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<p>Version v1.4. Revision history is at end of document.</p>
<h2>Vision and Scope</h2>
<p>The Jakarta EE working group will drive the evolution and broad adoption of technologies
derived from or related to the Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J) project. Eclipse Enterprise
for Java (EE4J) is an open source initiative to create technical specifications,
implementations of those APIs, and technology compatibility kits for Java runtimes that enable
development, deployment, and management of server-side and cloud-native applications. EE4J is
based on the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) standards, and uses Java EE 8 as the
baseline for creating new specifications and implementations.</p>
<p>Eclipse Foundation projects will provide technical implementations of API specifications and
TCKs. The working group will:</p>
<ul>
<li>Promote the "Jakarta EE" brand and its value in the marketplace.</li>
<li>Provide vendor neutral marketing and other services to the Jakarta EE ecosystem.</li>
<li>Define and manage a specification process to formalize the specifications that are defined
within the scope of this working group.</li>
<li>Define compatibility rules and a compatibility and branding process for implementations of
these specifications to ensure application portability.</li>
<li>Define licensing and intellectual property flows that encourage community participation,
protect community members, and encourage usage.</li>
<li>Manage the overall technical and business strategies for EE4J and related projects.</li>
<li>Establish and drive a funding model that enables this working group and its community to
operate on a sustainable basis.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Governance and Precedence</h2>
<h3>Applicable Documents</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/org/documents/eclipse_foundation-bylaws.pdf">Eclipse Bylaws</a></li>
<li><a href="/org/workinggroups/industry_wg_process.php">Industry Working Group Process</a></li>
<li><a href="/org/documents/Eclipse%20MEMBERSHIP%20AGMT%202010_01_05%20Final.pdf">Eclipse
Membership Agreement</a></li>
<li><a href="/org/documents/Eclipse_IP_Policy.pdf">Eclipse Intellectual Property Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="/org/documents/Eclipse_Antitrust_Policy.pdf">Eclipse Anti-Trust Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="/projects/dev_process/development_process.php">Eclipse Development Process</a></li>
<li><a href="/projects/efsp/#efsp-documents">Eclipse Foundation Specification Process</a></li>
<li><a href="/legal/tck.php">Eclipse Foundation Technology Compatibility Kit License</a></li>
<li><a href="/legal/efsl.php">Eclipse Foundation Specification License</a></li>
</ul>
<p>All Members must be parties to the Eclipse Foundation Membership Agreement, including the
requirement set forth in Section 2.2 to follow the Bylaws and then-current policies of the
Eclipse Foundation, including but not limited to the Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust
Policies.</p>
<p>In the event of any conflict between the terms set forth in this Working Group's Charter and
the Eclipse Foundation Bylaws, Membership Agreement, Eclipse Development Process, Eclipse
Industry Working Group Process, or any policies of the Eclipse Foundation, the terms of the
Eclipse Foundation Bylaws, Membership Agreement, process, or policy shall take precedence.</p>
<h2>Membership</h2>
<p>
With the exception of Guest members as described below, an entity must be at least a <a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/membership/become_a_member/membershipTypes.php#solutions"
>Solutions Member</a> of the Eclipse Foundation, have executed the Jakarta EE Participation
Agreement once defined, and adhere to the requirements set forth in this Charter to
participate.
</p>
<p>There are five classes of Jakarta EE working group membership - Strategic, Enterprise,
Participant, Committer, and Guest. Each of these classes is described in detail below.</p>
<p>The participation fees associated with each of these membership classes is shown in the
tables in Schedule A. These are annual fees, and are established by the Jakarta EE Steering
Committee, and will be updated in this charter document accordingly.</p>
<p>
The fees associated with membership in the Eclipse Foundation are separate from any working
group membership fees, and are decided as described in the <a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20BYLAWS%202011_08_15%20Final.pdf"
>Eclipse Bylaws</a> and detailed in the <a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20MEMBERSHIP%20AGMT%202010_01_05%20Final.pdf"
>Eclipse Membership Agreement</a>.
