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3 Community News and Events
3.1 JA-SIG Spring Conference 2008 (April 28-30, 2008)
3.2 JA-SIG Related Sakai Conference Presentation
3.3 New uPortal Board Liaison
4 Other Events and Activities
4.1 EclipseCon 2008 (March 17-20, 2008)
4.2 2008 JavaOne Conference (May 6-9, 2008)
4.3 portal 2008 - measurement & assessment (June 3-6, 2008)
4.4 EDUCAUSE 2008 (October 28-31, 2008)
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The presentation was well-received and included mention of additional opportunities for using other JA-SIG software in Sakai, including the Groups and Permissions framework that plays an important role in many production uPortal instances today and has been refactored, primarily through the efforts of Columbia's ~de3, to be available as a standalone library adoptable in projects beyond uPortal.
3.3 New uPortal Board Liaison
After a long stint of service and a terrific job, Bill Thompson is stepping down as uPortal Board Liaison. I'm happy to let you know that Jim Helwig has agreed to take over the responsibilities, effective January 1st. Jim will replace Bill on the uPortal Project Steering Committee (PSC) in this new capacity.
I'd like to thank Bill for his trusty stewardship and the work that he has done to make Rutgers a leading institution during an impressive growth phase for uPortal. Don't worry, we're not letting him wander too far and we know where he lives.
Jim has made UW-Madison a key uPortal school in recent years and has been a very strong supporter of the project. We appreciate his continued commitment and we're looking forward to his contributions to the uPortal PSC.
Jonathan Markow
JA-SIG Acting Executive Director
4 Other Events and Activities
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