Hi, I'd like to volunteer to be part of the selection committee. If it helps, I have prior experience on the program committee and as chair for past Kafka Summit conferences.
thanks, Robin. On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 05:18, Neelesh Salian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JB, > > Thanks for sharing this. > I’d like to volunteer to be part of the selection committee. > > Regards, > Neelesh S. Salian > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 08:58 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> As you probably know, we've been having discussions about the Iceberg >> Summit 2026. >> >> The Iceberg PMC pre-approved the Iceberg Summit proposal, and one of the >> first >> steps is to put together a Selection Committee. >> >> The Selection Committee is represented by Russell Spitzer as the main >> PMC contact for Apache Iceberg who has agreed to solely wear the >> Apache hat. There are a total of 3 members from the Apache Iceberg PMC >> in the Selection Committee.The affiliations of all members of the >> Selection Committee will be clearly listed in the final version of the >> proposal. >> The Selection Committee will have 11 members. The main responsibility >> of the Selection Committee is to coordinate on the agenda, define the >> tracks, and choose all the sessions that will be featured at the 2026 >> Iceberg Summit NA. >> >> Once we have the committee, I will complete the >> proposal for the ASF and the Iceberg PMC to request the ability to use >> the name Iceberg/Apache Iceberg. >> >> If you'd like to help and be part of the selection committee, please >> volunteer in a reply to this thread. Since we likely can't include >> everyone that volunteers, I propose that the PMC should choose the >> final committee from the set of people that volunteer. >> >> We'll leave this open up to Oct 24th. >> >> NB: I'd like to help in the Selection Committee, so I'm volunteer :) >> >> Thanks ! >> Regards >> JB >> >> NB: if your company wants to sponsor and/or help the organization, >> please send a message to me directly ([email protected]) or a PMC >> member, we will route and include in the Organization Committee. >> >
