Hey! Thanks for kicking this off! I'd love to volunteer for NA (as well as the EU event when that time comes) and/or be involved in any way I can.
Definitely looking forward to us all making this event happen! Regards, Rohan | Co-founder @ Datazip e: [email protected] p: +91-9932503622 On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM Weimo Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JB, > > I would really appreciate the opportunity to volunteer for the Selection > Committee for the Iceberg Summit 2026. > > Thank you so much! > > Best regards, > Weimo > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM Hang Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi JB, >> >> I’d like to volunteer to join the Selection Committee for the Iceberg >> Summit 2026. I’m excited about the opportunity to help shape the agenda and >> contribute to making the summit a great experience for the community. >> >> Please include me in the list of volunteers for consideration by the PMC. >> >> Thank you, >> Hang >> >> On 2025/10/07 00:31:46 Ron Ortloff wrote: >> > Hi JB, >> > >> > I'd like to volunteer for the selection committee for NA and EU events >> or >> > be involved anywhere help is needed. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Ron >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM Danica Fine >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hey JB, >> > > >> > > Thanks for kicking this off! I'd love to volunteer for the selection >> > > committee for NA (as well as the EU event when that time comes) >> and/or be >> > > involved in any way I can. >> > > >> > > Definitely looking forward to us all making this event happen! >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Danica >> > > >> > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM Roy Hasson <[email protected] >> .invalid> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> This is really exciting and on behalf of Microsoft, I volunteer to >> also >> > >> be on the selection committee for both NA and EMEA evets. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks >> > >> Roy >> > >> >> > >> ------------------------------ >> > >> >> > >> You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why >> this is >> > >> important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> >> > >> Hey JB, >> > >> >> > >> Thanks for incepting this. I would love to volunteer if there’s >> scope. >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> Dipankar >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM Talat Uyarer >> <[email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hi JB, >> > >> >> > >> Thanks for organizing the Apache Iceberg Summit 2026. I would like to >> > >> volunteer to be part of the selection committee. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks, >> > >> Talat >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM Yuval Yogev <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Great! >> > >> I'm happy to volunteer as well! This is exciting >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Thanks JB, for kicking this off! >> > >> >> > >> I'm happy to volunteer! Looking forward to the 2026 summit. >> > >> Let's see if we can beat the 200+ CFP submissions for the 2025 >> summit :) >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> Kevin Liu >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM huaxin gao <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hi JB, >> > >> Thanks for organizing! I'd love to volunteer for the selection >> committee. >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> Huaxin >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM Matt Topol <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hey JB, >> > >> >> > >> I'd also like to volunteer for the selection committee. For prior >> > >> experience, I was on the selection committee for the Arrow summit and >> > >> helped run a track (including selection) for Community over Code last >> > >> month. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks! >> > >> >> > >> --Matt >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 8:59 AM Sung Yun <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hi JB, >> > >> >> > >> Thank you for organizing. I'd like to volunteer to be a part of the >> > >> Selection Committee for the next Iceberg Summit. >> > >> >> > >> Sung >> > >> >> > >> On 2025/10/06 03:28:19 Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > >> > >> > As you probably know, we've been having discussions about the >> Iceberg >> > >> > Summit 2026. >> > >> > >> > >> > The Iceberg PMC pre-approved the Iceberg Summit proposal, and one >> of >> > >> the first >> > >> > steps is to put together a Selection Committee. >> > >> > >> > >> > The Selection Committee is represented by Russell Spitzer as the >> main >> > >> > PMC contact for Apache Iceberg who has agreed to solely wear the >> > >> > Apache hat. There are a total of 3 members from the Apache Iceberg >> PMC >> > >> > in the Selection Committee.The affiliations of all members of the >> > >> > Selection Committee will be clearly listed in the final version of >> the >> > >> > proposal. >> > >> > The Selection Committee will have 11 members. The main >> responsibility >> > >> > of the Selection Committee is to coordinate on the agenda, define >> the >> > >> > tracks, and choose all the sessions that will be featured at the >> 2026 >> > >> > Iceberg Summit NA. >> > >> > >> > >> > Once we have the committee, I will complete the >> > >> > proposal for the ASF and the Iceberg PMC to request the ability to >> use >> > >> > the name Iceberg/Apache Iceberg. >> > >> > >> > >> > If you'd like to help and be part of the selection committee, >> please >> > >> > volunteer in a reply to this thread. Since we likely can't include >> > >> > everyone that volunteers, I propose that the PMC should choose the >> > >> > final committee from the set of people that volunteer. >> > >> > >> > >> > We'll leave this open up to Oct 24th. >> > >> > >> > >> > NB: I'd like to help in the Selection Committee, so I'm volunteer >> :) >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks ! >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > JB >> > >> > >> > >> > NB: if your company wants to sponsor and/or help the organization, >> > >> > please send a message to me directly ([email protected]) or a >> PMC >> > >> > member, we will route and include in the Organization Committee. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >
