Fellow openSUSE members, For those who are struggling with the process. What is happening in simple bullet points is: Our Election rules state:
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.
**So this is simply a petition to see if 20% of the members require a new board.** * If you want to sign the petition - cast a vote. * If you don't want to sign the petition for whatever reason - don't vote * If 20% or more of the members sign the petition (by casting a vote) then, an election for the complete Board seats will be triggered. * If less than 20% of the members sign the petition, then an election only for the vacant seats will be triggered. I hope that helps. Best Regards, Ariez Vachha ajv@opensuse.org On 15/05/2020 18:54, Ish Sookun wrote:
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
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