Welcome Gianluca! Thank you for your great contributions so far. It's awesome to give back to the community and I'm looking forward to continuing to improve the project with you and the rest of the Storm community.
On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 at 19:21, Gianluca Graziadei <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Thank you so much for this wonderful welcome, Richard! > > Your "germenglish" was absolutely perfect, and the concept of handwerk > describes exactly how I feel about working on Storm. > > Taking care of the project has been a rewarding process, and being invited to > join as a committer is a huge honour. I’m excited to keep learning, > improving, and contributing alongside all of you. > > Cheers, > Gianluca > > > Il giorno mar 16 giu 2026 alle ore 10:27 Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> ha > scritto: >> >> Dear all, >> >> The Project Management Committee (PMC) of Apache Storm is happy to share >> that Gianluca has been invited to join us as a committer and we are even >> happier to announce that he has accepted. >> >> In German there is a word I like a lot: Handwerk. It translates as "craft," >> but it carries more weight than the English word - it implies a trade you >> learn over years, with care, under the eyes of others who have done it >> before you. >> Open source, when it is healthy, has the same shape. You don't graduate from >> it; you keep getting better, and the project gets better with you. >> >> Gianluca has been doing exactly that kind of patient, careful work on a >> project in maintainance mode. His contributions embody the Apache Way, and >> we are lucky to have him stay. >> >> So, in my simple but heartfelt "germenglish": thank you, Gianluca. We are >> grateful you accepted. As a committer you'll now be able to contribute more >> seamlessly, and I'm looking forward to what comes next. >> >> Let's join together in welcoming and thanking Gianluca Graziadei. >> >> Gruß >> Richard
