openSUSE:Board history
Past Board members
- Pascal Bleser (2007-2010) (2012-2013)
- Francis Giannaros (2007-2008)
- Andreas Jaeger (Chair) (2007-2008)
- Stephan Kulow (2007-2008)
- Federico Mena-Quintero (2007-2009)
- Stephan Shaw (2009)
- Michael Loeffler (Chair) (2008-2010)
- Bryen Yunashko (2008-2011)
- Pavol Rusnak (2009-2011) (2014)
- Rupert Horstkötter (2009-2011)
- Peter Linnell (2011-2012)
- Alan Clark (Chair) (2011-2012)
- Henne Vogelsang (2008-2012)
- Manu Gupta (2012)
- Will Stephenson (2012-2013)
- Raymond Wooninck (2013)
- Vincent Untz (Chair) (2012-2014)
- Robert Schweikert (2013-2015)
- Kostas Koudaras (2013-2017)
- Michal Hrušecký (2015-2017)
- Bryan Lunduke (2016-2018)
- Tomáš Chvátal (2016-2018)
- Sarah Julia Kriesch (2017-2019) (2020)
- Ana María Martínez Gómez (2018-2019)
- Richard Brown (Chair) (2013 - 2019)
- Gertjan Lettink (2016 - 2020) (2021-2024)
- Christian Boltz (2017 - 2020)
- Marina Latini (2019 - 2020)
- Stasiek Michalski (2020)
- Simon Lees (2018 - 2021)
- Vinzenz Vietzke (2020-2021)
- Axel Braun (2019-2022)
History
- November 8th, 2007 : 1st openSUSE Board Appointed Board - Pascal Bleser, Francis Giannaros, Andreas Jaeger (chairman), Stephan Kulow, Federico Mena-Quintero.
- October 27th, 2008 : 2nd openSUSE Board 1st Elected Board- Pascal Bleser, Michael Loeffler (chairman), Federico Mena-Quintero*, Stephen Shaw, Henne Vogelsang, Bryen Yunashko (*Stephen Shaw stepped in as interim Board Member for remainder of Federico Mena-Quintero's term May 2009).
- First community elected board, 178 of 237 members voted:
- Bleser, Pascal - 148
- Vogelsang, Henne - 126
- Mena-Quintero, Federico - 86
- Shaw, Stephen - 71
- Yunashko, Bryen - 69
- Michna, Marco - 47
- Linnell, Peter - 42
- Rodriguez, Alex - 30
- Pasanen, Tuukka - 18
- Rusinek, Jakub - 15
- First community elected board, 178 of 237 members voted:
- December 22th, 2009 : 3rd openSUSE Board - Pascal Bleser, Rupert Horstkötter, Michael Loeffler (chairman), Pavol Rusnak, Henne Vogelsang, Bryen Yunashko.
- January 26th, 2011 : 4th openSUSE Board - Alan Clark (chairman), Rupert Horstkötter, Peter Linnell, Pavol Rusnak, Henne Vogelsang, Bryen Yunashko.
- January 26th, 2012 : 5th openSUSE Board - Pascal Bleser, Manu Gupta, Will Stephenson, Vincent Untz (chairman), Henne Vogelsang, Andrew Wafaa.
- Peter Linnell stepped down in August 2012, and Manu Gupta was appointed to replace him.
- Alan Clark stepped down in September 2012, and Vincent Untz was appointed chairman to replace him.
- January 9, 2013 : 6th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown, Robert Schweikert, Will Stephenson, Vincent Untz (chairman), Andrew Wafaa, Raymond Wooninck
- Pascal Bleser stepped down in March 2013, and Richard Brown was appointed to replace him.
- December 14th, 2013 : 7th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown, Bruno Friedmann, Kostas Koudaras, Robert Schweikert, Vincent Untz (chairman), Andrew Wafaa
- August 11, 2014 : Vincent Untz resigns, Richard Brown appointed Chair to replace Vincent and Peter Linnell appointed http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2014-08/msg00030.html by the Board to replace Richard as a Board Member.
