Community Call for Involvement With Project’s Governance, Rebranding

The openSUSE Board is calling for the formation of a working group to explore topics focused on project governance, operational models and rebranding for the project.

This follows a call on the openSUSE Project mailing list to formalize efforts, ideas and suggestions by community members in a centralized location.

The openSUSE Board emphasizes its role as a facilitator rather than the sole driver as community participation should shape the project.

“The strength of open-source projects like openSUSE comes from the community,” was posted in an email to the openSUSE Project mailing list.

Objectives of the Work Group:

• Exploring Models for Project Governance
• Examining Operational Improvements
• Determining Resources for Effective Project Rebranding

The work group will concentrate community discussions and propose actionable options within 90 days; this will provide opportunities for the wider community to weigh in on the items proposed. Key governance documents, such as the current Board guidelines and election rules, should be reviewed to assess potential updates.

Discussions will be organized centrally in a separate section of the openSUSE forums to foster constructive debate and minimize off-topic discussions. This forum will be heavily moderated. openSUSE community members interested in participating can request access to the forum; the discussions will be publicly viewable.