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On 09/14/2015 12:15 PM, Mike Perez wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I will not be running for Cinder PTL this next cycle. Each cycle I ran
> was for a reason [1][2], and the Cinder team should feel proud of our
> accomplishments:
>
> * Spearheading the Oslo work to allow *all* OpenStack projects to have
> their database being independent of services during upgrades.
> * Providing quality to OpenStack operators and distributors with over
> 60 accepted block storage vendor drivers with reviews and enforced CI
> [3].
> * Helping other projects with third party CI for their needs.
> * Being a welcoming group to new contributors. As a result we grew greatly [4]!
> * Providing documentation for our work! We did it for Kilo [5], and I
> was very proud to see the team has already started doing this on their
> own to prepare for Liberty.
>
> I would like to thank this community for making me feel accepted in
> 2010. I would like to thank John Griffith for starting the Cinder
> project, and empowering me to lead the project through these couple of
> cycles.
>
> With the community's continued support I do plan on continuing my
> efforts, but focusing cross project instead of just Cinder. The
> accomplishments above are just some of the things I would like to help
> others with to make OpenStack as a whole better.

Mike, thank you for your service as Cinder PTL. You did a fantastic job 
guiding the project and deserve many kudos.

Best,
-jay