Welcome Ahmed - this was actually long overdue! :-) Cheers, Mike
On 9/1/26 10:55 AM, Ian Maxon wrote:
The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache AsterixDB is delighted to announce that Ahmed Eldawy has joined the PMC! Ahmed has been a long term contributor and major driving force behind the design of AsterixDB's Geospatial features. He was directly involved with the improvement of AsterixDB's initial homegrown spatial types, into supporting industry standard types like GeoJSON, along with the standard functions for these. He was also quite involved in the design of PBSM spatial join support in AsterixDB. Most recently he was instrumental in the design of adding CRS support to AsterixDB, which was a long-awaited missing puzzle piece to complete Geospatial support in AsterixDB. This is a non- exhaustive list- It's just the things I can immediately remember! The PMC - Project Management Committee - manages and guides the direction of the project, and is responsible for inviting new committers and PMC members to steward the longevity of the project. See https://community.apache.org/pmc/responsibilities.html if you're interested in learning more about the rights and responsibilities of PMC members. Please join us in welcoming Ahmed to their new role in our project! Ian Maxon On behalf of the AsterixDB PMC
