Hi JB, Thanks for co-organizing Iceberg Summit 2026. I'd be happy to help/volunteer.
Thanks, Walaa. On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM Christian Thiel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey JB, > happy to help in any way I can! > Best, > Christian > > On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 06:23, John Zhuge <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Happy to assist in any way I can. >> >> Fantastic summit in 2025. Looking forward to 2026! >> >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM Scott Haines <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I'd be happy to help out as a new community member. I helped with the Bay >>> Area Apache Iceberg Meetup (Oct 1st) and that was a really fun experience. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Scott Haines >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> John Zhuge
