Hi JB, I'd like to volunteer for NA as well as EU for the Selection Committee for the Iceberg Summit 2026
Bill On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM Rohan Khameshra <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>> > >> > >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >>> >> -- Bill Zhang | VP Product cloudera.com
