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[PDB-gov] Results of Election of PeeringDB Board of Directors
by Chris Caputo 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

The 2016 election for the PeeringDB Board of Directors has concluded! The Board of Directors is as follows, with the assigned seat number based on rank and expiration year, with the two highest ranked candidates receiving 2 year terms. Starting next year, odd numbered seats expire in odd numbered years, while even numbered seats expire in even numbered years.: Seat 1 (term expires 2017): Arnold Nipper Seat 2 (term expires 2018): Aaron Hughes Seat 3 (term expires 2017): Patrick W. Gilmore Seat 4 (term expires 2018): Job Snijders Seat 5 (term expires 2017): Matt Griswold 94 organizations were registered to vote. Of that, 80 ballots were cast. Detailed results including Single Transferable Vote (STV) stages: http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2016-04-30_Comprehensive_Poll_Results.pdf Verify your votes with your receipt codes: https://www.bigpulse.com/disclosevotes?code=1461977761HvsHK5cy4aeqpFt8xqR9 For STV first timers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI Thanks to all of the candidates and the community for participating. My personal thanks to Steve Feldman for observing the election. Questions welcome! Respectfully, Chris Caputo PeeringDB Secretary/Treasurer

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[PDB-gov] PeeringDB Annual Meeting Minutes & Audio + Board Election Update
by Chris Caputo 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

The PeeringDB annual meeting was held on Thursday 4/21. Draft minutes: http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2016-04-21_PeeringDB_Member_Meeting… Audio: (14 mins, 6.4 mb) http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2016-04-21_PeeringDB_Member_Meeting… Other governance information: http://gov.peeringdb.com/ If your name is missing from the list of attendees, please email me. Board Election update: - So far 62 of 93 registered voters have voted. - All voters in the November election were sent ballots and so far another 7 voters have registered for this election. - Reminders were sent to registered non-voters today. - If you have not received your ballot or need to register, please contact me. Registrations received after April 28th UTC are not guaranteed to be processed in time for the April 29th 23:59 UTC voting deadline. - Voting for the Board is open until end of day on the 29th, and determines not only who will be on the Board, but who will receive a full 2 year term versus a 1 year term. Have a great weekend everyone. Chris Caputo PeeringDB Secretary

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[PDB-gov] PeeringDB Annual Meeting Agenda - Thursday April 21st at 1600 UTC
by Chris Caputo 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

** Notice of the Annual Meeting of PeeringDB - Thursday April 21st at 1600 UTC ** The meeting will be held online as follows: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/896105605 - Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) or call in using your telephone: United States: +1 (669) 224-3318 Austria: +43 1 2530 22500 Belgium: +32 (0) 42 68 0180 Canada: +1 (647) 497-9379 Denmark: +45 32 72 03 69 France: +33 (0) 170 950 589 Germany: +49 (0) 692 5736 7301 Japan (toll-free): 0 120 352 900 Netherlands: +31 (0) 207 941 375 New Zealand: +64 9 282 9510 Russia (toll-free): 8 800 100 6217 Singapore (toll-free): 800 101 2999 Spain: +34 932 75 1230 Switzerland: +41 (0) 225 4599 60 United Kingdom: +44 (0) 330 221 0099 United States (toll-free): 1 866 899 4679 Meeting ID: 896-105-605 Access Code: 896-105-605 Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting ** The meeting will be recorded. ** Bylaws and important docs are posted at http://gov.peeringdb.com/ ** Please contact stewards(a)peeringdb.com if you have additional agenda suggestions. Agenda: - Call To Order - Aaron - Welcome & Thanks - Aaron - Governance Update (where we've been, where we are) - Aaron - PeeringDB 2.0 Update - Matt - Financial Update & Call For Sponsors - Chris - Admin Committee Update - Job - Product Development Committee Update - Aaron - Items brought up by the members / Technical and Policy Q&A - Encourage Voting in Board Election - Aaron - Adjourn