- January 27, 2015 : 8th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown (chairman), Bruno Friedmann, Kostas Koudaras, Robert Schweikert, Michal Hrušecký, Andrew Wafaa
- 148 people voted (percentage of people who voted not disclosed):
- Robert Schweikert, 101 votes
- Michal Hrusecky, 96 votes
- Kostas Koudaras, 81 votes
- Peter Linnell, 63 votes
- Craig Gardner, 60 votes
- 148 people voted (percentage of people who voted not disclosed):
- January 27, 2016: 9th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown (chairman), Kostas Koudaras, Michal Hrušecký, Tomáš Chvátal, Gertjan Lettink, Bryan Lunduke
- 147 people voted (percentage of people who voted not disclosed):
- Tomáš Chvátal - 105 votes
- Bryan Lunduke - 89 votes
- Gertjan Lettink - 89 votes
- Manu Gupta- 51 votes
- Efstathios Iosifidis - 49 votes
- 147 people voted (percentage of people who voted not disclosed):
- February 21, 2017: 10th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown (chairman), Tomáš Chvátal, Gertjan Lettink, Bryan Lunduke, Sarah Julia Kriesch, Christian Boltz
- Number & percentage of members was not disclosed:
- Christian Boltz - 71 votes
- Sarah Julia Kriesch - 66 votes
- Andrew Wafaa - 52 votes
- Aaron Luna - 31 votes
- Number & percentage of members was not disclosed:
- April 28, 2018: 11th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown (chairman), Ana María Martínez Gómez, Simon Lees, Sarah Julia Kriesch, Christian Boltz, Gertjan Lettink
- 237 out of 400 members voted:
- Ana María Martínez Gómez - 185 votes
- Gertjan Lettink - 166 votes
- Simon Lees - 133 votes
- Gerry Makaro - 98 votes
- Aaron Luna - 72 votes
- 237 out of 400 members voted:
- February 16, 2019: 12th openSUSE Board - Richard Brown (chairman), Christian Boltz, Gertjan Lettink, Simon Lees, Marina Latini, Axel Braun
- 231 out of 446 members voted:
- Christian Boltz - 141 votes
- Marina Latini - 119 votes
- Axel Braun - 104 votes
- Sarah Julia Kriesch - 98 votes
- Vinzenz Vietzke - 78 votes
- Sébastien Poher - 51 votes
- 231 out of 446 members voted:
- August 19th, 2019: Richard Brown steps down as Chairman, Gerald Pfeifer steps up as new chair of the openSUSE Board
- February 01st, 2020: 13th openSUSE Board - Gerald Pfeifer (chair), Christian Boltz, Sarah Julia Kriesch, Simon Lees, Marina Latini, Axel Braun
- 281 out of 500 members voted:
- Simon Lees - 161
- Sarah Julia Kriesch - 138
- Vinzenz Vietzke - 130
- Alessandro de Oliveira Faria - 95
- 281 out of 500 members voted:
- February 11th, 2020: Sarah Julia Kriesch leaves the Board, Vinzenz Vietzke is appointed as replacement on February 27th, 2020.
- February 27th, 2020: Christian Boltz steps down, Stasiek Michalski is elected as replacement in August 2020.
- December 31, 2020: 14th openSUSE Board - Gerald Pfeifer (chair), Simon Lees, Axel Braun, Vinzenz Vietke, Gertjan Lettink, Neal Gompa
- 229 out of 518 members voted:
- Axel Braun - 142
- Gertjan Lettink - 134
- Neal Gompa - 131
- Maurizio Galli - 103
- Nathan Wolf - 59
- 229 out of 518 members voted:
- December 31, 2021: 15th openSUSE Board - Gerald Pfeifer (chair), Axel Braun, Gertjan Lettink, Neal Gompa, Attila Pinter, Maurizio Galli
- 147 out of 542 members voted:
- Attila Pinter - 122
- Maurizio Galli - 120
- 147 out of 542 members voted:
- December 31, 2022: 16th openSUSE Board - Gerald Pfeifer (chair), Gertjan Lettink, Neal Gompa, Attila Pinter, Maurizio Galli, Douglas DeMaio
- 218 out of 544 members voted:
- Gertjan Lettink 135
- Douglas DeMaio 130
- Neal Gompa 115
- Patrick Fitzgerald 97
- Chuck Payne 50
- Nathan Wolf 46
- None of the above 4
- 218 out of 544 members voted:
- December 31, 2023: 17th openSUSE Board - Gerald Pfeifer (chair), Gertjan Lettink, Neal Gompa, Doug DeMaio, Patrick Fitzgerald, Simon Lees
- 199 out of 552 members voted:
- Simon Lees 133
- Patrick Fitzgerald 129
- Shawn W Dunn 74
- Joed Lopez 24
- 199 out of 552 members voted:
- April 15, 2024: Gertjan Lettink leaves the board, Shawn W Dunn is appointed to fill the seat for the remainder of Gertjan's Term, ending December 31, 2025