+1 (non-binding) > On Oct 17, 2026, at 2:17 AM, Dustin Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 (non-binding) > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM Marko Milenković <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 (binding) >> >> Thanks Andy! >> >> -- >> Marko Milenković >> >> >> >> >>> On 14 Oct 2026, at 22:35, Andy Grove <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The discussion [1] about promoting DataFusion Comet to a top-level >>> project reached >>> consensus with no objections, so I would like to start a vote. >>> >>> The proposal is at [2]. If the vote passes, we will submit the board >>> resolution below >>> to the ASF Board. The initial PMC members and committers are existing >>> DataFusion PMC >>> members and committers, and everyone named has confirmed that they >>> want to serve. >>> >>> [ ] +1 Establish Apache Comet as a top-level project and submit the >>> resolution below >>> [ ] +0 >>> [ ] -1 Do not establish Apache Comet as a top-level project, because... >>> >>> Votes from DataFusion PMC members are binding, and everyone in the >> community is >>> welcome to vote. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. >>> >>> Here is my +1 (binding). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Andy >>> >>> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/0szsfkrog2jjr2x92zl78201zh131qzq >>> [2] >> https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/blob/a230ae54d223e0b60097c12e470a87d54e802b0e/docs/source/about/top_level_project_proposal.md >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> X. Establish the Apache Comet Project >>> >>> WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of >> the >>> Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a >> Project >>> Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of >> open-source >>> software related to accelerating Apache Spark using native, columnar >>> execution, for distribution at no charge to the public. >>> >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee >> (PMC), to >>> be known as the "Apache Comet Project", be and hereby is established >> pursuant >>> to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Comet Project be and hereby is responsible for >> the >>> creation and maintenance of software related to accelerating Apache Spark >>> using native, columnar execution; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Comet" be and >> hereby is >>> created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the >> Board >>> of Directors as the chair of the Apache Comet Project, and to have >> primary >>> responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of >>> responsibility of the Apache Comet Project; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are >>> appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Comet Project: >>> >>> * Andy Grove <[email protected]> >>> * Andrew Lamb <[email protected]> >>> * Liang-Chi Hsieh <[email protected]> >>> * Matt Butrovich <[email protected]> >>> * Oleks V. <[email protected]> >>> >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andy Grove be appointed to >> the >>> office of Vice President, Apache Comet, to serve in accordance with and >>> subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the >>> Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or >> disqualification, >>> or until a successor is appointed; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Comet Project be and hereby is tasked with the >>> migration and rationalization of the Apache DataFusion Comet >> sub-project; and >>> be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache DataFusion >> Comet >>> sub-project encumbered upon the Apache DataFusion Project are hereafter >>> discharged. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > -- > > *Dustin Smith* > > dustinsmith.info <https://www.dustinsmith.info?utm_source=gemini> | > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-s-photo?utm_source=gemini>
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