It is done!
http://jmonkeyengine.com/blog/blog/2010/09/03/remy-bouquet-nehon-joins-the-core-team/
Did you see it coming? 
My congratulations!!
Hehe, officially welcome R
Thank you guys!
I'm really proud to be part of the team.
I'll do my best to help you make the greatest java 3D engine ever !! 
from the "Improving Developer Collaboration" section of the blog entry, you talk about using jabber as a means of chatting. Why not use the existing JME irc chatroom on freenode?
oh, and congrats 
Congrats nehon! I love good news :).