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. > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
