Dear community members, A call for the re-election of the openSUSE Board was made by openSUSE member Pierre Böckmann [1] on the 13th of March 2020. The openSUSE Board election rules [2] state the following regarding "forced re-election", « If 20 per cent or more of the openSUSE members require a new board, an election will be held for the complete elected Board seats. » Therefore, the Election Committee is setting up an electronic petition whereby openSUSE members can state whether they support a re-election of the Board by casting a vote. The procedure will follow similar rules as the previous electronic elections. openSUSE members [3] having an active membership will receive their voting link and credential on their member email alias. Once they log onto the voting platform they will be presented a question that asks: "Are you in favour of a re-election of the Board?" There will be only one answer to select and which states: "Yes, I call for a re-election of the openSUSE Board" Members who want to sign the petition to call for a non-confidence vote can do so by voting yes. The petition will allow the Election Committee to measure whether 20% of the community are in favour of a re-election. === Schedule === The petition schedule will be as follows: 25 May 2020 - Publish wiki page about the petition, its schedule & procedure - Announcement of the petition on the project mailing list & social media - Ballot is open 15 June 2020 - Ballot is closed 16 June 2020 - Result is announced on the mailing list We are hereby calling the community to comment on the above procedure & schedule. The deadline for comments is 20 May 2020 23h59 CET. Regards, Ish Sookun (on behalf of the Election Committee) [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-03/msg00091.html [2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules [3] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org