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On Thursday 17 July 2014 15.42:28 Vincent Untz wrote:

Hi fellow Geeko-lovers,

I'm coming to you with some news: due to some changes in my life (pretty good news, you'll hear about that in a couple of months), I've decided to step down from the chairman position of the openSUSE board.

I'm stepping down with regrets because these two years as chairman have been totally awesome, and I would love to keep contributing to the project that way. But I know I won't have enough time to dedicate to being a chairman in the months to come, and I'm a strong believer that board members (including the chairman) should be active in their role. Having motivation is extremely important, of course, but free time is simply essential.

It's been a fantastic experience to work with past and current board members (Henne, Manu, Will, Raymond, Bruno, Richard, Andrew, Robert and Kostas). Things are obviously not perfect, but I still feel we've made good progress: even though what the board is up to is not always visible from the outside, I do hope that the minutes of the regular board meetings help with this, and that concrete improvements such as the booth boxes or the local production reimbursement program help illustrate the actions of the board. All that doesn't mean you can't help the board :-) (for instance, don't hesitate to suggest ideas for hackathons!)

In case there's any doubt, I won't be simply disappearing. I'll just find new ways to contribute to openSUSE in the free time that I will still have.

Of course, we've been working on a transition and a new chairman has been appointed already. But I'll leave this bit of news to the openSUSE board... I can only say that I'm fully convinced that the new chairman will rock! :-) And that I'm confident that the current board is pushing in the right direction!

Thanks,

Vincent

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