Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (349 mails)

[Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:49 AM, pistazienfresser (see profile)
<pistazienfresser@xxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
> I especially think it not appropriate that someone should have all the
> work of getting into how the board is running (technical, social non
> written rules, the written rules) if she or he is going to stay just for
> a few months.

It's not always voluntary that board members have to resign.  I'm on a
board where 18-months ago we elected someone.  Within 6-months he had
been diagnosed with Brain Cancer and died.

This was meant to be a 3-year term but in reality it was:

election:  2-years later - resign
new member voted on by membership: 6-months - passed on
new member appointed for final 6-months.

Our rules are appointments last until the end of the term, but if
someone resigns within 60 days of a normal election, we fill the seat
via election for the rest of the term.

It was very unusual but at the end of 2009, 4 of the 6 members were
appointed, not elected by the membership.

My basic statement is that resignations/departures are common, so it
is worth spending time addressing how it is handled.

Greg
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