Merge "Sylvain Bauza candidacy for Nova 2024.2 PTL"

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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.
+I was awaiting to see whether new candidates were wanting to nominate
+themselves for that seat but now I am convinced to run again for this 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. Now that we
+are about to deliver 2023.1 (Caracal), it will be time to remember ourselves
+that 2023.2 (Dalmatian) will be a skippable release for operators and we
+need to carefully think about the implications of such things.
+
+I'll just finish on a last word. While I really appreciated acting as a PTL for
+the last 5 cycles, I'd be more than happy if someone would like to step up
+next cycle (E) so I could offer some mentoring for a smooth transition.
+
+Thanks,
+-Sylvain