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[Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Hi all,
Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
College.
Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam
PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
[1]
https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
[2]
https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
[3]
https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Reza Rokni via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats!
On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM Chamikara Jayalath via dev <
dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Claude!
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats, Claude!🥳🎉🍾
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM LDesire <tw...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude! 🥳🥳
>>>
>>> 2025. 12. 9. 오전 1:54, Kenneth Knowles <ke...@apache.org> 작성:
>>>
>>>
>>> 🎉🎉🎉🎉
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM Yi Hu <yh...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Congrats Claude!!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <
>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
>>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>>>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time,
>>>>>>>> he significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>>>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>>>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>>>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>>>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>>>>>> College.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe,
>>>>>>>> the Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer.
>>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Chamikara Jayalath via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats Claude!
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy via dev <
dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats, Claude!🥳🎉🍾
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM LDesire <tw...@icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude! 🥳🥳
>>
>> 2025. 12. 9. 오전 1:54, Kenneth Knowles <ke...@apache.org> 작성:
>>
>>
>> 🎉🎉🎉🎉
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM Yi Hu <yh...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude!!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <
>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time,
>>>>>>> he significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>>>>> College.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe,
>>>>>>> the Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer.
>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats, Claude!🥳🎉🍾
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM LDesire <tw...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Congrats Claude! 🥳🥳
>
> 2025. 12. 9. 오전 1:54, Kenneth Knowles <ke...@apache.org> 작성:
>
>
> 🎉🎉🎉🎉
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM Yi Hu <yh...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude!
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude!!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <
>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>>>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>>>> College.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>>>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>>>
>>>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by LDesire <tw...@icloud.com>.
Congrats Claude! 🥳🥳
> 2025\. 12. 9. 오전 1:54, Kenneth Knowles <ke...@apache.org> 작성:
>
>
>
>
> 🎉🎉🎉🎉
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM Yi Hu
> <[yhu@apache.org](mailto:yhu@apache.org)> wrote:
>
>
>> Congrats Claude!
>>
>>
>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran
<[hjtran@apache.org](mailto:hjtran@apache.org)> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Congrats Claude!!
>
>>>
>>>
>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev
<[dev@beam.apache.org](mailto:dev@beam.apache.org)> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev
<[dev@beam.apache.org](mailto:dev@beam.apache.org)> wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev
<[dev@beam.apache.org](mailto:dev@beam.apache.org)> wrote:
>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>
> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
> Claude van der Merwe
> ([cvandermerwe@apache.org](mailto:cvandermerwe@apache.org))!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed our
tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times before
😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his contributions on the
mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam College.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam
> PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>
> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>
> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>
> [1]
> <https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [2] <https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-
beam-rag-package/>
> [3] <https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-
> committer>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Kenneth Knowles <ke...@apache.org>.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM Yi Hu <yh...@apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Claude!
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude!!
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>>
>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>>> College.
>>>>>
>>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>>
>>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>>> [2]
>>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>>> [3]
>>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>>
>>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Yi Hu <yh...@apache.org>.
Congrats Claude!
On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Claude!!
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude!
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>
>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>> College.
>>>>
>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>
>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>> [3]
>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>
>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Joey Tran <hj...@apache.org>.
Congrats Claude!!
On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>
wrote:
> Congrats Claude!
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude!
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>
>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>> College.
>>>
>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>
>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>
>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>> [2]
>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>> [3]
>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>
>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Ahmed Abualsaud via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats Claude!
On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM Radek Stankiewicz via dev <
dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Claude!
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
>> Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>
>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>> College.
>>
>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>
>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>
>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>> [2]
>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>> [3]
>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>
>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Radek Stankiewicz via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats Claude!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM Danny McCormick via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
> Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>
> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
> College.
>
> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam
> PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>
> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>
> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
> [2]
> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
> [3]
> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Valentyn Tymofieiev via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Thanks a lot for your contributions and congratulations, Claude!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
> Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>
> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
> College.
>
> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam
> PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>
> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>
> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
> [2]
> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
> [3]
> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by XQ Hu via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congratulations, Claude!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM Robert Burke <ro...@frantil.com> wrote:
> Congratulations and thank you Claude!
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025, 3:12 PM Shunping Huang <ma...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations, Claude! Well deserved!
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM Riju Kallivalappil via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you and congratulations Claude!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev <
>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>>
>>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>>> College.
>>>>>
>>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>>
>>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>>> [2]
>>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>>> [3]
>>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>>
>>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Robert Burke <ro...@frantil.com>.
Congratulations and thank you Claude!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025, 3:12 PM Shunping Huang <ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations, Claude! Well deserved!
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM Riju Kallivalappil via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you and congratulations Claude!
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>>
>>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>>> College.
>>>>
>>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>>
>>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>>> [3]
>>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>>
>>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Shunping Huang <ma...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Claude! Well deserved!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM Riju Kallivalappil via dev <
dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
> Thank you and congratulations Claude!
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
>> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new
>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>>
>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>>> College.
>>>
>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>>
>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>>
>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>>> [2]
>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>>> [3]
>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>>
>>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Riju Kallivalappil via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Thank you and congratulations Claude!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev <
dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <
> dev@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
>> Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>>
>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
>> College.
>>
>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the
>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>>
>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>>
>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
>> [2]
>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
>> [3]
>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>>
>
Re: [Announce] New Committer: Claude van der Merwe
Posted by Tarun Annapareddy via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>.
Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev <de...@beam.apache.org>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new committer:
> Claude van der Merwe (cvandermerwe@apache.org)!
>
> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he
> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including
> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed
> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times
> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his
> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam
> College.
>
> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the Beam
> PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3]
>
> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions!
>
> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag
> [2]
> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/
> [3]
> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer
>