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Project Management Committee (PMC)

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Project Management Committee (PMC)

A PMC member is a maintainer who has demonstrated leadership in the project. The PMC guides the long-term direction, makes decisions on governance and project changes, and protects the Lance brand.

Rights

In addition to the rights of maintainers, PMC members have the following rights:

  • Binding vote on governance process and structure modifications
  • Binding vote on changes in maintainers and PMC rosters
  • Binding vote on core and subproject management decisions
  • Binding vote on stable releases of core and subprojects
  • Binding vote on Lance format specification modifications
  • Access to the private mailing list

Activities

In addition to the activities of maintainers, PMC members are encouraged to:

  • Provide guidance on the long-term direction of the project
  • Make decisions on governance and project changes
  • Protect the Lance brand
  • Execute binding votes for stable releases
  • Evaluate and respond to security vulnerabilities

Roster

NameGitHub HandleAffiliationEcosystem Roles
Yang CenBubbleCalLanceDBMilvus Contributor
Pablo DelgadopableteNetflix
Hao DingXuanwoLanceDBApache OpenDAL PMC Chair, Apache Iceberg Committer, Apache Member and more
Zhaowei HuangSaintBacchusAlibabaApache Doris Committer
Will Joneswjones127LanceDBApache Arrow PMC Member, Apache DataFusion PMC Member, Delta Lake Maintainer
Matt KafonekkafonekRunway AI
Denny LeedennygleeDatabricksUnity Catalog Maintainer, Delta Lake Maintainer, Apache Spark Contributor, MLflow Contributor
Rob MengchebbyChefNEQJump Trading
Dao Midowjones226Netflix
Weston PacewestonpaceLanceDBApache Arrow PMC Member, Substrait SMC Member
Calvin QicalvinqiHarvey.ai
Prashanth Raoprrao87LanceDB
Ethan RosenthalEthanRosenthalRunway AI
Tim SaucertimsaucerRerun.ioApache DataFusion PMC Member
Chang ShechanghiskhanLanceDBPandas Co-Author
Jasmine WangonigiriisabunnyLanceDBAlluxio PMC Community Manager
Lei XueddyxuLanceDBApache Hadoop PMC Member
Vino YangyanghuaBytedanceApache Hudi PMC Member, Apache Kyuubi PMC Member, Apache Kylin Committer, Apache Incubation Program Committer
Jack Yejackye1995LanceDBApache Iceberg PMC Member, Apache Polaris (incubating) PPMC Member, Apache Incubation Program Committer

Becoming a PMC Member

PMC membership is earned through:

  • Significant leadership in the project
  • Long-term sustained contributions to Lance
  • Active mentorship of other contributors
  • Demonstrated commitment to project values
  • Get nominated by a PMC member and approved through a passing vote