Thanks a lot for your contributions and congratulations, Claude! On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer: > Claude van der Merwe ([email protected])! > > Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he > significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including > authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed > our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times > before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his > contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam > College. > > Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam > PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3] > > Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions! > > Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC > > [1] > https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag > [2] > https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/ > [3] > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer >
