Hi Vojtěch, Sorry for not replying sooner, and thank you for the questions. After conversing with other geekos I realized that somehow I messed with the email filtering. All emails from this mailing list were automatically archived since about a month ago, as a result I missed quite a few other emails :-). I understand the call for candidates has been extended to give more time for people to step up. Not sure if we should wait for more people running at this election before having a Q&A but I will answer you below anyway. On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 6:11 PM Vojtěch Zeisek <vojtech.zeisek@opensuse.org> wrote:
Hi, we now have the campaign period for the Board election [1], so let's start some discussion. :-) I really liked both platforms, which doesn't make decision easier, but let's see... First usual question for everyone: if You are appointed as Board member, which new options does it open for You? I mean, You both are valuable contributors, You have been working like that for notable time already, and You can keep doing so even if You are not elected into the Board. So what new can You do in Board? What would You like to do, what is impossible without Board? How can Board move You forward?
In general terms I just wanted to volunteer and help in a different part of the project, in this case governance, which seemed to be in need of people getting involved. I've had interactions with the current board members for a while now and we get along well, I've been to public board meetings and it was kind of a given that I would throw the hat in the ring this year as well. For most things one doesn't need to be a board member have a positive impact that helps the openSUSE project thrive. All contributions are valuable. However and similarly to my thoughts of last year elections, I personally think that myself being a board member would help me have more legitimacy when interacting with other communities and entities and makes building bridges easier. I hope that me being in this role can contribute in keeping the relationship between openSUSE, SUSE and any other entity or community and also individuals I interact with healthy.
Maurizio, if I read Your platform [2] correctly, I see impressive contribution and experience, but I fail to find something like "election programme", i.e. Your plans for Your time in Board, what You wish to achieve, etc. Am I reading election profile, or "just" user profile...?
The platform wasn't immediately available but was uploaded[0] earlier last week. [0] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2021_platform_m4u I hope to see a few more candidates running at this election before the candidate call period ends. Have a lot of fun, Maurizio