diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/jabber/ChatRoomMemberJabberImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/jabber/ChatRoomMemberJabberImpl.java
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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.impl.protocol.jabber;
+
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.*;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.muc.*;
+
+/**
+ * A Jabber implementation of the chat room member.
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public class ChatRoomMemberJabberImpl
+    implements ChatRoomMember
+{
+    /**
+     * The chat room that we are a member of.
+     */
+    private ChatRoomJabberImpl containingRoom = null;
+    /**
+     * The role that this member has in its member room.
+     */
+    private ChatRoomMemberRole  role = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The jabber id of the member (will only be visible to members with
+     * necessary permissions)
+     */
+    private String jabberID = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The nick name that this member is using inside its containing chat room.
+     */
+    private String nickName = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a jabber chat room member with the specified containing chat
+     * room parent.
+     * @param containingChatRoom the room that this
+     * <tt>ChatRoomMemberJabberImpl</tt> is a member of.
+     * @param nickName the nick name that the member is using to participate
+     * in the chat room
+     * @param jabberID the jabber id, if available, of the member or null
+     * otherwise.
+     * @param role the role that the member has in this room.
+     */
+    public ChatRoomMemberJabberImpl(ChatRoomJabberImpl containingChatRoom,
+                                    String             nickName,
+                                    String             jabberID,
+                                    ChatRoomMemberRole role)
+    {
+        this.jabberID = jabberID;
+        this.nickName = nickName;
+        this.containingRoom = containingChatRoom;
+
+        this.role = role;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns the chat room that this member is participating in.
+     *
+     * @return the <tt>ChatRoom</tt> instance that this member belongs to.
+     */
+    public ChatRoom getChatRoom()
+    {
+        return containingRoom;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the contact identifier representing this contact.
+     *
+     * @return a String (contact address), uniquely representing the contact
+     *   over the service the service being used by the associated protocol
+     *   provider instance/
+     */
+    public String getContactAddress()
+    {
+        return jabberID;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of this member as it is known in its containing
+     * chatroom (aka a nickname).
+     *
+     * @return the name of this member as it is known in the containing chat
+     *   room (aka a nickname).
+     */
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return nickName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the protocol provider instance that this member has originated
+     * in.
+     *
+     * @return the <tt>ProtocolProviderService</tt> instance that created
+     *   this member and its containing cht room
+     */
+    public ProtocolProviderService getProtocolProvider()
+    {
+        return containingRoom.getParentProvider();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the role of this chat room member in its containing room.
+     *
+     * @return a <tt>ChatRoomMemberRole</tt> instance indicating the role
+     * the this member in its containing chat room.
+     */
+    public ChatRoomMemberRole getRole()
+    {
+        return role;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/ChatRoomMember.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/ChatRoomMember.java
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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol;
+
+/**
+ * This interface representes chat room participants. Instances are retrieved
+ * through implementations of the <tt>ChatRoom</tt> interface and offer methods
+ * that allow querying member properties, such as, moderation permissions,
+ * associated chat room and other.
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public interface ChatRoomMember
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the chat room that this member is participating in.
+     *
+     * @return the <tt>ChatRoom</tt> instance that this member belongs to.
+     */
+    public ChatRoom getChatRoom();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the protocol provider instance that this member has originated
+     * in.
+     *
+     * @return the <tt>ProtocolProviderService</tt> instance that created this
+     * member and its containing cht room
+     */
+    public ProtocolProviderService getProtocolProvider();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the contact identifier representing this contact. In protocols
+     * like IRC this method would return the same as getName() but in others
+     * like Jabber, this method would return a full contact id uri.
+     *
+     * @return a String (contact address), uniquely representing the contact
+     * over the service the service being used by the associated protocol
+     * provider instance/
+     */
+    public String getContactAddress();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of this member as it is known in its containing
+     * chatroom (aka a nickname). The name returned by this method, may
+     * sometimes match the string returned by getContactID() which is actually
+     * the address of  a contact in the realm of the corresponding protocol.
