On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 16:01 +0100, Andrew Wafaa wrote:
My understanding is that there is always a mix of one and two year terms, for both employees and non-employees (Chairman not withstanding) to ensure some form of conrinuity in the board. If my rusty brain is correct, which it may not be, there are a total of 3 seats up for election, 1@SUSE (Henne) and 2@External (Manu & myself), Will and Pascal were elected for two years.
Regards,
Andy
That's not a correct interpretation. The terms were set for two years. With half the board (2 or 3 depending on which year) up for election each year. So accordingly, you were elected for a two year term. The way it is is: Henne - Elected in beginning of 2011 to end this coming election (2 years) Peter Linnell - Elected in beginning of 2011 to end this coming election (2 years) with Manu stepping in as second highest vote-getter in the last election to fulfill the end of Peter's term after he resigned recently. Andy Wafaa (that's you!) - Elected in beginning of 2012 to end in next election after this one (2 years) Pascal and Will both in the same situation as Andy. So, by that traditional definition, that means technically we have 2 seats open for election, not three. And every year there will be an election for two-year terms. The first election in 2009, which I was in, we did have two one-year terms. That was specifically to create the staggered cycle described above, because there had been no elections prior to that first election. Both myself and Federico Mena Quintero won the one-year cycle, with Stephen Shaw filling in for Federico after he stepped down. Subsequently, I ran again and had a two-year term. That was the end of the "special case" one-year term. There has been no one-year terms since that first election. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org