<html><head></head><body><div>In my personal opinion this is a clear sign that the current direction is too heavy handed and onerous - creating a massive amount of unnecessary overhead.<br /><br /><div class="acompli_signature"></div><br /></div><br /><br /><br />
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM -0800, "Chris Caputo" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:secretary@peeringdb.com" target="_blank">secretary@peeringdb.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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<pre>Repeating the call for candidates for the initial Board of Directors...
There are zero candidates as of now. (Sun Nov 1 18:03:30 UTC 2015)
The sooner you get on the ballot, the better, so that folks with questions
about your goals or background, can reach out to you.
Chris
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Chris Caputo wrote:
> While discussion of the organizational documents continues, here is a call
> for candidates for the initial Board of Directors for PeeringDB.
>
> Per the October 20th announcement:
>
> - There will be elections for the initial Board of Directors. Candidacies
> along with max 300 word statements should be submitted to
> secretary@peeringdb.com prior to November 15th. Anyone can run for
> election to the initial Board.
>
> - The interim Secretary (tentatively Chris Caputo) will send out ballots
> to pdb-gov on November 15th, with voting to happen through November
> 30th. The org docs currently proscribe one ballot per member
> organization. The interim Secretary will break ties through public
> random means. The Secretary will not be eligible for election to the
> initial Board.
>
> - The initial Board will decide on officers, per the tentative Bylaws.
> The draft documents will then be signed and filed.
>
> The most recent draft documents are up at:
>
> https://www.caputo.com/pdb/
>
> The draft documents indicate 5 initial members of the Board of Directors.
> These Directors will serve until the first annual meeting in April 2016.
>
> Board meetings and Member meetings will be held online/telephonically.
>
> The above dates are UTC. For example, candidates must submit their name
> and maximum 300 word statement, as determined by POSIX "wc -w" command, by
> November 14th 23:59:59 UTC 2015.
>
> A voter's guide containing the current list of candidates and statements,
> sorted alphabetically by last name, will be kept updated at:
>
> https://www.caputo.com/pdb/election.html
>
> Candidates may revise their statements until the November 15th UTC
> cut-off. On November 15th UTC, ballots with candidate names and statements
> will be emailed to pdb-gov@lists.peeringdb.com.
>
> Please submit your candidacy or questions/concerns to
> secretary@peeringdb.com. Note that email to secretary@peeringdb.com goes
> to Chris Caputo, Patrick Gilmore and Richard Turkbergen.
>
> Discussion/questions/concerns also welcome on pdb-gov@lists.peeringdb.com.
>
> Chris
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