Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (253 mails)

[Magnus Boman <captain.magnus@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 16:53 +0100, Jordi Massaguer Pla wrote:
> i am forwarding my reply as i click on reply instead of replyall....
> -------- Missatge reenviat --------
> > De: Jordi Massaguer Pla <jordi.massaguer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Per a: captain.magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Assumpte: Re: [opensuse-project] Board elections
> > Data: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:50:30 +0100
> >
> > El dc 05 de 03 del 2008 a les 22:44 +1100, en/na Magnus Boman va
> > escriure:
> > > Jordi,
> > > > I do not agree at all. If we can not choose the Novell and not Novell,
> > > > this will never be a community project, it will be a Novell project
> > > > pretending to be a community. Member votes should be for both for the
> > > > Novell and the not Novell sits. This way, every electable person should
> > > > present his/her proposals for the openSUSE distribution. If you want to
> > > > be a little democratic, let your community choose. Novell already
> > > > chooses the chairman.
> > >
> > > I don't see you point. If everyone (regardless of who they work for) are
> > > allowed to vote for whoever they want, how will that make it a Novell
> > > project? At the end of the day, it will still be 2 people from each
> > > camp.
> >
> > What I mean is. If Novell chooses three members of the board, why should
> > I vote? And moreover, if people at Novell feels themselves as part of
> > the community, why should not they vote for the community sits?

Novell does not chose 3 members. They will decide the '5th' member.
Anyone working for Novell, and contributing to openSUSE should be
allowed to put their hands up to be on the board. But it is up to Novell
employees and non-Novell employees to vote for them to actually get the
spot.

> > I understand that all this vote, board, and membership thing is for
> > leting everyone be part of it, and everyone means Novell employees and
> > not Novell employees. 
> >
> > When I say Novell employees, I mean the ones that are already opensuse
> > members.

Yes. I don't think that anyone will (or should) vote for a Novell
employee that is not contributing to the openSUSE project.

> > greetings,
> >
> > jordi
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Magnus
> > >
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