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[openSUSE Election Officials <election-officials@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are pleased to announce the openSUSE Board Election 2011. The Election 
Committee [1] has prepared the timeline for this year’s election. 
The election process consists of the following phases:

October 28, 2011  -  Start of standing up for candidacy, apply for membership

    Start to apply for an openSUSE membership [2] (in order to vote).
    Start to stand up for a position in the openSUSE Board or nominate another 
opensuse member for the board.

November 25, 2011 -  Start of campaign

    Announcing the candidates of this years election.

December 2, 2011 – Ballots open

December 16, 2011 – Ballots close – End of voting

December 19, 2011 – Announcement of the results

    Announcing the results and new board members


Seats to get elected

In this election we will have three seats to get elected, as the election 
period of three board seats will be up for election. These seats are currently 
held by Rupert Horstkotter, Pavol Rusnak, and Bryen Yunashko. Of these three, 
only Pavol Rusnak is available to get re-elected.


Call for candidates and nominations

If you intend to run for the board or have any questions, please contact the 
Election Committee by sending an email to election-officials@xxxxxxxxxxxx. 
Also, if you want to nominate somebody else, tell the election officials and 
they will contact the nominated person and ask whether s/he is willing to run 
for the board.


What is the openSUSE Board?

The openSUSE board [3] consists of five members elected by the community and 
one chair person appointed by SUSE. It was setup to lead the overall project. 
It’s main tasks are:

    Act as a central point of contact
    Help resolve conflicts
    Communicate community interests to SUSE
    Facilitate communication with all areas of the community
    Facilitate decision making processes where needed.


[1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Election_committee
[2] http://en.opensuse.org/Members
[3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board

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