Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

en > -- > *From:* Owen O'Malley > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 5, 2024 1:51 PM > *To:* dev@iceberg.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair > > I strongly disagree with asking Ryan to step down. For those who d

RE: Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

I was reading through this article written by the PMC chair himself: The Case for Independent Storage "Every data warehouse or data lake provider needs to control storage, either to create an advantage for their own engine or to prevent the competition from doing so." "T

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

decide to not go with the Apache route. best, Sichen From: Owen O'Malley Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 1:51 PM To: dev@iceberg.apache.org Subject: Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair I strongly disagree with asking Ryan to step down. For thos

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

I strongly disagree with asking Ryan to step down. For those who don't know me, I'm an Iceberg PMC member, Apache member, and was a mentor and champion for Iceberg when it entered the Apache Incubator . I've never worked at eith

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

+1 to JB and Jingsong, For context, I’m currently a Tabular employee who won’t be moving on to Databricks. I agree with the sentiments stated here about Ryan. I think the concern around his potential employment at Databricks comes from a good place but as JB mentioned this should be discussed by t

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

Step down is a bit extreme. But the concern is valid. No one is denying the huge contributions and great work from Ryan so far. He deserves what he got. But many people are now worried about the fate of this project, at least in my company. It also affects many smaller compute vendors trying to

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

Hi, +1 to Jean-Baptiste. I am not a PMC member, but what I see in the iceberg community is Ryan's dedication to making this community better. He has invested a lot of energy in the community. I have also learned a lot from him. I personally trust Ryan, and I don't think he would do anything that

Re: Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

Hi Natsukawa, I would like to remind some points: 1. At Apache, you contribute as an individual. 2. The PMC members manage the project, and the PMC Chair is actually a VP of the foundation reporting to the board (https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs.html) Ryan has our trust and respe

Call for Ryan Blue to Step Down as PMC Chair

Hi community, I'm calling for Ryan Blue to step down as Iceberg PMC chair. With the recent acquisition of Tabular by Databricks [1], I believe there is a natural conflict of interest for him to continue to be the chair of the Iceberg project. Tabular's official messages will likely come and say s