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+Hi everyone,
+
+I would like to nominate myself for Octavia PTL for the Yoga release. I am the
+current PTL for the Xena release and I would like to continue to serve our team
+for the next release.
+
+I have been an Octavia contributor for more than 2 years, and a core reviewer
+for 3 releases. My focus will be to continue the tasks that we have worked on
+during Xena: completing the Amphorav2 driver feature, supporting multiple
+subnets on a Load Balancer VIP, improving our CI coverage, ...
+
+Thanks for your consideration,
+
+Gregory