+     *
+     * @return the name of this member as it is known in the containing chat
+     * room (aka a nickname).
+     */
+    public String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the role of this chat room member in its containing room.
+     *
+     * @return a <tt>ChatRoomMemberRole</tt> instance indicating the role
+     * the this member in its containing chat room.
+     */
+    public ChatRoomMemberRole getRole();
+}
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/ChatRoomMemberRole.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/ChatRoomMemberRole.java
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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol;
+
+/**
+ * Indicates roles that a chat room member detains in its containing chat room.
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public class ChatRoomMemberRole
+        implements Comparable
+{
+    /**
+     * A role implying the full set of chat room permissions
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole OWNER
+                                = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Owner", 70);
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying administrative permissions.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole ADMINISTRATOR
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Administrator", 60);
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying moderator permissions.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole MODERATOR
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Moderator", 50);
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying standard participant permissions.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole MEMBER
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Member", 40);
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying standard participant permissions.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole GUEST
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Guest", 30);
+
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying standard participant permissions without the right to
+     * send messages/speak.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole SILENT_MEMBER
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("SilentMember", 30);
+
+    /**
+     * A role implying an explicit ban for the user to join the room.
+     */
+    public static final ChatRoomMemberRole OUTCAST
+        = new ChatRoomMemberRole("Outcast", 20);
+
+    /**
+     * the name of this role.
+     */
+    private String roleName = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The index of a role is used to allow ordering of roles by other modules
+     * (like the UI) that would not necessarily "know" all possible roles.
+     * Higher values of the role index indicate roles with more permissions and
+     * lower values pertain to more restrictive roles.
+     */
+    private int roleIndex;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a role with the specified <tt>roleName</tt>. The constructor
+     * is protected in case protocol implementations need to add extra roles
+     * (this should only be done when absolutely necessary in order to assert
+     * smooth interoperability with the user interface).
+     *
+     * @param roleName the name of this role.
+     * @param roleIndex an int that would allow to compare this role to others
+     * according to the set of permissions that it implies.
+     *
+     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if roleName is null.
+     */
+    protected ChatRoomMemberRole(String roleName, int roleIndex)
+        throws NullPointerException
+    {
+        if(roleName == null)
+            throw new NullPointerException("Role Name can't be null.");
+
+        this.roleName = roleName;
+        this.roleIndex = roleIndex;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of this role.
+     *
+     * @return the name of this role.
+     */
+    public String getRoleName()
+    {
+        return this.roleName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a localized (i18n) name role name.
+     *
+     * @return a i18n version of this role name.
+     */
+    public String getLocalizedRoleName()
+    {
+        return this.roleName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a role index that can be used to allow ordering of roles by
+     * other modules (like the UI) that would not necessarily "know" all
+     * possible roles.  Higher values of the role index indicate roles with
+     * more permissions and lower values pertain to more restrictive roles.
+     *
+     * @return an <tt>int</tt> that when compared to role indexes of other
+     * roles can provide an ordering for the different role instances.
+     */
+    public int getRoleIndex()
+    {
+        return roleIndex;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this role instance.
+     * <p>
+     * @param   obj   the reference object with which to compare.
+     * @return  <code>true</code> if obj is a role instance that has the same
+     * name and role index as this one.
+     */
+    public boolean equals(Object obj)
+    {
+        if( obj == null
+            || !(obj instanceof ChatRoomMemberRole)
+            || !((ChatRoomMemberRole)obj).getRoleName().equals(roleName)
+            || ((ChatRoomMemberRole)obj).getRoleIndex() != getRoleIndex())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is
+     * supported for the benefit of hashtables such as those provided by
+     * <code>java.util.Hashtable</code>.
+     * <p>
+     * @return  a hash code value for this object.
+     */
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return getRoleName().hashCode();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares this role's role index with that of the specified object for
+     * order.  Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this
+     * role is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
+     *
+     * @param   obj the object to be compared.
