OpenSUSE Board Member Steps Down

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-06-13 00:27:47 UTC
Modified: 2009-06-13 00:27:47 UTC

SuSE logo Summary: Federico is leaving

IT HAS only been 7 months since OpenSUSE's board elections [1, 2]. The third most-voted-for member is leaving now. He explains his reasons in the following message, which was posted publicly to the mailing lists too.

As you know, I have been part of the openSUSE Board for a few months now, thanks to your kind election. However, work and other duties have kept me too busy to be a useful part of the Board.

The community manager wrote about this a short while ago and combined with the issues in OpenSUSE Forums, this does not look promising for the project as a whole. ⬆

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