Hi everyone, Thank you so much for this wonderful welcome, Richard!
Your "germenglish" was absolutely perfect, and the concept of *handwerk* describes exactly how I feel about working on Storm. Taking care of the project has been a rewarding process, and being invited to join as a committer is a huge honour. I’m excited to keep learning, improving, and contributing alongside all of you. Cheers, Gianluca Il giorno mar 16 giu 2026 alle ore 10:27 Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Dear all, > > The Project Management Committee (PMC) of Apache Storm is happy to share > that Gianluca has been invited to join us as a committer and we are even > happier to announce that he has accepted. > > In German there is a word I like a lot: Handwerk. It translates as > "craft," but it carries more weight than the English word - it implies a > trade you learn over years, with care, under the eyes of others who have > done it before you. > Open source, when it is healthy, has the same shape. You don't graduate > from it; you keep getting better, and the project gets better with you. > > Gianluca has been doing exactly that kind of patient, careful work on a > project in maintainance mode. His contributions embody the Apache Way, and > we are lucky to have him stay. > > So, in my simple but heartfelt "germenglish": thank you, Gianluca. We are > grateful you accepted. As a committer you'll now be able to contribute more > seamlessly, and I'm looking forward to what comes next. > > Let's join together in welcoming and thanking Gianluca Graziadei. > > Gruß > Richard