+     * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object
+     *            is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
+     *
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the specified object's type is not an
+     * instance of ChatRoomMemberRole.
+     */
+    public int compareTo(Object obj)
+        throws ClassCastException
+    {
+        return new Integer(getRoleIndex())
+            .compareTo(new Integer(((ChatRoomMemberRole)obj).getRoleIndex()));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberEvent.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberEvent.java
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+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberEvent.java
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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.*;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatched to notify interested parties that a change in the status of the
+ * source room participant has changed. Changes may include the participant
+ * being kicked, banned, or granted admin permissions.
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public class ChatRoomMemberEvent
+    extends EventObject
+{
+    /**
+     * Indicates that this event was triggered as a result of the source
+     * participant joining the source chat room.
+     */
+    public static final String MEMBER_JOINED = "MemberJoined";
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that this event was triggered as a result of the source
+     * participant being "kicked" out of the chat room.
+     */
+    public static final String MEMBER_LEFT = "MemberJoined";
+
+   /**
+    * Indicates that this event was triggered as a result of the source
+    * participant leaving the source chat room.
+    */
+    public static final String MEMBER_KICKED = "MemberKicked";
+
+    /**
+     * The member that the event relates to.
+     */
+    private ChatRoomMember sourceMember = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The type of this event. Values can be any of the MEMBER_XXX-ED fields.
+     */
+    private String eventType = null;
+
+    /**
+     * An optional String indicating a possible reason as to why the event
+     * might have occurred.
+     */
+    private String reason = null;
+
+
+    public ChatRoomMemberEvent(ChatRoom       sourceRoom,
+                               ChatRoomMember sourceMember,
+                               String         eventType,
+                               String         reason )
+    {
+        super(sourceRoom);
+        this.sourceMember = sourceMember;
+        this.eventType = eventType;
+        this.reason = reason;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the source chat room for this event.
+     *
+     * @return the <tt>ChatRoom</tt> associated with that is the source of this
+     * event and that the corresponding ChatRoomMemberBelongs to.
+     */
+    public ChatRoom getChatRoom()
+    {
+        return (ChatRoom)getSource();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the member that this event is pertaining to.
+     * @return the <tt>ChatRoomMember</tt> that this event is pertaining to.
+     */
+    public ChatRoomMember getChatRoomMember()
+    {
+        return sourceMember;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A reason string indicating a human readable reason for this event.
+     *
+     * @return a human readable String containing the reason for this event,
+     * or null if no particular reason was specified.
+     */
+    public String getReason()
+    {
+        return reason;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of this event which could be one of the MEMBER_XXX-ed
+     * member field values.
+     *
+     * @return one of the MEMBER_XXXed member field values indicating the type
+     * of this event.
+     */
+    public String getEventType()
+    {
+        return eventType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a String representation of this event.
+     */
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "ChatRoomMemberEvent[type="
+            + getEventType()
+            + " sourceRoom="
+            + getChatRoom()
+            + " member="
+            + getChatRoomMember()
+            + "]";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberListener.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberListener.java
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+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberListener.java
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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Adds a listener that will be notified of changes in the status of the chat
+ * participants in a particular chat room, such as us being kicked, banned, or
+ * granted admin permissions.
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public interface ChatRoomMemberListener
+    extends EventListener
+{
+    /**
+     * Called to notify interested parties that a change in the status of the
+     * source room participant has changed. Changes may include the participant
+     * being kicked, banned, or granted admin permissions.
+     */
+    public void memberStatusChanged( ChatRoomMemberEvent evt );
+
+}
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberRoleChangeEvent.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberRoleChangeEvent.java
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+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/event/ChatRoomMemberRoleChangeEvent.java
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+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * <p> </p>
+ *
+ * <p> </p>
+ *
+ * <p> </p>
+ *
+ * <p> </p>
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public class ChatRoomMemberRoleChangeEvent
+    extends EventObject
+{
+    public ChatRoomMemberRoleChangeEvent(Object source)
+    {
+        super(source);
+    }
+}