).

Project Babylon Update


Paul Sandoz presented a Project Babylon update (see the presentation for details).

JavaOne


Chad Arimura presented updates on plans for the upcoming JavaOne being held in March 2025 in Redwood Shores, California as well as some additional Java Developer Relations topics (see presentation for details).

Java in Education


Heather reviewed the summary of discussions in the Java in Education –we reviewed some updates to the materials for JUG leaders focused on how developers are utilizing Java in industry, published on the Java in Education wiki on GitHub.

Heather leads a monthly discussion with Java User Group (JUG) leaders to discuss the workshops they are organizing in their local communities and provide guidance and best practices; the next discussion is October 22.

Heather Stephens presented an update on her efforts on Java in Education in the Java Platform Group including an u[date on work with the College Board in the US (see presentation for details). Many EC Members also shared their observations around Java in Education.

Amazon Host Presentation


Volker shared a presentation on Java at Amazon (see the presentation for details).

Other Business - Logistics and 2025 Calendar


Heather reviewed a few upcoming events and dates in the JCP calendar. The hosts for our 2025 face to face meetings are Microsoft in the Bay Area on Friday, March 21, 2025, and Arm in Cambridge October 10, 2025. Heather thanked Amazon for their gracious hosting of the meeting, the JUG meeting and the dinner following the EC Meeting.

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