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+Friends and Colleagues,
+
+I would like to submit my candidacy to serve as Ironic PTL for the Antelope
+cycle.
+
+To introduce myself, if we have not met, I'm Jay Faulkner. I've been building
+and running Ironic off and on for eight years. In my career, I've seen and
+helped Ironic run in a variety of ways: as a part of OnMetal – the first bare
+metal public cloud, internal clouds that stretch the limits of our software,
+and as an upstream contributor without any operational responsibilities.
+
+First and foremost, my new employer, G-Research Open Source Software, has
+agreed to prioritize my upstream work in Ironic and to support me if elected
+as PTL. This means that the Ironic project will be able to have a leader with
+minimal downstream responsibilities, able to be fully dedicated to helping
+Ironic run smoothly.
+
+One of the things I've appreciated about the Ironic community as it has evolved
+is our ability to gain consensus due to a large amount of trust and shared
+context. This makes the role of PTL in our community not one of power but
+instead a role of service. That's why, if elected, I intend to maintain that
+focus on service to the community and will dedicate my time to getting as much
+of the invisible but necessary work done as possible.  My goal is to remove the
+annoying bits and enable the rest of the community to keep improving Ironic.
+
+Finally, I want to thank Iury: he’s been a great PTL in the last cycle, and I
+know we’ll be in good hands if the community chooses to continue with his
+leadership.
+
+Thanks,
+Jay Faulkner
+
+IRC: JayF