<div dir="ltr"><div>                 Hello All!</div><div><br></div><div>Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Program Team Leads) are now open and will remain open until Feb 07, 2018 23:45 UTC.<br><br>                 All nominations must be submitted as a text file to the<br>                 openstack/election repository as explained at<br>                 <a href="http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy">http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy</a> <br><br>                 Please make sure to follow the new candidacy file naming<br>                 convention: $cycle_name/$project_name/$ircname.txt.<br><br>                 In order to be an eligible candidate (and be allowed to vote) in<br>                 a given PTL election, you need to have contributed an accepted<br>                 patch to one of the corresponding project teams[0] during<br>                 the Pike-Queens timeframe (22 Feb 2017 to 29 Jan 2018).<br><br>                 Additional information about the nomination process can be found here:<br>                 <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/">https://governance.openstack.org/election/</a> <br><br>                 Shortly after election officials approve candidates, they will be listed here: <br>                 <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/#Rocky-ptl-candidates">https://governance.openstack.org/election/#Rocky-ptl-candidates</a> <br><br>                 The electorate is requested to confirm their email address in gerrit[1], prior to 1 Feb 0:00 UTC so that the emailed ballots are mailed to the correct email address. This email address should match that which was provided in your foundation member profile[2] as well. <br><br>                 Happy running,<br><br></div>Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo)<br><div><br>                 [0] <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/">https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/</a> <br>                 [1] <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/contact">https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/contact</a> <br>                 [2] <a href="https://www.openstack.org/profile/">https://www.openstack.org/profile/</a> <br><br></div></div>