If you’re following openSUSE community news much, you already know we have elections for the board coming soon. No one can tell the full story like an insider, and Pascal Bleser has done a fantastic job with this blog post discussing the upcoming elections and what the board does and doesn’t do (at least so far).

I think the current board has done a really good job, but I think the next year is going to be even more important for the openSUSE board. As Pascal says, rightly, it’s not strictly up to the board to define itself — it’s also up to the community to define the board to some extent. I’ve gone to the board a few times for advice since I started in February and will continue to do so because I think that 1) the board should be involved in any major decisions related to the project and 2) the board has a lot of collective wisdom/knowledge that can help.

Anyone thinking of running for the board this coming year should know that it’s probably going to be a very busy year for the openSUSE community, and board.

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