Congratulations, Claude! Well deserved! On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM Riju Kallivalappil via dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>> >>
