Board Election

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The openSUSE Board

The openSUSE openSUSE Board has currently five seats: Four members (two non-Novell and two Novell) get elected by the community. The chairman gets appointed by Novell.

With the 2009 election another non-Novell seat will be added so that the board will consist of six seats: Five members (three non-Novell and two Novell) get elected by the community. The charman gets appointed by Novell.

Election rules

The election of the openSUSE Board will be done using the following rules:

• Only openSUSE members may run for the Board and vote, each member having one ballot that has one vote per seat to be elected.
• The election is run by an Election Committee that consists of at least three openSUSE members.
• None of the Election Committee can run for or be elected as an openSUSE board member.
• The openSUSE board election period is two years and every year approximately half of the board will be elected. So, the people getting elected this time are elected for two years. The other members stand for re-election next year and get a 2 year period as well.
• openSUSE board members can serve for up to two consecutive election periods. After that they must stand down for at least one year, but may be run again after the on year break.
• All candidates will publish their manifesto on the Wiki, and are strongly encouraged to blog on why they should be elected.

Special rules for the first election (2008)

• Each openSUSE member can vouch for one person that should be part of the openSUSE community and this person can vote, too.
• After the announcement - and before the election - there will be a 4 week period where people can apply to be openSUSE members in order to vote.
• For the first election, the Novell and non-Novell members with the most votes will be elected for two years, the second runners for one year.

Past elections

• 1st openSUSE Board election (2008)

See also

• Proposals for the election rules and transcript of the meeting to settle the rules