Thank you and congratulations Claude! On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions. > > 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 >> >
