This week the Java Community Process Executive Committee had the second face-to-face meeting of 2024. This time we met in Seattle, WA hosted by Amazon.

It was a full-day meeting with a lot of topics on the agenda. The minutes will, as always, be made publicly available on the JCP EC web page. We had external speakers presenting cool stuff, such as Project Babylon, Java 23 support in IntelliJ IDEA, and Eclipse Collections. Other topics we talked about were Java in Education and how to help the Java ecosystem to increase the adoption of newer Java features. We also discussed how we can help change the perception that “Java is old“. A lot of good ideas came up, and hopefully we will see them pop up as initiatives going forward.

The day before the meeting, some of us met with a representative from the University of Washington to gain insight of how we can assist with Java in Education system. We also had a JCP-themed JUG Meetup with the Seattle Java User Group.

Before the meeting, the JCP Runners went for a morning run in Seattle led by Volker. It is a refreshing start of the day and the best way to get prepared for a full day in the meeting room.

Every year there is an election in the Executive Committee where half of the seats are up for elections. Those elected serve a two-year term. This year, Eclipse Foundation is running in the elections to keep our elected seat in the committee. Please vote for us if you are a believer of Open Source. We are the only non-for-profit Open Source Foundation among the candidates. A vote for Eclipse Foundation is a vote for Open Source.