Here are the 3 paragraphs of interest from https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules
In the event of repeated absence without contact, or other serious misconduct or negligence, a Board member may be subject to removal. Before any other process occurs, the Board member in question will be personally contacted by the chairperson to try to resolve the situation. If this contact does not successfully resolve the situation, the Board member in question may be removed by a vote of 2/3s of the other board members. The board should appoint a new board member or call elections to fill the vacancy.
The sitting board is allowed to appoint new members to fill a board vacancy caused by one of the following conditions: 1) resignation of a Board member or 2) the removal of a Board member, or 3) a Board member being unable to perform his duties, or 4) as part of elections if not enough people are elected.
Instead of opting to appoint more than one board member, the board may opt to call for new board elections for the vacant seats. These board members will then be elected for the current election period and the next period ? thus until 31st of December of the next year.
Alright then, Knurpht, has this been brought up to Richard? It might be a little late, but I would like to know (as a member), if the board worked correctly before the last election. Also would be nice to hear if anybody else from previous two boards feels the same about the situation. This might setup an important precident for when things aren't democratic anymore, and turn into dictatorship of some sort. It might also backfire in some other ways, but we already fucked up by even having this conversation at all, so we might as well go a little bit deeper. LCP [Stasiek] https://lcp.world -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org