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Nomination: Yifan Cao(@EvanCley) for Member #123

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Nominator Information

  • GitHub ID: mingcheng
  • Name: mingcheng
  • Role in Community: Dragonfly Project Maintainer

Nominee Information

  • GitHub ID: EvanCley
  • Name: Yifan Cao
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Company/Organization: Alibaba Cloud
  • Position Applied For: Member

Nomination Period

2025-11-20 to 2025-11-27 (7 days)

Requirements for the Nominee

  • Nominee's GitHub account has 2FA enabled
  • Nominee has attended at least one biweekly community meeting
  • Nominee has a history of contributions (code, reviews, issue discussions)
  • Nominee is actively involved in at least one Dragonfly project or subproject
  • Nominee has read and agrees to the Dragonfly Code of Conduct
  • Nominee has read and understands the Dragonfly Community Ladder
  • Nominee has read and understands the Dragonfly Community Membership Guidelines

Nominator's Checklist

  • I have discussed this nomination with the nominee, and they have agreed to be nominated
  • This nomination will be brought up for discussion in a community meeting
  • I confirm the nominee meets all the requirements listed above

Nominee Background

Technical Background and Experience

The nominee is a software engineer with a Master's degree in Computer Science and Technology and nearly three years of professional experience in systems-level software development. His work has primarily focused on cloud-native infrastructure, including container engines and runtimes, P2P acceleration for content distribution, and caching optimization to improve data access performance. He uses multiple programming languages during work, with experience in Golang, Python, and Rust, which he leverages to build high-performance, reliable, and scalable distributed systems.

Open Source Contribution Experience

The nominee has made several meaningful contributions to the Fluid project:

Contributions to Dragonfly

Technical Skills

Primary Stack: Golang, Python, and Rust
Focus Area: cloud-native infrastructure, including container engines and runtimes, P2P acceleration for content distribution, and caching optimization to improve data access
Experience: docker, containerd, runc/rund, dragonfly, fluid

Community Involvement

As a newcomer to open source communities, the nominee is in the learning and observation phase. They are actively engaging with the Dragonfly project to understand the complexities of open source governance and are eager to continue learning and growing in this process.

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