<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><pre style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); font-family: Menlo; font-size: 10.5pt;"><pre style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hi all!<br><br>I’m writing to announce my candidacy for Congress PTL (Ocata).<br><br>First, I’d like to thank Tim for his outstanding leadership since the very<br>beginning of the project. Under his leadership, Congress has grown from an<br>interesting idea to a capable service. I would also like to thank everyone for<br>their tremendous support in bringing me along as a Congress contributor, from<br>first learning the codebase to leading the high-availability design and<br>implementation efforts. I’m truly grateful to be a part of such a welcoming,<br>collaborative and supportive community.<br><br>For the Ocata cycle, my main focus for Congress is usability and<br>ease-of-adoption. For example, by shipping Congress with pre-built policies<br>and templates, Congress would provide useful policy-based monitoring fresh<br>out-of-the-box, its time-to-value improving from weeks to under a day. I also<br>aim to continue prioritizing user engagement, cross-project collaboration, and<br>code robustness. Last but not least, I look forward to supporting our project<br>members in their goals and visions for Congress.<br><br>Thank you all once again!<br><br>-- Eric J. Kao</pre></pre></body></html>