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<p style="margin:3px;">February 2, 2016</p>
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<li><a href="#title1" style="color:#7036be;">EclipseCon NA Is Almost Here!</a></li>
<li><a href="#title2" style="color:#7036be;">Choose Your Board Representative</a></li>
<li><a href="#title3" style="color:#7036be;">Second Round of FEEP RFPs Underway</a></li>
<li><a href="#title4" style="color:#7036be;">Last Chance to Vote for Awards</a></li>
<li><a href="#title5" style="color:#7036be;">Submit a Talk for EclipseCon France</a></li>
<li><a href="#title6" style="color:#7036be;">Recent Project Proposals</a></li>
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title1"><b>EclipseCon NA Is Almost Here!</b></a></p>
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If you haven't yet <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/registration" target="_blank">registered</a> for EclipseCon NA, now's the time! (And remember to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/hotels">book your hotel room</a> by February 12.) Even if you don't have a talk
in the program, you can take an active part by <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/content/call-posters" target="_blank">submitting a poster</a> or <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/news/plan-your-bof-now" target="_blank">organizing a BoF</a>.<br><br>
If you have some extra time, check out our <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/content/top-10-things-do-washington-dc" target="_blank">top 10 list</a> for D.C.; some great sightseeing is only 30 minutes away by Metro from the conference venue.
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<td colspan="2">The conference includes a two-day IoT Summit on March 8 and 9; see the details <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/iot-summit" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title2"><b>Choose Your Board Representative</b></a></p>
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The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/elections/nominees.php">candidates</a> have been chosen, and voting opens on Feburary 8 for Committer and Sustaining Member representatives
on the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/directors.php" target="_blank">Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors</a>.
Winners will be announced at the Members Meeting at
<a href="http://eclipsecon.org/na2016" target="_blank">EclipseCon NA 2016</a> on Monday, March 7.<br><br>
If you are eligible to vote, you will receive an email with instructions. These positions are important to
the Foundation's governance, and we encourage everyone to participate!<br>
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/elections/" target="_blank">More...</a>
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title3"><b>Second Round of FEEP RFPs Underway</b></a></p>
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The Eclipse Foundation is seeking proposals for the second list of enhancements and improvements to the IDE/Platform under
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.eclipse.org/contribute/dev_program.php">FEEP</a>, our development program
funded exclusively through donations made by individuals to the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/donate/" target="_blank">Friends of Eclipse campaign</a>.<br><br>
Proposals can be submitted directly from the list of <a href="https://projects.eclipse.org/development-efforts" target="_blank">Approved Development Efforts</a>.
Further details and discussion regarding the proposal process
will be done using the <a href="mailto:ide-dev@eclipse.org">ide-dev@eclipse.org</a> mailing list; so <a target="_blank" href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/ide-dev">subscribe</a> to this list for more information.<br><br>
The deadline for submitting proposals for this first cycle is Thursday, February 11, 2016.
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title4"><b>Last Chance to Vote for Awards</b></a></p>
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Voting for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/eclipseawards/">Eclipse Community Awards</a> is happening now, and ends soon on February 8 at 5pm ET.
Help choose the Top Committer, Top Newcomer Evangelist, Most Innovative Project, and Most Open Project. Winners will be announced at
<a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/" target="_blank">EclipseCon NA 2016</a> on March 10, 2016.
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title5"><b>Propose a Talk for EclipseCon France</b></a></p>
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<td>Make June and sunny weather seem closer by <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/france2016/cfp" target="_blank">submitting a talk</a> for EclipseCon France! This EclipseCon focuses
on the Eclipse working groups and our modeling, embedded systems, Internet of Things, and related communities of interest.<br><br>
It's also an excellent time to <a href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/france2016/prospectus" target="_blank">sign up as a sponsor</a>; the best options are available early.
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The 2016 conference has been extended, with a full day of workshops on Monday, June 7, and two full days of sessions on June 8 and 9. Plan to stay an extra day
and attend the Unconference on Friday, June 10. We look forward to seeing you in Toulouse!
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<p style="color:#7036be; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:3px;"><a name="title6"><b>Recent Project Proposals</b></a>
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<a style="color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:12px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/january" target="_blank"><b>January</b></a><br/>
The January project provides Java implementations of numerical data structures such as multi-dimensional arrays and matrices, including a Java equivalent to the popular Python NumPy library for n-dimensional array objects.<br/>
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<a style="color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:12px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/iot-connector" target="_blank"><b>Hono</b></a><br/>
Hono provides a uniform (remote) service interface that supports both the Telemetry as well as Command & Control message exchange pattern requirements.<br/>
<a style="color:#7036be;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/iot-connector" target="_blank">More...</a>
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<a style="color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:12px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/edje" target="_blank"><b>Edje</b></a><br/>
The Eclipse Edje project provides a standard hardware abstraction Java API required for delivering IoT services that meet performance and memory constraints of microcontroller-based devices.<br/>
<a style="color:#7036be;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/edje" target="_blank">More...</a>
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<a style="color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:12px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/omr" target="_blank"><b>OMR</b></a><br/>
OMR consists of core componentry that can be (re)used to build language runtimes along with test cases to operationally document and maintain the semantics of those components. <br/>
<a style="color:#7036be;" href="https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/omr" target="_blank">More...</a>
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<p style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;"><b>Upgrade to Strategic Member<br></b></p>
<a style="color:#666; margin-bottom:4px;margin-top:0;" target="_blank" href="http://www.bosch.com/en/com/home/index.php">Robert Bosch</a><br><br>
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<p style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;"><b>New Solutions Members<br></b></p>
<a style="color:#666; margin-bottom:4px;margin-top:0;" target="_blank" href="http://www.adocus.com/en/start/">Adocus AB</a><br><br>
<a style="color:#666; margin-bottom:4px;margin-top:0;" target="_blank" href="https://www.b-data.ch/en/">b-data GmbH</a><br><br>
<a style="color:#666; margin-bottom:4px;margin-top:0;" target="_blank" href="http://www.flandersmake.be/en">Flanders Make vzw</a><br><br>
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<td style="margin-bottom:3px; margin-top:0;"><a href="mailto:member.newsletter@eclipse.org?subject=Events map request">Email us</a> to take advantage of the opportunity to
promote your Eclipse training or other Eclipse event on the Events Map! <br><br>
See the <a target="_blank" href="http://events.eclipse.org/">Events map</a> for DemoCamps, Training Series, and Working Group activities.
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Embedded_world_2016" target="_blank"><b>Eclipse Community at Embedded World Conference</b></a><br/>
February 23 - 25, 2016<br>
Nuremburg, Germany<br><br>
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/" target="_blank"><b>EclipseCon North America 2016</b></a><br/>
March 7 - 10, 2016<br>
Reston, Virginia, US<br><br>
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2016/iot-summit" target="_blank"><b>IoT Summit</b></a><br/>
March 8 - 9, 2016<br>
Reston, Virginia, US<br><br>
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="http://www.devoxx.fr/" target="_blank"><b>Devoxx France</b></a><br/>
April 20 - 22, 2016<br>
Paris, France<br><br>
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/" target="_blank"><b>FOSS4G NA 2016</b></a><br/>
May 2 - 5, 2016<br>
Raleigh, North Carolina, US<br><br>
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<a style="color:#000;font-size:12px; margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:0;" href="https://www.eclipsecon.org/france2016/" target="_blank"><b>EclipseCon France 2016</b></a><br/>
June 7 - 9, 2016<br>
Toulouse, France<br><br>
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Promote your special offer to other Eclipse members in future issues of this newsletter. If you have a product discount, event coupon, free trial
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