Hi, I just stumbled upon the following phrase in section 8 (OpenJDK Members) of the OpenJDK Bylaws:
"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..." I was a little surprised to read this because I've never requested the renewal of my membership in the OpenJDK Members group but lucky enough, my membership hasn't expired until now. I think the above mentioned paragraph has never been exercised in practice. I also don't see why it should be really needed. I therefor propose to completely remove this paragraph from section 8 of the Bylaws. If you insist in keeping it, we should set up an infrastructure to track the membership status in the OpenJDK Members group. Every member should have the possibility to see at which exact date his membership will expire. One or two reminder mails before the membership expires (e.g. one month and one week before the expiration date) would be reasonable as well. But, to repeat myself, I think that's too much overhead for a hardly relevant benefit. Thank you and best regards, Volker
