Add blog post about July 13th SIP meeting

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+by: Jorge Vicente Cantero
+title: A Reformed Scala Improvement Process
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+Yesterday the Scala Center ran its first SIP meeting under the [newly reformed SIP
+process](http://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/sip-submission.html), and we're happy
+to report that several SIPs saw long-awaited decisions made, or received
+detailed feedback from the SIP committee!
+  
+In the new SIP process, each SIP is assigned a reviewer, who must be someone
+sitting on the SIP committee. The reviewer's job is to carefully read and
+understand the SIP, and to present the SIP before the SIP committee. The
+reviewer must also present their analysis of the SIP to the committee, and then
+the floor is opened up for discussion on the SIP. An explicit goal of the new
+SIP process is for a decision and next steps to be determined for each SIP
+discussed. 
+  
+The SIP committee went through five SIPs in the queue. Two new SIPs received a
+number, meaning they passed the first phase of acceptance – that is, the change
+to Scala is accepted in theory, so long as the the committee's design and
+implementation concerns can be adequately addressed in subsequent discussions on
+the SIP. The two SIPs which received numbers (first-round accepted) include:
+* [SIP-26 Unsigned Integer Data Types](https://github.com/scala/slip/pull/30) 
+* [SIP-27 Trailing Commas](https://github.com/scala/scala.github.com/pull/533)
+  
+Two other passed their first iteration as proposed by [the new
+process](http://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/sip-submission.html):
+* [SIP-25 Trait Parameters](http://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/pending/trait-parameters.html)
+* [SIP-20 Improved Lazy Val Initialization](http://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/pending/improved-lazy-val-initialization.html)
+  
+The final SIP discussed one was postponed at the request of the authors:
+* [SIP-22 Async](http://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/pending/async.html)
+  
+In the case of SIP-22, the authors will reopen it when they feel like taking up
+the proposal again, and addressing the issues they must look into next; in
+particular, figuring out how async/await can be used inside of a try/catch
+block. 
+  
+Overall, we're happy to report that progress was made on a number of SIPs in the
+queue. In particular, we're excited that 2 SIPs received a first-phase of
+acceptance in receiving their numbers, and look forward to the addition of these
+proposals to Scala soon! 
+  
+Next month, we will propose a reformed SLIP process focused on shaping this new
+notion of the Scala "platform," with a completely new committee, consisting of
+Scala community members. Keep an eye out for developments on the Scala library
+front this August! 
+  
+Did you know that each month, we conduct our SIP meetings on-air? You can tune
+in and ask questions to the SIP committee, and have them answered live! You can
+even watch [past SIP meetings](https://plus.google.com/+ScalaProcess) at any
+time!
+