Many congratulations, Nick! On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Nicholas Knize <nkn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> P.S. Skating rink in Texas? :) > > > There's one and it freezes once a year. Biggest Hockey Team Ever > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Dawid Weiss <dawid.we...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Welcome Nick! >> >> Dawid >> >> P.S. Skating rink in Texas? :) >> >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:02 PM, david.w.smi...@gmail.com < >> david.w.smi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Welcome Nick! We’re very fortunate to have your spatial expertise. >>> ~ David >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:40 PM Nicholas Knize <nkn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the honor to join such a talented group! >>>> >>>> Brief Bio: I started as a Meteorology major in undergrad. After the >>>> Meteorology program bored me with colored pencils and paper maps (but >>>> rocking a FORTRAN class) I switched to Computer Science. I received a CS >>>> Bachelor's and Master's focused on Computer Vision. Interestingly I was >>>> first exposed to Lucene/Solr in 2006 while working on a proprietary Remote >>>> Geospatial Imaging System. After a "fun" detour through the land of Oracle >>>> Spatial integration and MongoDB and Accumulo core development I finished a >>>> PhD in GIS focused on high dimension spatial Indexing. With sights set on >>>> working with the open source community I joined Elasticsearch 1 year ago >>>> this November which brings me here. I currently live in Dallas, TX with my >>>> Wife, 3 Kids, and a Dog and when my face is not behind a monitor I plant it >>>> either behind a drum kit, on a hockey rink, or in the park with the family. >>>> >>>> I look forward to continuing to virtually work with many of you and >>>> hope to meet many at conferences and meetups. >>>> >>>> Thanks again! >>>> >>>> - Nick >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Michael McCandless < >>>> luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm pleased to announce that Nick Knize has accepted the PMC's >>>>> invitation to become a committer. >>>>> >>>>> Nick, it's tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio / >>>>> origin story, explaining how you arrived here. >>>>> >>>>> Your handle "nknize" has already added to the “lucene" LDAP group, so >>>>> you now have commit privileges. >>>>> >>>>> Please celebrate this rite of passage, and confirm that the right >>>>> karma has in fact enabled, by embarking on the challenge of adding >>>>> yourself to the committers section of the Who We Are page on the >>>>> website: http://lucene.apache.org/whoweare.html (use the ASF CMS >>>>> bookmarklet >>>>> at the bottom of the page here: https://cms.apache.org/#bookmark - >>>>> more info here http://www.apache.org/dev/cms.html). >>>>> >>>>> Congratulations and welcome! >>>>> >>>>> Mike McCandless >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.mikemccandless.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>> Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker >>> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: >>> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com >>> >> >> >
