A few weeks ago zeef.com joined the JCP:

Welcome to the newest #JCP Corporate Member, ZEEF, represented by Arjan Tijms! — JCP (@jcp_org) July 22, 2014

Via zeef.com, BalusC (Bauke Scholtz) applied this morning for membership of the JSF EG and was accepted later on the day by spec lead Ed Burns:

I just accepted the legendary BalusC onto the @jsf_spec expert group. With over 500k StackOverflow points, he has earned the title expert. — edburns (@edburns) September 12, 2014

Bauke is well known for his many answers on StackOverflow, his blog and of course his work for the JSF utility library OmniFaces.

As members of the JSF 2.3 EG, Bauke and myself (I joined the JSF EG as well) will be looking among others at the possibility of bringing over things from OmniFaces into the JSF core spec and overall help out with taking JSF to the next level. What will eventually end up in JSF is of course subject to community feedback and EG negotiation and approval.

At any length, both Bauke and I are looking forward to working together with the other EG members and contributing to the JSF core spec 🙂

Arjan Tijms