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| name =
| type = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]], [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
| logo = [[File:SouJava logo.jpg|230px]]
| logo_size = 230px
| 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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'''SouJava''' is a [[Brazil]]ianBrazilian [[Java User Group]] created to promote the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] and other Open Source initiatives.<ref name="SouJava">{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/sobre/
|title = Sobre SouJava
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|date =
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese}}</ref> It's recognized as the world's largest [[Java User Group]]<ref name="Simon">{{cite web
|url = https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|title = Brazil - the Global Java Leader?
|accessdate = June 14, 2015
|author = [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]]
|date = April 14, 2005
|publisher = [[Java.net]]
|quote = To give you an idea of the strength of the Java community in Brazil, the world's largest Java User Group is based there. The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" boasts almost 18,000 members and has now spread from its original base in Sao Paulo to be a national organisation
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web▼
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|archivedate = July 3, 2015
▲ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/2005Onno
|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
|date =
|publisher=Sucesu-SP
|language=Portuguese
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|accessdate =June 30, 2015
|first=Rogerio Moraes de|last=Aguiar
|date = {{date|1999-10-October 29|mdy}}, 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?
|accessdate = June 14, 2015
|author = [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]]
|date = April 14, 2005
|publisher = [[Java.net]]
|quote = The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" ... The name means "I Am Java" in Portuguese.
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>▼
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|archivedate = July 3, 2015
▲ }}</ref>
 
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. InOn 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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|publisher= InternetNews
|quote = Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz admitted today that it was Brazil that forced Sun to open source Java.
}}</ref> It's also the co-creator, together with London Java User Group, of "Adopt a JSR" program, an effort to encourage [[Java User Group|JUG]] members and the wider Java community to get involved in [[Java Community Process|JSRs]]<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr
|title = Adopt A JSR!
|accessdate = July 2, 2015
|date = November 4, 2011
|publisher = [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]
|quote = JUG Leaders have started an 'Adopt a JSR' program for Java User Groups! This program is intended to encourage JUG members to get involved in a Java Specification Request (JSR) and to evangelize that JSR to their JUG and the wider Java community, in order to increase grass roots participation.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202337/https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr
|archivedate = March 4, 2016
}}</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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}}</ref>
 
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>
* 2003-2011: ''President'' [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan), ''Vice-President'' Fabio Velloso, ''Treasurer'' Karina Passos Ferreira de Souza{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}.
* 2011-2013: ''President'' Pablo Jorge Madril, ''Vice-President'' Yara Senger, ''Treasurer'' Einar Saukas{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}.
* 2013-2015: ''President'' Yara Senger, ''Vice-President'' [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan), ''Treasurer'' Einar Saukas{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}.
 
==Honors and awards==
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==References==
{{over-quotation|section|date=July 2015}}
{{Reflist|30em}}
 
==External links==
* [{{official|http://www.soujava.org.br Official SouJava website]}}
 
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