The openSUSE Board Election 2011 is starting today .

In this election we will have 3 seats to get elected, These seats are currently held by Rupert Horstkotter, Pavol Rusnak, and Bryen Yunashko. Only Pavol Rusnak is available to get re-elected.

The candidates:

Pascal Bleser    Richard Brown    Manu Gupta    Marcus Moeller    Chuck Payne    Pavol Rusnak    Will Stephenson    Andrew Wafaa

Details on http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2011#Candidates

Following the calendar:

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

The openSUSE board was setup to lead the overall project. The main tasks for members of the board 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.

Greetings

--- Izabel Valverde openSUSE Marketing openSUSE Election Officials