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<b>Bylaw and Membership Agreement Changes Approved</b><br>
The voting results are in and the proposed modifications to the Eclipse Foundation Bylaws and
Membership Agreement have been overwhelmingly approved by 95.8% of the 164 votes cast. The new
documents have been posted on the</font> <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/"><font color="848484" face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2px>Governance Documents</font></a> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2px>page.
The changes made to these documents are to:
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<li>Create a new membership class - "Enterprise Member"</li>
<li>Update "Add-In Provider" membership with a more appropriate name - "Solutions Member"</li>
<li>Fix errors and inconsistencies in the current Bylaws</li>
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For more information about Enterprise Membership for your organization, please</font>
<a href="mailto:membership@eclipse.org"><font color="848484" face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2px>contact us</font></a>.
<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2px>Thanks to everyone who took the time
to vote.</font>
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/membership/vote2008/"><font color="848484" face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2px>Learn more&nbsp;&gt;&gt;</font></a><br>
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<b>Attend Eclipse Summit Europe 2008</b><br></font>
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The 3rd annual Eclipse Summit Europe takes place November 19-20 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The
summit is a stimulating and dynamic event for Eclipse users, contributors, add-in providers
and service providers to learn, share expertise and discover new opportunities and solutions.
The conference will be preceded by a symposia day on November 18. Register today!</font>
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<b>Ganymede Release a Success</b><br>
Ganymede, this year's annual release made up of 23 projects and over 18 million lines of code, reached 1 million downloads after
only 3 1/2 weeks.
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<b>Scholarships Available For Eclipse Ecosystem Research</b></font><br>
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Know someone interested in a scholarship towards Ecosystem Research? The Carleton University Technology
Innovation Management (TIM) masters program is pleased to offer 10 scholarships to qualified applicants for
September 2008 - full-time theses option.
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