</p>
<h2>Classes of Jakarta EE membership</h2>
<h3>Strategic members</h3>
<p>Strategic Members are organizations that view enterprise Java technology as strategic to
their organization and are investing significant resources to sustain and shape the activities
of this working group.</p>
<p>Strategic Members of the Jakarta EE working group must be at least a Solutions Member of the
Eclipse Foundation, and have a minimum of 4 developers participating on EE4J projects.</p>
<p>Strategic Members of the Jakarta EE working group are required to commit to strategic
membership for a three (3) year period.</p>
<h3>Enterprise members</h3>
<p>Enterprise Members are typically organizations that view enterprise Java technology as a
critical part of their organization's business operations. These organizations want to support
the development and evolution of the enterprise Java technology ecosystem.</p>
<p>Enterprise Members of the Jakarta EE working group must be at least Solutions Members of the
Eclipse Foundation.</p>
<h3>Participant members</h3>
<p>Participant Members are typically organizations that deliver products or services based on
enterprise Java technology. These organizations want to participate in the development of the
enterprise Java technology ecosystem.</p>
<p>Participant Members of the Jakarta EE working group must be at least Solutions Members of the
Eclipse Foundation.</p>
<h3>Committer members</h3>
<p>
Committer Members are individuals who through a process of meritocracy defined by the Eclipse
Development Process are able to contribute and commit code to the Eclipse Foundation projects
included in the scope of this working group. Committers may be members by virtue of working
for a member organization, or may choose to complete the membership process independently if
they are not. For further explanation and details, see the <a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/membership/become_a_member/committer.php"
>Eclipse Committer Membership</a> page.
</p>
<h3>Guest members</h3>
<p>Guest Members are organizations which are Associate members of the Eclipse Foundation who
have been invited for one year, renewable, by the Steering Committee to participate in
particular aspects of the activities of the Working Group. Typical guests include JUGs, R&D
partners, universities, academic research centers, etc. Guests may be invited to participate
in committee meetings at the invitation of the respective committee, but under no
circumstances do Guest members have voting rights. Guest members are required to execute the
Jakarta EE Participation Agreement once defined</p>
<h2>Membership Summary</h2>
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Strategic Member</th>
<th>Enterprise Member</th>
<th>Participant Member</th>
<th>Committer Member</th>
<th>Guest Member</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Member of the Steering Committee</td>
<td>Appointed</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>N/A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Member of the Specification Committee</td>
<td>Appointed</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Invitation Only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Member of the Marketing Committee</td>
<td>Appointed</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Elected</td>
<td>Invitation Only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Member of the Enterprise Requirements Committee</td>
<td>Appointed</td>
<td>Appointed</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>N/A</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>All matters related to Membership in the Eclipse Foundation and this Jakarta EE working group
will be governed by the Eclipse Foundation Bylaws, Membership Agreement and Eclipse Working
Group Process. These matters include, without limitation, delinquency, payment of dues,
termination, resignation, reinstatement, and assignment.</p>
<p>Members who resign, or otherwise terminate their membership in the working group, lose their
rights to access and use any private assets and data of the working group after the effective
date of the termination.</p>
<h2>Governance</h2>
<p>This Jakarta EE working group is designed as:</p>
<ul>
<li>a member driven organization,</li>
<li>a means to foster a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem of components and service providers,</li>
<li>a means to organize the community of each project or component so that users and
developers define the roadmap collaboratively.</li>
</ul>
<p>In order to implement these principles, the following governance bodies have been defined
(each a "Body"):</p>
<ul>
<li>The Steering Committee</li>
<li>The Specification Committee</li>
<li>The Marketing and Brand Committee</li>
<li>The Enterprise Requirements Committee</li>
</ul>
<h2>Steering Committee</h2>
<h3>Powers and Duties</h3>
