> thus not join the DataFusion PMC This is correct, I don't currently have sufficient bandwidth to be able to perform such a role to the level that I would expect of others, in addition to my existing commitments.
Kind Regards, Raphael On 20 December 2023 20:19:56 GMT, Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com> wrote: >This list LGTM. > >On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 1:11 PM Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> As we have discussed previously [1], we are planning to propose [2] >> "graduating" the DataFusion to its own top level Apache project. >> >> I would like to discuss the initial PMC members for the new top level >> project. The suggestion in [1] is >> >> > All existing Arrow Committers and PMC members who so desired, would start >> as committers or PMC members on the new DataFusion project (assuming this >> is allowed by the process) >> >> From what I can tell, this means the PMC would be the following from the >> current Arrow PMC [3]: >> >> Andy Grove (NVidia) >> Andrew Lamb (InfuxData) >> Daniël Heres (Coralogix) >> Jie Wen (SelectDB) >> Kun Liu (Ebay) >> Liang-Chi Hsieh (Apple) >> Qingping Hou (Scribd) >> Will Jones (VoltronData) >> >> I think Raphael Taylor-Davies has told me offline he would prefer to focus >> on Arrow and thus now join the DataFusion PMC, though it would be nice if >> he could confirm. >> >> We also need to propose a chair of the new PMC -- I am happy to help anyone >> who would like to do this role, or do it myself. Spending a year as the >> Arrow PMC chair gave me sufficient experience to make sure the process is >> smooth, in my opinion. >> >> If the new project is approved and created then the initial PMC will >> invite the relevant existing Arrow commiters as DataFusion committers. >> >> Please let me know your thoughts and if there are other existing Arrow PMC >> members who should be included in the proposal for initial DataFusion PMC. >> >> Andrew >> >> p.s. As part of this process, I discovered Arrow's origin as a top level >> project came from splitting off from the Apache Drill project, which I had >> not previously known >> >> >> [1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 >> [2]: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8491 >> [3]: https://arrow.apache.org/committers/ >>
