There is a chapter in the Bylaws on which I get stuck every year (and I believe I asked that already, but forgot the outcome):
""" Every OpenJDK Membership is subject to automatic Expiration after one year, but will be renewed upon request. A request for renewal must be received within one year of expiration. An OpenJDK Member whose Membership has expired and not yet been renewed may not exercise the privileges of Membership, except that roles requiring OpenJDK Membership may be retained. """ I suppose this is required but not really enforced, otherwise I would see a rush of emails asking for people to be reconfirmed (or is there another address for that?). After all "subject to automatic Expiration" doesn't mean it does expire automatically, but just that the GB may decide for that based on the activity of the member. It would be nice if this is clarified somehow though, for us non native english speakers it's pretty difficult to get all the nuances of a legal document. Am I right in believing that we don't really need to request renewal unless we happen to be removed? Cheers, Mario -- pgp key: http://subkeys.pgp.net/ PGP Key ID: 80F240CF Fingerprint: BA39 9666 94EC 8B73 27FA FC7C 4086 63E3 80F2 40CF Java Champion - Blog: http://neugens.wordpress.com - Twitter: @neugens Proud GNU Classpath developer: http://www.classpath.org/ OpenJDK: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/caciocavallo/ Please, support open standards: http://endsoftpatents.org/