<p>Steering Committee members are required to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Define and manage the strategy of the working group.</li>
<li>Define and manage which Eclipse Foundation projects are included within the scope of this
working group. This will require acceptance of the specification process by these projects.</li>
<li>Define and manage a process for projects outside of the Eclipse Foundation to be included
in the Jakarta EE platform.</li>
<li>Define and manage the roadmaps.</li>
<li>Review and approve this charter.</li>
<li>Review and approve the participation agreement.</li>
<li>Review and approve the specification process.</li>
<li>Review and approve the trademark policy to ensure compatibility of independent
implementations of specifications.</li>
<li>Define the budget and fees for all classes of working group membership each year.</li>
<li>Invite Guest members to participate in the working group.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Composition</h3>
<ul>
<li>Each Strategic Member of the working group has a seat on the Steering Committee.</li>
<li>At least two seats are allocated to Enterprise Members. Enterprise Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Participant Members. Participant Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Committer Members. Committer Member seats are allocated
following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse Bylaws.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Meeting Management</h3>
<p>The Steering Committee meets at least twice a year.</p>
<h2>Specification Committee</h2>
<h3>Powers and Duties</h3>
<p>Specification Committee members are required to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Define the specification process to be used by all Jakarta EE specifications, and refer to
it for approval by the Steering Committee.</li>
<li>Ensure that all specification expert groups operate in an open, transparent, and
vendor-neutral fashion in compliance with the specification process.</li>
<li>Approve specifications for adoption by the community.</li>
<li>Approve profiles which define collections of specifications which meet a particular market
requirement.</li>
<li>Work with the Eclipse Enterprise for Java Project Management Committee (EE4J PMC) to
ensure that the specification process is complied with by all specification projects.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Composition</h3>
<ul>
<li>Each Strategic Member of the working group has a seat on the Specification Committee.</li>
<li>At least two seats are allocated to Enterprise Members. Enterprise Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Participant Members. Participant Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Committer Members. Committer Member seats are allocated
following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to a representative of the EE4J PMC. The EE4J PMC may
decide how to select its representative.</li>
<li>Guest members that have been invited by the Jakarta EE Steering Committee as observers.
Guest members have no voting rights.</li>
<li>Any additional individuals as designated from time to time by the Executive Director.</li>
<li>The Committee elects a chair who reports to the Steering Committee. This chair is elected
among the members of the Committee. They will serve from April 1 to March 31 of each
calendar year, or until their successor is elected and qualified, or as otherwise provided
for in this Charter.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Meeting Management</h3>
<p>The Specification Committee meets at least once per quarter.</p>
<h2>Marketing and Brand Committee</h2>
<h3>Powers and Duties</h3>
<p>The Marketing and Brand Committee members are required to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Define the trademark policy to be used by all Jakarta EE specifications, and refer to it
for approval by the Steering Committee.</li>
<li>Ensure the consistency of logo usage and other marketing materials</li>
<li>Define and implement marketing and communication activities for the working group</li>
<li>Define and implement developer outreach programs</li>
<li>Provide requirements to the Eclipse Foundation for conferences and events related to
Jakarta EE</li>
</ul>
<h3>Composition</h3>
<ul>
<li>Each Strategic Member of the working group has a seat on the Marketing Committee.</li>
<li>At least two seats are allocated to Enterprise Members. Enterprise Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Participant Members. Participant Member seats are
allocated following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse
Bylaws.</li>
<li>At least one seat is allocated to Committer Members. Committer Member seats are allocated
following the Eclipse "Single Transferable Vote", as defined in the Eclipse Bylaws.</li>
<li>Guest members that have been invited by the Jakarta EE Steering Committee as observers.
