Congratulations and welcome, Vigya! - Alan
> On 28 Jul 2022, at 20:44, Vigya Sharma <vigya.w...@gmail.com > <mailto:vigya.w...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. It is an honor to be invited as a > Lucene committer, and I look forward to contributing more to the community. > > A little bit about me - I currently work for the Product Search team at > Amazon, and am based out of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, US. > I am interested in a wide variety of computer science areas, and, in the last > few years, have focused more on distributed systems, concurrency, system > software and performance. Outside of tech., I like spending my time outdoors > - running, skiing, and long road trips. I completed my first marathon (the > SFMarathon) last week, and now, getting this invitation has made this month a > highlight of the year. > > I had known that Lucene powers some of the most popular search and analytics > use cases across the globe, but as I've gotten more involved, the depth and > breadth of this software has blown my mind. I am deeply impressed by what > this community has built, and how it continues to work together and grow. It > is a great honor to be trusted with committer privileges, and I look forward > to learning and contributing to multiple different parts of the library. > > Thank you, > Vigya > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 12:20 PM Anshum Gupta <ans...@anshumgupta.net > <mailto:ans...@anshumgupta.net>> wrote: > Congratulations and welcome, Vigya! > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 12:34 AM Adrien Grand <jpou...@gmail.com > <mailto:jpou...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that Vigya Sharma has accepted the PMC's > invitation to become a committer. > > Vigya, the tradition is that new committers introduce themselves with a > brief bio. > > Congratulations and welcome! > > -- > Adrien > > > -- > Anshum Gupta > > > -- > - Vigya