2013 Governing Board Election
The OpenJDK Governing Board oversees the structure and operation of the OpenJDK Community. It has two At-Large Members who serve for a term of one calendar year, nominally starting on the first day of April each year.
Nominations for the 2013 term were due by 20:00 UTC on Monday, 25 March 2013.
During this time any OpenJDK Member could nominate an individual who does not currently hold an appointed Governing Board seat to fill one of the At-Large seats. That individual need not already be an OpenJDK Member. An OpenJDK Member may make more than one such nomination.
Two individuals were nominated, and each accepted his nomination. Their candidate statements are shown below.
Voting starts at 12:00 UTC on Tuesday, 26 March, and runs for two weeks, ending at 12:00 UTC on Tuesday, 9 April. In this election we're using secret ballots, per the Governing Board's direction. If you're an OpenJDK Member then you're eligible to vote in this election and you should have received voting instructions via e-mail. If you haven't received them by Wednesday, 27 March then please contact the registrar for assistance.
Candidates
- Andrew Haley, Red Hat
Last year I wrote, in part:
My role is to stand up for freedom and to steer the GB towards helping people who crank out code to get their job done. In its first year the GB has mostly done the Right Thing, and in particular I'd point to the Reference Implementation of JDK 7 being entirely GPL'd. We need more of that spirit of openness and freedom, and I want to keep the GB moving in that direction.
This is still my goal. A Governing Board meeting is something like an armed truce, with interests sometimes conflicting but mostly a spirit of just wanting to get things done. As you might expect, there are tensions between the corporate goals of our employers, but in the main our discussions are about ways in which we can cut through all of that. Mostly I have been co-operative and friendly, but occasionally I've had to let the Board know that there is a problem and administer a smack-down. In particular, the logjam caused by the failure to open the Java bug database must be cleared.
The OpenJDK landscape looks different this year. Oracle's complete grip on OpenJDK is slowly loosening. They're still the dominant player and perhaps always will be, but things are more level than they were. I'd like your continued support as I push the Governing Board to do the Right Thing.
- Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego
I hope to continue my role as an advocate for continuing improvements in OpenJDK processes and mechanisms, especially as they impact the academic, research, and individual contributor communities.
