Well, here we are, it’s September, and everybody’s talking about the election… the openSUSE board election, that is.

Marko Jung, who’s serving on the election committee, sent out a reminder today that the time is running short to declare the intent to run for a board seat, or to stake your claim to openSUSE membership so you can make your voice heard in the election. (Or both) The deadline is September 24th at 12:00 UTC.

The board is still in the formative stages, so I hope we’ll get several motivated and energetic openSUSE contributors to step up and run for the board. I’d also like to see more contributors (in and out of Novell) stepping up to claim membership in the project. We have a number of contributors who do great things for the project, but haven’t taken the time to go ahead and apply for membership.

If you have consistently:

• Worked on code or packaging
• Helped maintain the openSUSE wiki
• Worked on translations for openSUSE
• Provided user support on the mailing lists, IRC, and/or forums
• Promote openSUSE through talks/presentations and other methods

Then you’re member material. See the wiki for the perks involved with openSUSE membership.

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