Hello, I would like to announce my candidacy for Manila PTL for the 2026.2 (Hibiscus) cycle. I have been serving as Manila PTL for the past couple of releases and am happily investing time and energy into working with this very talented and passionate group of contributors. Over these releases, we have been creating more and more opportunities for contribution, ranging from code to involving cloud users and operators in our discussions to collect feedback. This helps us deliver valuable enhancements and fixes. We still have lots to do, and that includes enhancing our contributor experience. Therefore, in the upcoming cycle, I would like to direct our focus to: Eventlet: python-manilaclient is successfully migrated. We are now completing the migration in the manila code base, so we will focus on finalizing it and testing the changes we are making while moving away from eventlet. Tech debt: Continue the efforts to reach parity between Manila APIs and Manila UI, and complete the rootwrap -> privsep migration. VirtioFS: Closing the scenario testing gap for VirtioFS. Mentorship: Continue shepherding and encouraging more active reviewer participation and preparing new core reviewers. Communication: Reshaping the way we communicate and document our team priorities. Thank you for your consideration. Carlos da Silva IRC: carloss