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Without much fanfare, the 2003 JCP election results are in. I previously mentioned that I hoped to see more individual members on the EC. Apparently I wasn't the only one, as Doug Lea and Richard Monson-Haefel both were the winners.

I wonder how the JCP being more open to individual members affected the voting. There are more individual members than ever, and I bet that an individual member is more likely to vote than a corporate member. If most corporations are like my previous employer, it's probably hard enough to just figure who the JCP representative is, let alone trying to get someone to cast a vote on behalf of the company. And, I think it's fair to say that individual members are more likely to vote for other individuals than corporations. According to the site, 26% of the 635 eligible JCP members (165 members) voted. That's not a lot. It wouldn't take that many new indvidual members to influence a JCP election.

Certainly in this case, it was all for the best. Doug and Richard are clearly Java experts with a lot invested in the Java platform. I think they will both do a great job both representing Java developers on the EC and in shaping the future of Java.