Assemble Kubernetes 1.26 Release Team 🚀 🕐 🎊

[reylejano]

Hi Kubernauts!

Thank you to the 1.25 Release Team for all their hard work and dedication as we near the end of the 1.25 release cycle.
One of the last tasks is to assemble the 1.26 Release Team!

Please review the Release Team Selection Process docs for details on the process and criteria.

At this stage, we only require nominations for Role Leads. Once role leads are nominated we will then send out a shadow application survey.

/sig release
/area release-team
/milestone v1.26
/kind documentation
/priority important-soon

cc: @justaugustus @saschagrunert @cpanato @puerco @jeremyrickard @cici37

[cici37]

It's been an absolute honor to lead the Kubernetes 1.25 release. Thanks the community for the opportunity 🙏

I am excited to nominate @leonardpahlke as the 1.26 Release Team Lead! 🎉 Leo has been an excellent addition to the release team over the last few releases and I believe he will be a great lead in Kubernetes 1.26 release. Congratulations @leonardpahlke ! 🎉 ❤️

[reylejano]

It was a great honor to have been the Emeritus Adviser on the 1.25 Release Team.
It's a privilege to honor @palnabarun as the Emeritus Adviser for the 1.26 Release Team!
Nabarun was the 1.21 Release Lead, lead shadow on 1.20, Enhancements Lead on 1.19, Enhancements Shadow on 1.18 and 1.17, Release Manager and several other community roles

Nabarun will be a great EA and will bring extensive experience

/pony

[k8s-ci-robot]

@reylejano:

In response to this:

It was a great honor to have been the Emeritus Adviser on the 1.25 Release Team.
It's a privilege to honor @palnabarun as the Emeritus Adviser for the 1.26 Release Team!
Nabarun was the 1.21 Release Lead, lead shadow on 1.20, Enhancements Lead on 1.19, Enhancements Shadow on 1.18 and 1.17, Release Manager and several other community roles

Nabarun will be a great EA and will bring extensive experience

/pony

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[leonardpahlke]

Thank you so much, @cici37 @reylejano and everyone else! 1.25 was awesome so far, and I can't wait to get started on 1.26!!! Thank you all :)

[RinkiyaKeDad]

A big thanks to everyone on the 1.25 Release Team for a great experience! Huge congrats to @leonardpahlke 🎉

I'm very happy to nominate @Nivedita-coder as the next CI Signal Lead! Her efforts during the 1.25 cycle were really commendable, and I'm sure she'll continue doing great in 1.26 as well!

[Nivedita-coder]

Thank you @RinkiyaKeDad!! It has been great working with you. Super excited for 1.26! 🎊

[palnabarun]

Thank you, @reylejano, for advising the 1.25 team! ❤️

It's an honour for me to come back to the release team once more! I am more than happy to help wherever the team needs help.

[Priyankasaggu11929]

Thank you Cici, Rey, and everyone on the 1.25 Release Team, for a wonderful release cycle. And congratulations @leonardpahlke 🎉

I'm very happy to nominate @rhockenbury as the Enhancements Lead for the 1.26 release cycle. As the Enhancements shadow for the previous two release cycles, he has greatly contributed to the release team and also brings a lot of project-wide experience. Congratulations Ryler! 🙂

[Verolop]

Thank you very much for all your hard work, and your kindness @cici37 & @reylejano !
I would like to nominate @jeremyrickard as Branch Manager for the 1.26 release cycle.
Working with Jeremy has been a very pleasant experience, and I'm sure he'll continue doing a great job! ⭐

[csantanapr]

It was a great honor to have been release notes lead for 1.25 release, but I had such a great release notes team that it was a pleasure to work with.

I would like to nominate @ramrodo as Release Notes Lead for 1.26 release cycle.
Rodolfo's attention to detail and helping everyone on the team 🙏 were invaluable. He will do a great job 🎉 as a lead