+1

On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM Vaibhav Kumar <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> +1 from me as well.
>
> Regards,
> Vaibhav
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM Holden Karau <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 from me as well. I think the social aspect is critical (community over
>> code) will be beneficial. and keeping the dev list the source of truth
>> should be a net win. We might want to explore alternating the time so more
>> folks can participate, but that’s something we can explore as it develops.
>>
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>> On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM Ángel Álvarez Pascua <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> +1 from me. I think a monthly sync could be useful, especially for
>>> larger design discussions and open proposals.
>>>
>>> Having a shared agenda ahead of time would be important so people can
>>> add topics and follow along even if they cannot attend. A short summary
>>> back to the dev list after each sync would also help keep everyone aligned.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ángel
>>>
>>> El sáb, 16 may 2026, 1:09, huaxin gao <[email protected]> escribió:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Mark, agreed. We should make sure any concrete action items are
>>>> brought back to the dev list for discussion before anything is acted on.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM Mark Hamstra <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, that's more on the right track. If summaries are making it back
>>>>> to the mailing list and any actions are only taken after the relevant
>>>>> issues have also been opened to mailing list discussion, then the
>>>>> off-list discussions may be acceptable.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM huaxin gao <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks Mark, that makes sense.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I agree that the mailing list should remain the source of truth for
>>>>> community discussions and decisions. My intention was not to move
>>>>> decision-making out of the mailing list, but to provide an optional forum
>>>>> for real-time discussion, clarification, and brainstorming around open
>>>>> proposals or issues.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Any concrete decisions, conclusions, or follow-up actions from the
>>>>> sync should be summarized back to the dev mailing list, and formal
>>>>> decisions would still happen on the mailing list as usual.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I should have made that clearer in the original proposal.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Huaxin
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM Mark Hamstra <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> That's not really a good fit with the Apache notion that "if it
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> >> happen on the mailing list, then it didn't happen".
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM huaxin gao <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Hi everyone,
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I’d like to propose starting a monthly Spark community sync to
>>>>> discuss open issues, ongoing proposals, and design topics that would
>>>>> benefit from real-time discussion.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > The idea is similar to the current Iceberg community sync: a
>>>>> one-hour recurring meeting with a shared agenda doc where people can add
>>>>> topics ahead of time. This could help us make progress on larger design
>>>>> discussions, clarify open questions earlier, and make it easier for
>>>>> contributors and reviewers to align across different areas of Spark.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > The sync would be open to the community, and the agenda doc could
>>>>> be used to track topics, notes, and follow-ups. Topics could include 
>>>>> SPIPs,
>>>>> larger PRs, release-related discussions, cross-project integration work, 
>>>>> or
>>>>> any other issues where live discussion would be useful.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Would others be interested in this? If there is enough interest,
>>>>> I’m happy to help set up the agenda doc and propose an initial monthly 
>>>>> time
>>>>> slot.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Thanks,
>>>>> >> > Huaxin
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
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