Adding René Ribaud candidacy for Nova 2026.1 PTL

Change-Id: I4415c33d3745d80334c9334ae558ffb471e66f5b
Signed-off-by: René Ribaud <rene.ribaud@gmail.com>

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+Hello,
+
+I am announcing my new candidacy for the PTL role for Nova and Placement.
+
+Serving as PTL in the Flamingo cycle was both a rewarding and instructive
+experience. It allowed me to learn the responsibilities and workload of the
+role, build stronger connections across the community, and help contributors
+move their work forward.
+
+In the next cycle, I want to continue fostering a welcoming and collaborative
+environment for all contributors.
+
+I will continue and improve our efforts to enhance bug triage, reduce the
+number of open bugs, and support timely reviews to help features progress
+toward completion.
+
+I am also eager to follow and participate in the Eventlet removal effort,
+which began in Flamingo and represents a major step for OpenStack. This is
+a particularly interesting challenge—not highly visible to most users,
+but crucial for the long-term health, performance, and maintainability of
+the project.
+
+My main focus, and the most important thing to me, will remain ensuring
+that Nova and Placement stay robust, maintainable, and aligned with our
+users’ needs.
+
+Thank you for your trust so far, I’d be happy to continue serving in
+this role.
+
+Thanks,
+René