Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 59 New Members

Posted by Brian Proffitt Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on 20 March 2024:

Jim Apple, Michael Bien, Nicolò Boschi, Francis Chuang, Cédric Damioli, Brian Demers, Hao Ding, Lukasz Dywicki, Arnout Engelen, Siyuan Feng, Jonathan Gallimore, Pedro Galvan, Jun Gao, Charles Givre, Andrew Grove, G.W. Haywood, Cesar Hernandez, Florian Hockmann, John Interrante, Paul Irwin, Alin Jerpelea, Piotr Karwasz, Uwe Korn, Hyukjin Kwon, Andrew Lamb, Robert Lazarski, Sylvain Lebresne, Benchao Li, Penghui Li, Hulk Lin, Bao Liu, Jun Liu, Ruben Quesada Lopez, Michael Marshall, Patrick McFadin, Keith McKenna, Joshua McKenzie, Eric Milles, Paulo Motta, Maxim Muzafarov, Madhan Neethiraj, Brian Neradt, Julien Nioche, Sergey Nuyanzin, Weston Pace, Georgios Petasis, Damien Raude-Morvan, Zoran Regvart, Neal Richardson, Christopher Shannon, Chao Sun, Brandon Williams, Jacob Wujciak, Rohit Yadav, Kent Yao, Andrey Yegorov, Evan Zelkowitz, Charles Zhang, Yonglun Zhang

The ASF is a 501(c)(3) membership corporation, so Members serve a similar role as shareholders do in publicly traded corporations. Existing members may nominate Committers who demonstrate merit in the Foundation’s growth, evolution, and progress for ASF Membership and/or Board Membership. They may also vote in Member and Board elections. This member nomination system highlights the emphasis the ASF places on vendor-neutral, volunteer-led projects and initiatives.

Once elected, most Members find additional ways to get involved in ASF projects. While the Board and relevant officers are directly responsible for providing oversight to the 300+ active projects, Members often work within many projects to help ensure they run smoothly and follow The Apache Way.

The ASF incorporated in 1999 with a core membership of 21 individuals, who oversaw the progress of the Apache HTTP Server. This group grew with Committers—developers who contributed code, patches, documentation, and other contributions, and were subsequently granted access by the Membership. 

This election brings the total number of ASF Members to 1,105 (802 active members and 303 emeritus (non-voting) members) today. 

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