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+Hello all,
+
+I would like to announce my candidacy for PTL of the OpenStack Charms
+project[1] for the Yoga cycle.
+
+I've been a core team member of the OpenStack Charms project since 2016, and
+have contributed to all most all of the charms both in terms of new features
+and bug fixes and general development.
+
+The OpenStack Charms team has made excellent progress during the last few
+cycles in improving deployment, upgrading, and management of OpenStack systems,
+as well as exposing new and interesting features of the OpenStack family of
+projects.
+
+For the Yoga cycle we're going to continue our drive in lifecycle management to
+ensure trouble-free OpenStack deployment, upgrades and distribution upgrades,
+improve existing features, as well as implement new charm features and new
+charms where needed.  We're also looking forward to the new features across the
+OpenStack family of projects and how we can support them, and I'd like to be
+able to support the project for the next 6 months.
+
+Cheers,
+
+Alex Kavanagh