[$] A slow start to OpenSUSE's board election

What if you announced a board election and nobody ran? That is the quandarythe openSUSE project facedas recently as January 4, when the nomination deadline loomed andno candidates for the three open seats had come forward. The situation hassince changed, and openSUSE members will have a wide slate of candidates tochoose from. But the seeming reticence to come forward may well be areflection of some unresolved tensions that exploded into a flame warseveral months ago.