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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. In 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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|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

|accessdate = July 5, 2015 |author=Java Community Process

|date = 2011

|publisher=Java Community Process

}}</ref><ref name="ownaward">{{cite web

|url = https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/oracle_nominates_bruno_souza_of_soujava_to_jcp_ec

|title = Oracle Nominates Bruno Souza of SouJava to JCP EC

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|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]

|quote = Oracle is nominating SouJava, the Brazilian Java User Group, to a seat in the JCP Executive Committee.

}}</ref><ref name="ownaward">{{cite web

|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2011award_nominees

|title = JCP Program and Industry Awards

|accessdate = July 5, 2015 |author=Java Community Process

|date = 2011

|publisher=Java Community Process

}}</ref> as Java Community Process Expert Group Member. The following year, it was awarded as Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year.<ref>{{cite web

|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/JCP_JavaOne2012_WrapUp

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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=[[Open Source Initiative|OSI]]

|quote = Bruno is President of SouJava, Brazil's largest JUG, were he has led the group's Javali Project, an ambitious umbrella project that hosts 10 large open source projects. Javali, that includes a project to create an Open Source Java Runtime, is targeted to bring software development into Brazil's open source discussions. Bruno also co-authored the SouJava's Open Source Manifest that discussed Open Source and Open Standards as the way to correctly apply and succeed with Open Source in Brazil. The document was later used as basis for the open source initiatives of one of Brazil's largest development agency, and positively influenced the adoption of open source in Brazil.

}}</ref> (mainly by leading an open standards and platforms manifesto, <ref>{{cite web

|url = https://soujavablog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/desenvolvimentogovbrasileiro.pdf

|title = Desenvolvimento de Sistemas no Âmbito do Governo: Padrões e Multiplataforma

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|date = November 2002

|publisher=SouJava

|language=Portuguese}}</ref> organizing Javali at [[Forum Internacional Software Livre|FISL]], <ref>{{cite web

|url = http://softwarelivre.org/portal/fisl/javali-a-comunidade-java-livre

|title = Javali - A Comunidade Java, Livre!

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