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| foundation = {{Start date|1999|09}}
| founders = [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan)<br/>Einar Saukas
| location_city = [[SaoSão Paulo]]
| location_country = Brazil
| industry = Information Technology and Services
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|archivedate = July 3, 2015
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|title = Looking back, Looking ahead
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== History ==
[[Brazil]]ianBrazilian Java User Group '''SouJava''' was founded in September 1999<ref>{{cite web▼
 
▲[[Brazil]]ian Java User Group '''SouJava''' was founded in September 1999<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://javaman.com.br/jugs/
|title = Java User's Groups no Brasil
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|first1=Bruno|last1=Souza|first2=Fabiane Biznella|last2=Nardon|first3=Serge|last3=Rehem
|work=Java Magazine
|language=Portuguesept
}}</ref> by [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan) and Einar Saukas. It was first registered officially as a technology group in Sucesu-SP (association of technology groups in Brazil<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.sucesusp.org.br/portal_novo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=6
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|accessdate = July 2, 2015
|author=Sucesu-SP
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|publisher=Sucesu-SP
|language=Portuguese
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|date = October 29, 1999
|publisher=mail-archive.com
|language=Portuguese}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2015}} The name (also spelled as '''SOUJava'''<ref name="twit"/>) is an acronym for "Sociedade de Usuarios Java" ("Java Users Society"), and "Sou Java" also means "I'm Java" in Portuguese.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|title = Brazil - the Global Java Leader?
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|archivedate = July 3, 2015
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Since the beginning, '''SouJava''' has always been a [[nonprofit organization]] supported by volunteer work, quite known by the enthusiasm of its members.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2006/04/16/the-brazilian-effect/
|title = The Brazilian Effect
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|date = October 11, 2012
|publisher=Peter Pilgrim
|quote = Brazilian are always in attendance at JavaOne USA. If you can’t beat them [for passion] then you might as well join them.}}</ref> It initially had a flat management structure (''President'' and ''VP'' were originally ''Director'' and ''Associate Director'' in the original announcement press release, everybody else were simply referred as "members" except for a ''Technical Coordinator'')<ref name="mail"/> but quickly migrated to a more formal model as membership grew rapidly. On November 28, 2004, '''SouJava''' acquired [[Non-Governmental Organization]] status<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://java.net/projects/soujava/lists/equipe-brasilia/archive/2005-08/message/9
|title = Proxima reunião/tutorial
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|date = August 15, 2005
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguesept
|quote=Agora, o SouJava, oficialmente a Associação de Usuários da Tecnologia Java, foi em 2004 o primeiro grupo de usuários Java do país a se tornar uma ONG}}</ref> upon reaching almost 18,000 members and got recognized as the world's largest Java User Group.<ref name="Simon" />
 
In 2011, '''SouJava''' became the first Java User Group nominated for the [[Java Community Process]] Executive Committee,<ref name="ownaward">{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2011award_nominees
|title = JCP Program and Industry Awards
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}}</ref>
 
Over the years, '''SouJava''' has organized several Java conferences in Brazil,<ref name="SouJava"/><ref name="ownaward"/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/eventos/justjava-2012/
|title = JustJava 2012
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202337/https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr
|archivedate = March 4, 2016
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web▼
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▲}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/ec-public/materials/2012-01-1011/SouJavaAdoptAJSR.pdf
|title = Adopt a JSR: How JUGs Can Help
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SouJava is headquartered in [[São Paulo]], with branches in [[Campinas]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://soujava.org.br/regionais/campinas/|title = SouJava Campinas|accessdate =July 2, 2015 |author=SouJava|date = 2015|publisher=SouJava|language=pt}}</ref> [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Brasília]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://jazoon.com/history/Portals/0/Content/ArchivWebsite/jazoon.com/jazoon08/en/sponsorsandpartners/jugs/participating-jugs.html|title = Supporting JUGs|accessdate =July 5, 2015 |author=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology|date = June 2008|publisher=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology}}</ref>
'''SouJava''' is headquartered in [[Sao Paulo]], with branches in [[Campinas]],<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/regionais/campinas/
|title = SouJava Campinas
|accessdate =July 2, 2015 |author=SouJava
|date = 2015
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese
}}</ref> [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Brasilia]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://jazoon.com/history/Portals/0/Content/ArchivWebsite/jazoon.com/jazoon08/en/sponsorsandpartners/jugs/participating-jugs.html
|title = Supporting JUGs
|accessdate =July 5, 2015 |author=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology
|date = June 2008
|publisher=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology
|quote=SouJava provides extensive services for developers and organizes some of the largest Java events in the continent. The first-ever JUG to be a JCP member, SouJava has subsidiaries in five large cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio and Brasilia.
}}</ref>
 
=== Leadership ===
Executive leadership positions are voluntary and unpaid, elected by the director's board. '''SouJava''' mandates are listed below:▼
 
* 1999–2003: ''President'' Einar Saukas, ''Vice-President'' Jefferson Conz (Floyd), ''Technical Coordinator'' [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.jelastic.com/2014/11/20/meet-bruno-souza-and-juggy-a-couple-of-octobers-most-interesting-developers/|title = Meet Bruno Souza and Juggy – A Couple of October's Most Interesting Developers|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Java Community Process|date = October 4, 2012|publisher=[[Jelastic]]}}</ref>
▲Executive leadership positions are voluntary and unpaid, elected by the director's board. '''SouJava''' mandates are listed below:
 
* 1999-2003: ''President'' Einar Saukas, ''Vice-President'' Jefferson Conz (Floyd), ''Technical Coordinator'' [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan).<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://blog.jelastic.com/2014/11/20/meet-bruno-souza-and-juggy-a-couple-of-octobers-most-interesting-developers/
|title = Meet Bruno Souza and Juggy – A Couple of October’s Most Interesting Developers
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = October 4, 2012
|publisher=[[Jelastic]]
|quote = SouJava was born. I wasn’t the first president (Einar Saukas was), but I was really the group’s evangelist at the time. I got to become president in early 2000, when the group started a movement to bridge the gap between the Java and the Open Source communities.
}}</ref>
 
==Honors and awards==
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==References==
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{{Reflist|30em}}
 
==External links==
* [{{official|http://www.soujava.org.br Official SouJava website]}}
 
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