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+Hey Nova and Placement folks,
+
+Yet again, I'm asking you to put myself on the Nova and Placement PTL seat and
+yet again, I'm proposing my name late in the election nomination timeframe as
+I want to leave others the time to consider the position.
+
+Challenges are still upfront. Our gate is still coughing every single day and
+despite the excellent work that a very few awesome people did on stabilizing
+and which helped improving the situation (kudos to those who will recognize
+themselves), we are still urging to fix the most common patterns. As a PTL,
+I'll ensure to keep the energy to chase those issues and identify them so as a
+team we can fight them.
+
+Another concern to me is the reviewing pace. While we're continuing to deliver
+solid reviews on feature proposals and patches, our team isn't much evolving
+and we need fresh blood. In order to be able to deliver things, we need to
+ensure that we properly recognize those who dedicate a portion of their daytime
+to help others by providing valuable feedback (and I stress on the fact that
+this feedback *has to* be valuable in order to by worthy). As a PTL, I'll
+continue to encourage people to express their thoughts and concerns into Gerrit
+comments so that we are able to count on.
+
+The last challenge I have to mention here is the release cadence. Next release
+(2025.1 Epoxy) will be a non-skippable release but we need to ensure that all
+things we merged on 2024.2 Dalmatian are told and explained to those who
+wanted to skip it.
+
+Again, I'll finish telling I'm open to mentor anyone who considers running for
+the PTL seat next cycle (2025.2 F). Feel free to reach to me and I'll offer
+my help for a smooth transition.
+
+Thanks,
+-Sylvain