Welcome! Best, Taewoo
On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM Mike Carey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
