* Each openSUSE member can vote.

* Special role for the first election: Each openSUSE member can vouch
  for one person that should be part of the openSUSE community and
  this person can vote.

* Special role for the first election: After the announcement - and
  before the election - there will be a 4 week period where people can
  apply to be openSUSE members.

* An openSUSE election team will be created.  It consists of 3 people.
  Neither of them can be elected as openSUSE board member.

* The openSUSE board will ask on the opensuse-project mailing list for
  volunteers for the openSUSE election team and select appropriate
  candidates.  At least one member of the election team will be a
  Novell employee and at least one member will be not a Novell
  employee.

* The openSUSE board election period is two years and every year half
  of the board will be elected.

  For the first election, the Novell and non-Novell members with the
  most votes will be elected for two years, the second runners for one
  year.

* openSUSE board members can serve for up to two consecutive
  election periods.  After that they have to pause for one year.

* openSUSE members will be choosen by the openSUSE election team.  Any
  decisions in this regard can be changed by the openSUSE board.