Re: [opensuse-project] Question for Upcoming Board elections

On 11/06/2013 03:04 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Robert Schweikert mailto:rjschwei@suse.com> wrote:

On 11/06/2013 01:38 PM, Manu Gupta wrote:

Hi

I have a question, if someone wants to stand for the elections, can he or she specifially apply for a one year or a two year team as there are 2 seats on one year term.

Ultimately the Election Committee has to answer the question. My interpretation is that the answer to your question is "No"

The decision about who gets 1 or 2 year terms is based on the number of votes each candidate receives.

In this election the 2 highest vote getters will receive the 2 seats with the 2 year terms and the next 2 vote getters will get the 1 year term seats.

That is my interpretation of the rule and not "official" the Election-Committee has the final ruling on the interpretation of the Election rules.

HTH, Robert

Logic dictates that someone running could state in advance that they are only running for a one-year slot. Otherwise they might win a 2-year slot, but then resign at the end of one year. That would be counter-productive.

I do not necessarily disagree, but changes to that effect would possibly require a change to the rules and that is a separate discussion. Implementing a change to the election guidelines right before the election is probably difficult and thus may be best addressed after the current elections have concluded. My $0.02 Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead Public Cloud Architect rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org