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+Hi,
+
+I would like to announce my candidacy for Octavia PTL for the E release.
+I have been PTL since the Xena cycle and I want to continue to contribute to
+this role.
+
+For Epoxy I would like that we continue our progress on new features such as
+HTTP Rate limiting, Custom Security Groups on VIP ports...
+
+Thanks for your consideration,
+
+Gregory Thiemonge (gthiemonge)