As a openSUSE member and assuming I have the privilege: I make a motion that the openSUSE bylaws be updated to allow for formal member petitioning. And if a formal petition supported by 10 members is submitted to the board, the board must call for a all members vote on the matter addressed in the petition. If the matter concerns an improper sanction or appeal of a sanction, then the sanctioned person must be one of the petitioners. === details I serve on a board. There are 2 aspects of that board that seem relevant to the current sanction discussion: 1) A sanctioned / fined person can request a hearing where they can interact with the board. But only once. We don't do it often and prefer to setup meetings specifically to address the hearing, not handle it as part of out monthly meetings. This could clearly be done via IRC for openSUSE. I gather the disbarred person was given the opportunity to make his/her case to the board via emails, so I think this is equivalent, but a more formal IRC meeting would be even better. 2) A petition signed by 10 of the members can be brought to the board and it must be voted on by the whole! ie. if 10 members disagree with a board action (or lack of action) they can file a petition with the board and the board must call a full all member vote on the issue. Obviously this makes the issue semi-public as all members have to be informed of the issues at hand. I don't recall this type of feature being in the openSUSE rules. In this case, if the disbarred person feels wronged and is willing to have the issue addressed with all openSUSE members included in the communication, then he/she would simply need to get 9 other members to join him/her in petitioning for an open hearing / all members vote. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org