diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 363b3bb1f5..de27249397 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 <news>
   <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0">
     <cvs:keyword name="freebsd">
-      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.30 2006/11/29 23:40:06 lx Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.31 2006/12/01 10:37:29 joel Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
     <month>
       <name>12</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>5</name>
+	<event>
+	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:nivit@FreeBSD.org">Nicola Vitale</a> 
+	  (ports)</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>1</name>
 	<event>