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[PDB-gov] PeeringDB Board Election voter registration
by Chris Caputo 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

NOTE: If you have already received your ballot, feel free to ignore this message unless you need to update your previous registration. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the PeeringDB pdb-gov Governance mailing list. We are using a voting web site known as BigPulse to conduct the April 15th through 29th PeeringDB Board election. Before you can get access to the ballot at BigPulse, we need to know that you are the sole authorized representative voter for an organization with an active PeeringDB account. Further, we need to confirm that your organization is not affiliated with any other organization intending to vote. The Bylaws up at http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2015-12-08_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf govern affiliation as follows: - '2.3.2 Members who are affiliated with each other are entitled to a total of one vote upon each issue. "Affiliate" means, with respect to a particular person, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person.' If you intend to vote, please respond to this email with answers to the following. (If you are not voting or have already received a ballot, there is no need to respond to this email.) 1) Organization ASN: (put N/A if not applicable) ________________________________________________ 2) Organization Name: ________________________________________________ 3) I am the sole authorized voter for this organization: (yes or no) ________________________________________________ 4) This organization is affiliated (per the definition above) with these other ASNs/organizations: (put N/A if not applicable) ________________________________________________ 5) Email address to which BigPulse should send the ballot login, if different than your own: (example: peering(a)example.net) ________________________________________________ The Policy or other contact email address in your organization's PeeringDB record will be informed that you are voting for your organization, so please make sure you are pre-authorized to do so. For the month of April, email to secretary(a)peeringdb.com goes to election observer Steven Feldman and myself. Regards, Chris Caputo PeeringDB Secretary

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[PDB-gov] PeeringDB sponsorship
by Chris Caputo 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

Thanks to Matt, the PeeringDB sponsorship web page was recently put up: https://peeringdb.com/sponsors Consider spreading the word about supporting PeeringDB within your organization, to the appropriate people. Pitch it as a form of advertising, if you need to. Details on sponsorship are at: http://docs.peeringdb.com/misc/PeeringDB_Sponsorship_Levels.pdf Chris

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[PDB-gov] April Member Meeting & Call for Candidates for Board of Directors
by Chris Caputo 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Mark your calendars. The April Member Meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 21st at 1600 UTC, for one hour. The meeting will be held online. Meeting details to follow. This is a call for candidates for the Board of Directors for PeeringDB. - The second half of April, there will be an election for the Board of Directors. Like the last election, BigPulse.com will be used, along with Single-Transferable-Vote (STV). The STV results table will be part of the election results. - Candidacies along with max 300 word statements should be submitted to secretary(a)peeringdb.com prior to April 15th UTC. Anyone can run for election to the Board. The organization documents (Articles, Bylaws, etc), Board meeting minutes, and finances, are up at: http://gov.peeringdb.com/ There are 5 members of the Board of Directors, all of which are up for election this year. The Bylaws proscribe staggered Board elections. Based on the BigPulse.com STV results, the top two candidates will get Board terms of 2 years, while the next three candidates will get Board terms of 1 year. Next year, there will be three seats up for election, all with 2 year terms. Candidates must submit their name and maximum 300 word statement, as determined by the POSIX "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 wc -w" command, by April 14th 23:59:59 UTC 2016. A voters' guide containing the current list of candidates and statements, sorted alphabetically by last name, will be kept updated at: http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2016-04-14_election.html Candidates may revise their statements until the April 15th UTC cut-off. Please submit your candidacy or questions/concerns to secretary(a)peeringdb.com. Note that email to secretary(a)peeringdb.com goes to Chris Caputo and observer Steven Feldman. Discussion/questions/concerns also welcome on pdb-gov(a)lists.peeringdb.com. Chris Caputo Secretary, PeeringDB

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[PDB-gov] April 6th, 2016 draft Board meeting minutes
by Chris Caputo 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

The April 6th, 2016 draft Board meeting minutes are now available from: http://gov.peeringdb.com/ Thanks, Chris

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