On Mon, 2020-11-30 at 16:04 +0100, Axel Braun wrote:
Dear election officials,
thanks for the hard work on the elections this year!
In the current campaign we have 6 candidates for 3 seats - looks like a pretty healthy ratio!
Am Montag, 30. November 2020, 06:45:52 CET schrieb Ariez Vachha - openSUSE:
The list of candidates and their respective profiles for the 2020 openSUSE Board Election are:
* Axel Braun - https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/docb
additionally I have set-up a wiki-page for the 2020 election:
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_DocB
Cheers Axel
Hi Doc, Thanks for posting your platform. I've reviewed it as a possible voter I have the following questions/comments: Your platform states you would like to improve links with policy and decision makers, other projects, and the press. This all sounds like activities you could do even if you are not elected to the Board. Do you intend to carry out those activities even if you are not elected? If so, then what benefit do you feel you'll gain in that task by being elected? If not, do you think it is a problem that as a project people do not feel empowered enough to do such tasks? In my view, such advocacy and networking should not be exclusive to Board members and any willing contributor should feel empowered and able to spread the good word about openSUSE or improve the attention we deserve. Regarding the legal structure, I think the Board is the only body we have right now in a position of sufficient trust and formal links with SUSE to be able to bootstrap such efforts. That said, you posted meeting minutes in August that suggested the Board wished other people to take the lead in such efforts [1] How do you explain the discrepency between your running for re-election on the premise that you'll push forward the formation of an openSUSE legal structure, and the statements from the Board you currently serve on that the Board shouldn't be the ones pushing that forward? Thanks in advance for your answers, Richard [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/message/... -- Richard Brown Linux Distribution Engineer - Future Technology Team Phone +4991174053-361 SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer