Aloha all Geekos, This is a gentle reminder that you have only 10 days left to notify the community of your intention to run for the openSUSE Board. If you would like to run but aren't sure what's involved, please reach out to any of the existing Board members and they'll be happy to help with info. A reminder of the key details: 1/ 2015-12-07 (Phase 0) * Announcement of the openSUSE Board election for 2016. * Start of 3 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote or candidate). * Start of 3 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. 2/ 2015-12-27 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2015-12-28 (Phase 1) * Start of 4 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-18 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-01-30 [1] * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-01-31 * Announcement of the results If you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce[1] your candidacy. If you know someone who you would like to see on the board, feel free to contact the election officials team ad propose your candidate. Only openSUSE members have the right to run for a board seat, except if they are in the Election Committee. To stand for a position in the openSUSE board please send a mail to * opensuse-project@opensuse.org AND * election-officials@opensuse.org In the application candidates should write a short introduction of themselves and probably a short manifesto/platform/program that gives answers to these topics: ALL openSUSE members[2] are eligible to vote. If you are a contributor of openSUSE but you are not a member yet, apply for membership now[3] and be a part of the changes to come. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal [0] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Inte... [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_officials#Process -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help@opensuse.org