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+Hi everyone,
+
+I would like to propose my candidacy and continue serving as Quality Assurance
+PTL in the 2025.1 cycle. I've been PTL for this project since Xena release.
+
+I'm gonna continue addressing any requests and keeping things afloat.
+
+I would like to thank all the contributors, core reviewers, and anyone
+involved in any QA project, maintaining of the projects would simply not be
+possible without you.
+
+Thanks for your consideration!
+-- Martin Kopec (kopecmartin)