December 2020

Board meeting minutes 24-11-2020
by Simon Lees 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Present: Axel, Gerald, Simon, Stasiek, Vinz Excused: Marina - openSUSE Jitsi server still has issues. == overdue meeting minutes == * Simon will send draft for this and last meeting in the next 4 hrs. == Status of Election == * Happy with the progress of the current election process. == Governance (what do we need to formalize?) == * Merge Membership official rules into board rules, and call it constitution (this was agreed and never done by previous boards) A.I. Simon. * Prepare a … [View More]

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Board Meeting Minutes 10-11-2020
by Simon Lees 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Present: Axel, Gerald, Simon, Stasiek, Vinz, Doug DeMaio (first part) Excused: Marina == Merch discussions == * Discussions around adding an additional merch provider as we were approached by them. == Statistics == * metrics.opensuse.org shows wrong figures due to no 15.2 * Doug will Email Heroes to see if someone can fix it. (Doug left the meeting) == Missing Minutes == * Will remind people == Meeting time == * Create a fallback slot? * Keep the slot - Have 21:00 CET tues as … [View More]

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Questions for Board candidates
by Vojtěch Zeisek 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

Hello, dear candidates, I'd have few questions. :-) First of all, it's pleasure to see platforms of such a good candidates. Regardless results, I'm sure the updated Board will be excellent. I'd like to ask all of You (platforms [1-6]) for which of Your activities (read ways You help to improve the Project) do You need (or is highly helpful) to be Board member? I mean for which of Your targets, aims, goals, thoughts, agendas or objectives You need to be in Board, why is it necessary or … [View More]helpful? Or asking from the opposite side, what of Your aims You can't do as any other community member? Second, how do You understand the sentence "The purpose of the openSUSE Board is to lead the overall project." ([7], bit longer version at [8]) regarding the "main tasks" listed there and lack of any sort of executive power? Which kind of leadership (or governance), if any, do You have in mind in association with our Board? Current members of the Board who would like to be re-elected (AFAIK simotek and DocB) I'd like to ask what are their major successes in the ending tenure. Regarding Your 2018 platforms [9-10], are there any aims, goals or thoughts You were planning, but for whatever reason rethink or failed? How did Your point of view developed in past 2 years? (BTW: Simotek's 2020 platform links to category "Board election 2018" while category "Board election 2020" linked from other platforms doesn't exist. I know it's wiki, but I'm not sure if only election committee is allowed to manage these things or so.:) When reading plans of DocB [11], Knurpht [12], Mark [13] and bit also Neal [14] I have obsessive feeling that You all are touching, from Your personal perspective and experience, similar problem/group of problems regarding communication among (sub)groups of members etc., coordination, and even possible some leadership/governance. If my impression is correct, I wonder what are Your intersections, shared points, and what are discrepancies among You? It looks to me that You use different words to say very similar things. Is my impression correct? DocB, Mark, simotek and Neal mention creation of some sort of foundation, while Knurpht and m4u9 don't mention it. Knurpht and m4u9, do You think there should be no foundation at all? Or You just don't have strong opinion on that topic? DocB, Mark, simotek and Neal, do You have any particular idea how that foundation should look like? What are main advantages and risks of this transition? All of You, what do You think are main threats and challenges for our dear Project in near future? How to be prepared? I'm looking forward fruitful discussion, V. [1] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_DocB> [2] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Knurpht> [3] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_m4u9> [4] <https://en.opensuse.org/ openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Mark_Stopka> [5] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_simotek> [6] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_-_Neal_Gompa> [7] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board> [8] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles#Governance> [9] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2018_platform_Knurpht> [10] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2018_platform_simotek> [11] <https://en.opensuse.org/ openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_DocB#Targets_for_the_next_season> [12] <https://en.opensuse.org/ openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Knurpht#Aims.2C_Goals.2C_Thoughts> [13] <https://en.opensuse.org/ openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Mark_Stopka#Agenda_for_the_current_board_member_term> [14] <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_-_Neal_Gompa#…> -- Vojtěch Zeisek https://trapa.cz/ Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux https://www.opensuse.org/ [View Less]

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End of 2020 openSUSE community poll
by Adrien Glauser 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

Hello, I've just stitched together ideas for an "end of the year survey" to probe satisfaction & use cases. The first draft is visible at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/oS-2020-poll Reasoning: - it's fun to fill end-of-of the years surveys: it gives a sense of closure and know doesn't like to express themselves?? - surveys are useful for the community: it builds self-knowledge - surveys are useful for the current and future Board, especially in election times, as it may translate into … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] About shaming people on the list
by Neal Gompa 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

Hey all, We seem to have a problem on the openSUSE mailing list of shaming people and assuming ill intent. This is exemplified by the following thread excerpt: On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 11:35 PM Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > Vojtěch Zeisek composed on 2020-11-27 10:20 (UTC+0100): > > > Bottom-posting is the standard here. Let's keep it so. > > > A: Yes. > >> Q: Are you sure? > >> > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of … [View More]

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2020 Board Elections: my platform
by Mark Stopka 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

Hi all, my election platform is now finished, I would appreciate any feedback from your side.... https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Mark_Stopka -- Best regards / S pozdravem, BSc. Mark Stopka, BBA Managing Partner (at) PERLUR Group mobile: +420 704 373 561 website: www.perlur.cloud

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Netiquette on openSUSE MLs
by Thorsten Bro 05 Dec '20

05 Dec '20

Hi list, sorry to bring this up on the project level and I'm sorry for the 'mostly reading' users like me - to have one mail more in our inboxes, but the behaviour shown by several users over the last days and even before is just annoying me a lot and it might annoy others as well. We have a netiquette on all of our lists. You can find it here. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette There is clearly stated, that a discussion is perfectly fine, but it shouldn't go … [View More]

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Netiquette on openSUSE MLs
by Thorsten Bro 05 Dec '20

05 Dec '20

Hi list, sorry to bring this up on the project level and I'm sorry for the 'mostly reading' users like me - to have one mail more in our inboxes, but the behaviour shown by several users over the last days and even before is just annoying me a lot and it might annoy others as well. We have a netiquette on all of our lists. You can find it here. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette There is clearly stated, that a discussion is perfectly fine, but it shouldn't go … [View More]

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Meet your Candidates: Building Trust and Friendliness through Engagement with Voters
by Adrien Glauser 04 Dec '20

04 Dec '20

Hello, I've said it all in the subject of this message. Thanks for your attention and have a nice day. Just kidding. How about we set up some Ask Me Anything Session / round-table / dialogue between Candidates and the openSUSE community? Perhaps pulling this out for the ongoing election is a tall order, but what about the next one? You hit four birds with one stone: 1) Motivate and help the candidate to share and express their ideas. 2) Get the community interested in Board things. 3) Get … [View More]

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Heads up: Removal of openSUSE:Jump:15.2 project in OBS
by Lubos Kocman 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

Ahoy openSUSE! We'd like to remove openSUSE:Jump:15.2 project which will be no longer developed as all the developmed is now happening directly in Leap 15.3 Alpha. Removal of the project to free resources was previously dicussed as part of Release Engineering meeting and will be initiated today by Adrian. We're removing it mainly to free resources. In case you've missed the previous annoucement: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-11/msg00001.html Enrollment of Jump concept … [View More]

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