Thank you, Gian, for your steady leadership and all the work you’ve done to guide Druid through its journey as an Apache project. Your impact on the community and the project is truly foundational.
Congratulations, Abhishek! Excited to see you take on this role — the project is in great hands. All thumbs excuse typos On Sat, 31 May 2025 at 12:40 PM, Kashif Faraz <kfa...@apache.org> wrote: > Congrats, Abhishek!! > > On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM Abhishek Agarwal <abhis...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Thank you Gian and Julian and also the Druid PMC for electing me as the > new > > chair. Echoing what Julian said, Gian has done an excellent job as PMC > > chair, helping Apache Druid get to this stage of maturity. Thank you for > > your service. > > > > While to anyone outside PMC, the details are not visible, this process of > > electing chair involves PMC members nominating and voting for themselves > or > > other PMC members. We intend to repeat this process every year. > > > > Thank you again. > > > > On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Congratulations on your new role, Abhishek, and good luck! > > > > > > Gian, Thank you for your years of leadership and service in Druid. You > > > steered the project through Apache incubation to the current stage > where > > > there are regular releases and multiple active committers and PMC > > members. > > > It is indeed a great sign of project maturity that you can hand over > the > > > reins. > > > > > > I myself am a former PMC chair of an Apache project, and I can assure > you > > > that you will have a little more time to focus on Druid’s priorities, > and > > > you will enjoy seeing a succession of good people step up, take the > > reins, > > > and lead the project in interesting directions. > > > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > > > On May 30, 2025, at 4:52 PM, Gian Merlino <g...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Lol, oops, you can see at the bottom of my mail that I started from > > > another project's announcement as inspiration. Please ignore the bit > > about > > > Ruben and focus your congratulations on Abhishek :) > > > > > > > > Gian > > > > > > > > On 2025/05/30 23:51:24 Gian Merlino wrote: > > > >> Druids, > > > >> > > > >> I am pleased to announce that the Druid PMC has decided to begin a > > > tradition of changing chairs periodically, as has been adopted by many > > > other Apache projects. This is a sign of maturity and we believe it > will > > be > > > beneficial for the project's long term health. > > > >> > > > >> It has been an honor for me to serve as chair since Druid became an > > > Apache project. Abhishek Agarwal has been duly elected by the PMC to > the > > > position, has been approved by the Board, and is now project chair. He > > will > > > do a great job. > > > >> > > > >> For the sake of clarity, I want to say that this move has nothing to > > do > > > with me personally. Other than not being the chair, my involvement with > > the > > > project will remain the same. > > > >> > > > >> Congratulations Abhishek! > > > >> > > > >> Gian > > > >> > > > >> I am pleased to announce that we have a new PMC chair and VP as per > > our > > > tradition of rotating the chair once a year. I have resigned, and > > > >> Ruben Quesada Lopez was duly elected by the PMC and approved > > > >> unanimously by the Board. > > > >> > > > >> Please join me in congratulating Ruben! > > > >> > > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@druid.apache.org > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@druid.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@druid.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@druid.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@druid.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@druid.apache.org > > > > > > > > >
