On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:32 PM Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com> wrote:
On 15.05.20 12:54, Ish Sookun wrote:
Dear community members,
A call for the re-election of the openSUSE Board was made by openSUSE member Pierre Böckmann [1] on the 13th of March 2020.
The openSUSE Board election rules [2] state the following regarding "forced re-election",
« If 20 per cent or more of the openSUSE members require a new board, an election will be held for the complete elected Board seats. »
Therefore, the Election Committee is setting up an electronic petition whereby openSUSE members can state whether they support a re-election of the Board by casting a vote. The procedure will follow similar rules as the previous electronic elections.
openSUSE members [3] having an active membership will receive their voting link and credential on their member email alias. Once they log onto the voting platform they will be presented a question that asks:
"Are you in favour of a re-election of the Board?"
There will be only one answer to select and which states:
"Yes, I call for a re-election of the openSUSE Board"
This will cause confusion, since it's not clear that if I'm against it, I have to say abstain.
So, let's add:
"No, I do not call for a re-election. Note that not voting is automatically counted as NO"
Otherwise, your email with the ballot needs to say very clearly that people need to NOT vote if they disagree since this calls all members.
I don't think it's confusing. It's a petition and makes things a lot simpler. It's the responsibility of those who called for this to mobilise and get enough people to "sign it". If such petition passes then we will vote. Cheers, Maurizio -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org