<div dir="ltr">Hello Everyone :) <br><br><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid50" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Program Team Leads) are now open and will remain open until August 9th, 2017 23:45 UTC.</span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid51" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid52" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">All candidates must be submitted as a text file to the openstack/election repository as explained at </span><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-url"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy" target="_blank">http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy</a></span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid53" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">Please make sure to follow the new candidacy file naming convention: $cycle_name/$project_name/$ircname.txt.</span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid54" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid55" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">In order to be an eligible candidate (and be allowed to vote) in a given PTL election, you need to have contributed an accepted patch to one of the corresponding program's projects[0] during the Ocata-Pike timeframe (September, 2016 23:59 UTC to August 3rd, 2017 23:59 UTC).</span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid56" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid57" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">Additional information about the nomination process can be found here: </span><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/" target="_blank">https://governance.openstack.org/election/</a></span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid58" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid378" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-ace-line"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">As the election officials approve candidates, they will be listed here: </span><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/#queens-ptl-candidates" target="_blank">https://governance.openstack.org/election/#queens-ptl-candidates</a></span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid60" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid61" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">The electorate is requested to confirm their email address in gerrit, <a href="http://review.openstack.org" target="_blank">review.openstack.org</a> > Settings > Contact Information >  Preferred Email, prior to August 5th, 2017 23:59 UTC so that the emailed ballots are mailed to the correct email address.</span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid62" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid63" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">Happy running,</span></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid64" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid64" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">-Kendall Nelson(diablo_rojo)<br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid64" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-magicdomid65" class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-">[0]  </span><span class="m_-2450372276885063344inbox-inbox-url"><a href="http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml" target="_blank">http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml</a></span></div></div>