I added you to the list (the call for volunteers will be closed today). NB: No more than 1 committee member per company in the Selection Committee.
Regards JB On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM Luthra, Tej <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello JB. > > I’d like to ask if 3 from AWS can be added for volunteering for both US and > EMEA. > > Tej luthra: [email protected] > Jorge A Lopez: [email protected] > Linda O’Connor: [email protected] > > Regards, > Tej > ________________________________ > From: Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 9:09 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [DISCUSS] Apache Iceberg Summit 2026 - Selection > Committee > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click > links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the > content is safe. > > > > Hi Max > > I'm adding you to the list of candidates. The Iceberg PMC is reviewing > the list and will vote. > > Regards > JB > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM Maximilian Michels <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi JB, > > > > Not sure if the call for volunteers is still open. I'd love to > > volunteer for the Selection Committee. FWIW I've helped to organize > > beamsummit.org in the past. > > > > Cheers, > > Max > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM Walaa Eldin Moustafa > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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