Guest members have no voting rights.</li>
<li>Any additional individuals as designated from time to time by the Executive Director.</li>
<li>The Committee elects a chair who reports to the Steering Committee. This chair is elected
among the members of the Committee. They will serve from April 1 to March 31 of each
calendar year, or until their successor is elected and qualified, or as otherwise provided
for in this Charter.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Meeting Management</h3>
<p>Marketing Committee meets at least once per quarter.</p>
<h2>Enterprise Requirements Committee</h2>
<p>The purpose of the Enterprise Requirements Committee is to provide Enterprise members with
insight and input into the current state and future roadmap of the working group, and to
articulate their defined requirements as a means of formalizing recommendations and other
input to the working group. Having Enterprise Members fully participating in the working group
leads to more direct, open, and transparent conversations between Enterprise and Strategic
members, and allows each of these stakeholders to create a common vision and roadmap.</p>
<p>It is expected that on an annual basis, Enterprise Members shall have the opportunity to
participate in the Jakarta EE Enterprise Member Summit, where they will meet to study, review,
and comment on the state of enterprise Java, and to gain insights important to their specific
business operations. Strategic members are also expected to attend the Enterprise Member
Summit to provide their input and perspective.</p>
<p>By creating this committee and formalizing the Summit process, Enterprise members shall gain
early insight and be able to influence the state of the industry.</p>
<h3>Powers and Duties</h3>
<p>Enterprise Requirements Committee members are expected to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Participate in an annual Enterprise Committee Summit</li>
<li>Provide input to the Steering, Specification, and Marketing Committees on their current
and future activities</li>
<li>Review the policies and activities of each of the Steering, Specification, and Marketing
Committees, and provide formal feedback on same</li>
</ul>
<h3>Composition</h3>
<ul>
<li>Each Strategic Member of the working group has a seat on the Enterprise Requirements
Committee.</li>
<li>Each Enterprise Member of the working group has a seat on the Enterprise Requirements
Committee.</li>
<li>Any additional individuals as designated from time to time by the Executive Director.</li>
<li>The Committee elects a chair who reports to the Steering Committee. This chair is elected
among the members of the Committee. They will serve from April 1 to March 31 of each
calendar year, or until their successor is elected and qualified, or as otherwise provided
for in this Charter.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Meeting Management</h3>
<p>The Enterprise Requirements Committee meets at least once per quarter.</p>
<p>The Enterprise Requirements Committee meets face to face on an annual basis at the Jakarta EE
Enterprise Member Summit.</p>
<h2>Common Dispositions</h2>
<p>The dispositions below apply to all governance bodies for this working group, unless
otherwise specified. For all matters related to membership action, including without
limitation: meetings, quorum, voting, electronic voting action without meeting, vacancy,
resignation or removal, the terms set forth in Section 6 of the Eclipse Foundation Bylaws
apply.</p>
<h3>Good Standing</h3>
<p>A representative shall be deemed to be in Good Standing, and thus eligible to vote on issues
coming before the Body they participate in, if the representative has attended (in person or
telephonically) a minimum of three (3) of the last four (4) Body meetings (if there have been
at least four meetings). Appointed representatives on the Body may be replaced by the Member
organization they are representing at any time by providing written notice to the Steering
Committee. In the event a Body member is unavailable to attend or participate in a meeting of
the Body, they may send a representative and may vote by proxy, which shall be included in
determining whether the representative is in Good Standing. As per the Eclipse Foundation
Bylaws, a representative shall be immediately removed from the Body upon the termination of
the membership of such representative’s Member organization.</p>
<h3 id="voting">Voting</h3>
<h4>Super Majority</h4>
<p>For actions (i) requesting that the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors approve a
specification license; (ii) approving specifications for adoption; (iii) amending the terms of
the working group’s Participation agreement; (iv) approving or changing the name of the
working group; and (v) approving changes to annual Member contribution requirements; any such
actions must be approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the representatives in Good
Standing represented at a committee meeting at which a quorum is present.</p>
<h3>Term and Dates of elections</h3>
<p>This section only applies to the Steering Committee, Specification Committee, and the
Marketing Committee.</p>
<p>All representatives shall hold office until their respective successors are appointed or
elected, as applicable. There shall be no prohibition on re-election or re-designation of any
representative following the completion of that representative’s term of office.</p>
<h4>Strategic Members</h4>
<p>Strategic Members Representatives shall serve in such capacity on committees until the
earlier of their removal by their respective appointing Member organization or as otherwise
provided for in this Charter.</p>
<h4>Elected representatives</h4>
<p>Elected representatives shall each serve one-year terms and shall be elected to serve from
April 1 to March 31 of each calendar year, or until their respective successors are elected
and qualified, or as otherwise provided for in this Charter. Procedures governing elections of
Representatives may be established pursuant to resolutions of the Steering Committee provided
that such resolutions are not inconsistent with any provision of this Charter.</p>
<h3>Meetings Management</h3>
<h4>Place of meetings</h4>
<p>All meetings may be held at any place that has been designated from time-to-time by
resolution of the corresponding Body. All meetings may be held remotely using phone calls,
video calls or any other means as designated from time-to-time by resolution of the
corresponding Body.</p>
<h4>Regular meetings</h4>
<p>
No Body meeting will be deemed to have been validly held unless a notice of same has been
provided to each of the representative in Good Standing at least thirty (30) calendar days
prior to such meeting, which notice will identify all potential actions to be undertaken by
the Body at the Body meeting. No representative will be intentionally excluded from Body
meetings and all representatives shall receive notice of the meeting as specified above;
however, Body meetings need not be delayed or rescheduled merely because one or more of the
representatives cannot attend or participate so long as at least a quorum of the Body is
represented at the Body meeting. Electronic voting shall be permitted in conjunction with any
and all meetings of the Body the subject matter of which requires a vote of the Body to be
delayed until each such representative in attendance thereat has conferred with his or her
respective Member organization as set forth in Section <a href="#voting">Voting</a> above.
</p>
<h4>Actions</h4>
<p>The Body may undertake an action only if it was identified in a Body Meeting notice or
otherwise identified in a notice of special meeting.</p>
<h3>Invitations</h3>
<p>The Body may invite any member to any of its meetings. These invited attendees have no right
of vote.</p>
<p>
<strong>Charter Version History</strong>
</p>
<p>
v1.0 created February 5, 2018<br> Revised v1.1 February 27, 2018 - Added Guest membership<br>
Revised v1.2 March 6, 2018 - Changed name from EE.next to Jakarta EE<br> Revised v1.3 May 8,
2018 - Changed name of Influencer Member to Enterprise Member<br> Revised v1.4 September 11,
2018 - Defined the annual membership fees; altered the Eclipse Foundation membership level
requirements to allow Solutions members of the Foundation to become Strategic, Enterprise or
Solutions members of the working group.
</p>
<h2>Jakarta EE Working Group Annual Participation Fees Schedule A</h2>
<p>The following fees have been established by the Jakarta EE Steering Committee.</p>
<h3>Jakarta EE Strategic Member Annual Participation Fees</h3>
<p>Strategic members pay $0 in fee for 2018.</p>
<p>Strategic members are required to execute the Jakarta EE Participation Agreement, and to
begin paying the fees shown below effective January 1, 2019.</p>
<p>Strategic members are required to commit to three (3) years of membership.</p>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>Corporate Revenue</th>
<th>Annual Fees</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $1 billion</td>
<td>$300,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $500 million but less than or equal to $1 billion
</td>
<td>$200,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $100 million but less than or equal to $500
million</td>
<td>$100,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $10 million but less than or equal to $100
million</td>
<td>$50,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues less than or equal to $10 million</td>
<td>$25,000</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Jakarta EE Enterprise Member Annual Participation Fees</h3>
<p>Enterprise members pay $0 in fees for 2018 and 2019.</p>
<p>Enterprise members are required to execute the Jakarta EE Participation Agreement, and to
begin paying the fees shown below effective January 1, 2020.</p>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>Corporate Revenue</th>
<th>Annual Fees</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $1 billion</td>
<td>$50,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $500 million but less than or equal to $1 billion
</td>
<td>$35,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $100 million but less than or equal to $500
million</td>
<td>$20,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $10 million but less than or equal to $100
million</td>
<td>$10,000</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Jakarta EE Participant Member Annual Participation Fees</h3>
<p>Participant members pay $0 in fees for 2018 and 2019.</p>
<p>Participant members are required to execute the Jakarta EE Participation Agreement, and to
begin paying the fees shown below effective January 1, 2020.</p>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>Corporate Revenue</th>
<th>Annual Fees</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $1 billion</td>
<td>$20,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $500 million but less than or equal to $1 billion
</td>
<td>$15,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $100 million but less than or equal to $500
million</td>
<td>$10,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues greater than $10 million but less than or equal to $100
million</td>
<td>$7,500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues less than or equal to $10 million</td>
<td>$5,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual Corporate Revenues less than $1 million and < 10 employees</td>
<td>$0</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Jakarta EE Committer Member Annual Participation Fees</h3>
<p>Committer members pay no annual fees, but are required to execute the Jakarta EE
Participation Agreement.</p>
<h3>Jakarta EE Guest Member Annual Participation Fees</h3>
<p>Guest members pay no annual fees, but are required to execute the Jakarta EE Participation
Agreement.</p>
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